title: Masters M85 1500 metres world record progression
text: # Masters M85 1500 metres world record progression
  
  This is the progression of world record improvements of the 1500 metres M85 division of Masters athletics.
  
  ## Key
  
  Incomplete information  Pending
  
  | Hand | Auto | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 6:08.61 | Manuel Alonso Domingo | Spain | 21 March 1936 | Malaga | 19 June 2021 |
  | | 6:18.66 | Manuel Alonso Domingo | Spain | 21 March 1936 | Arganda del Rey | 1 May 2021 |
  | 6:27.3 | | David Carr | Australia | 15 June 1932 | Perth | 15 June 2017 |
  | | 6:38.23 | Ed Whitlock | Canada | 6 March 1931 | Toronto | 13 August 2016 |
  | | 6:37.75 | Francisco do Carmo Oliveira | Brazil | 8 June 1927 | Porto Alegre | 26 October 2013 |
  | | 6:51.32 | Yoshimitsu Miyauchi | Japan | 20 July 1924 | Kagoshima | 20 September 2009 |
  | | 6:38.42 | Antonio Tejada Vergara | Mexico | 11 April 1921 | Guatemala City | 24 August 2006 |
  | | 7:03.38 | Longino Perez | Mexico | 20 February 1902 | Melbourne | 5 December 1987 |
  | 7:29.4 | | Josef Galia | Germany | 1 February 1898 | St. Augustin | 4 September 1985 |
  | | 8:09.07 | Paul Spangler | United States | 18 March 1899 | Fresno | 13 April 1985 |
  