The Peak Age for Female 1500m Runners?

“Youth is the gift of nature”  – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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In an attempt to assess the average peak age for female 1500m runners, Runner’s Tribe took a look at the 25 fastest female 1500m runners of all-time. Their ages, in which their respective personal bests (PB) were set, are compared.

Women’s 1500m Olympic Games in Rio 2016. RT

Facts

  • Average Age: 23 ¼
  • Median Age: 23
  • Youngest woman to make the top 25 list: Ling Zhang at 16 years of age.
  • Oldest woman to make the top 25 list: Shannon Rowbury at 30 years of age.
Rank Time Athlete D.O.B Date of PB Age at PB
1 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba 8 February 1991 17 July 2015 24
2 3:50.46 Yunxia Qu 25 December 1972 11 September 1993 20
3 3:50.98 Bo Jiang 13 March 1977 18 October 1997 20
4 3:51.34 Yinglai Lang 22 August 1979 18 October 1997 18
5 3:51.92 Junxia Wang 9 January 1973 11 September 1993 20
6 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina 17 December 1951 13 August 1980 28
7 3:53.91 Lili Yin 11 November 1979 18 October 1997 27
8 3:53.96 Paula Ivan 20 July 1963 1 October 1988 25
9 3:53.97 Lixin Lan 14 Febuary 1979 18 October 1997 18
10 3:54.23 Olga Dvirna 11 Febuary 1953 27 July 1982 29
11 3:54.52 Ling Zhang 13 April 1981 18 October 1997 16
12 3:55.07 Yanmei Dong 16 Febuary 1977 18 October 1997 20
13 3:55.22 Laura Muir 9 May 1993 27 August 2016 23
14 3:55.30 Hassiba Boulmerka 10 July 1968 8 August 1992 24
15 3:55.33 Sureyya Ayhan 6 September 1978 5 September 2003 25
16 3:55.68 Yuliya Fomenko 30 August 1979 8 July 2006 26
17 3:56.05 Sifan Hassan 1 January 1993 17 July 2015 22
18 3:56.14 Zamira Zaitseva 16 February 1953 27 July 1982 29
19 3:56.18 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 16 September 1984 27 August 2006 21
20 3:56.29 Shannon Rowbury 19 September 1984 17 July 2015 30
21 3:56.31 Dong Liu 24 Decmber 1973 17 October 1997 23
22 3:56.41 Faith Kipyegon 10 January 1994 28 May 2016 22
23 3:56.43 Elena Soboleva 3 August 1982 8 July 2006 23
24 3:56.50 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 4 March 1956 27 July 1982 26
25 3:56.54 Abeba Aregawi 5 July 1990 31 May 2012 21

 

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