Men - 1) 2008 - Rashid Ramzi, Bahrain - 3:32.94
2) 2004 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco - 3:34.18
3) 2000 - Noah Ngeny, Kenya - 3:32.07 (Current Olympic record)
4) 1996 - Noureddine Morceli, Algeria - 3:35.78
5) 1992 - Fermin Chaco Ruiz, Spain - 3:40.12
6) 1988 - Peter Rono, Kenya - 3:35.96
7) 1984 - Sebastian Coe, Great Britain - 3:32.53
8) 1980 - Sebastian Coe, Great Britain - 3:38.40
9) 1976 - John Walker, New Zealand - 3:39.17
10) 1972 - Pekka Vasala, Finland - 3:36.33
11) 1968 - Kipchoge Keino, Kenya - 3:34.91 Women - 1) 2008 - Nancy Jebet Lagat, Kenya - 4:00.23
2) 2004 - Kelly Holmes, Great Britain - 3:57.90
3) 2000 - Nouria Merah-Benida, Algeria - 4:05.10
4) 1996 - Svetlana Masterkova, Russia - 4:00.83
5) 1992 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algeria - 3:55.30
6) 1988 - Paula Ilie-Ivan, Romania - 3:53.96 (Current Olympic record)
7) 1984 - Gabriella Dono, Italy - 4:03.25
8) 1980 - Tatyana Kazankina, USSR - 3:56.56
9) 1976 - Tatyana Kazankina, USSR - 4:05.48
10) 1972 - Ludmila Bragina, USSR - 4:01.38
11) 1968 - Not an event in the 1968 Summer Olympics
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