1500m Walk Record Tables

1500m Walk Records

The 1500m track walk is not actually a championship event but is usually put on as part of the Centre Champs to provide an additional event for walkers.

The event has never appeared at the Olympics, where the 3000m and 3500m made appearances in 1920 and 1908. A 10000m walk was held sporadically until 1924. After that all walking events were held out of stadia, on road.

As a Wellington-specific event distance, only Centre records were maintained until the event was added to the NZMA Champs in 2022; as such, national records are only from 2022 onwards.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

	Wellington	NZMA Champs	NZ National
M35	no record	no record	no record
M40	7:31.80 Sean Lake (2016)	no record	no record
M45	7:34.37 Sean Lake (2017)	no record	no record
M50	9:56.49 Ian Blyth	no record	no record
M55	7:24.7 Peter Baillie	no record	no record
M60	7:30.99 Peter Baillie (2011)	9:27.08 Rodney Gillum (2022)	9:27.08 Rodney Gillum (2022)
M65	7:38.86 Peter Baillie (2014)	9:58.85 Bob Gardner (2022)	9:58.85 Bob Gardner (2022)
M70	8:44.68 Clive McGovern (2022)	8:44.68 Clive McGovern (2022)	8:44.68 Clive McGovern (2022)
M75	no record	no record	no record
M80	no record	no record	no record
M85	13:16.73 Peter Tearle (2014)	no record	no record
	Wellington	NZMA Champs	NZ National

	Wellington	NZMA Champs	NZ National
W35	9:35.18 Kathryn Fraser	no record	no record
W40	9:35.71 Brenda Burke	no record	10:05.99 Heather McLean (2023)
W45	10:05.05 K Blyth	8:59.05 Cathering Uhlenberg (2022)	8:59.05 Cathering Uhlenberg (2022)
W50	8:35.44 Robin McArthur (2011)	10:45.76 Arlene Wong-Tung (2022)	10:45.76 Arlene Wong-Tung (2022)
W55	8:35.64 Terri Grimmett (2013)	no record	no record
W60	9:44.17 Barbara Tucker (2011)	10:19.81 Alison Newall (2023)	10:42.88 Helen Willis (2022)
W65	8:56.63 Jacqueline Wilson (2015)	no record	no record
W70	8:55.65 Jacqueline Wilson (2017)	no record	no record
W75	9:52.44 Jacqueline Wilson (2023)	9:53.25 Jacqueline Wilson (2022)	9:53.25 Jacqueline Wilson (2022)
W80	11:23.11 Daphne Jones (2023)	11:39.56 Daphne Jones (2022)	11:39.56 Daphne Jones (2022)
	Wellington	NZMA Champs	NZ National

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.