title: Masters M80 1500 metres world record progression
text: # Masters M80 1500 metres world record progression
  
  This is the progression of world record improvements of the 1500 metres M80 division of Masters athletics.
  
  ## Key
  
  Incomplete information  Pending  Better indoor records
  
  | Hand | Auto | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5:30.89 | Jose Vicente Rioseco Lopez | Spain | 30 April 1941 | Malaga | 19 June 2021 |
  | | 5:47.06 | Jean Louis Esnault | France | 19 January 1940 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 10 October 2020 |
  | | 5:47.35 | Manuel Alonso Sanchez | Spain | 21 March 1936 | Castellón | 9 July 2016 |
  | | 5:48.93 | Ed Whitlock | Canada | 6 March 1931 | Sacramento | 15 July 2011 |
  | | 5:48.47 i | Ed Whitlock | Canada | 6 March 1931 | Kamloops | 19 March 2011 |
  | 5:54.5 | | Harold Chapson | United States | 11 July 1902 | Honolulu | 17 July 1982 |
  