Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1500 m came about as a result of running 3+3⁄4 laps of a 400 m outdoor track or 7+1⁄2 laps of a 200 m indoor track, which were commonplace in continental Europe in the 20th century.
Noureddine Morceli is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. He was the winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won three straight gold medals at that distance at the World Championships in Athletics. He set world records in the 1500 m, the mile run and the 3000 metres.
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Masterkova is a Russian former middle-distance runner and former women's world record holder for the mile and the current 1000 metres world record. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
Australia was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games by a team selected by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and abbreviated AUS.
Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian distance runner.
Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina is a Russian distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59 minutes. Early that year she won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Svetlana Alexandrovna Kitova was a middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. Born in Dushanbe, Kitova's greatest achievements were the 1989 World Indoor silver medal as well as two European Indoor gold medals. Her personal best 1500 metres time was 4:01.02 in Kiev on 2 August 1988.
Hind Dehiba Chahyd is a Moroccan-French runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.
Harumi Hiroyama is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race.
Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race.
Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias is a female former middle-distance runner from Ukraine, who specialized in the 1500 metres. She holds personal bests of 4:01.78 minutes for the 1500 m, 2:02.31 minutes for the 800 metres, and 8:51.32 minutes for the 3000 metres.
Olesya Syreva is a Russian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres. On the February 3rd 2013 she was banned for two years by the IAAF following irregularities on her biological passport. All her results since March 3, 2011 were voided.
Tetyana Holovchenko or Tetiana Holovchenko is a Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.
Shaun William Creighton is an Australian retired long-distance runner.
Abubaker Ali Kamal is a Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.
Siham Hilali is a female middle-distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres. In addition to numerous top international competitions, she represented her country at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Bayron Efrén Piedra Avilés is an Ecuadorian middle distance and long-distance runner.
Svetlana Guskova is a Moldovan runner who competed for the Soviet Union.
Susan Krumins is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She was the 5000 metres bronze medalist at the 2014 European Athletics Championships and also won a 3000 metres bronze at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.
The 2002 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships was the 11th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 12–14 February at the VGAFK Stadium in Volgograd. A total of 28 events were contested over the three-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
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