Josh Kerr breaks El Guerrouj mile record after 27 years
19 July 2026
British runner Josh Kerr ran the mile in 3 min 42 s 66 in London, erasing the world record set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999. The Moroccan nevertheless retains his historic (…)
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1,500 m: "There is no limit," Azeddine Habz chases El Guerrouj’s mythical record
10 December 2025
Hicham El Guerrouj has held the world record since 1998, but this supremacy is wavering. Azeddine Habz, born in Morocco and the new French record holder, is attacking this (…)
Moroccan Runner Breaks El Guerrouj’s 20-Year-Old Indoor 3000m Record
14 February 2025
Moroccan athlete Anass Essayi achieved a time of 7 minutes, 32 seconds and 45 hundredths in the 3000 meters indoor at the Liévin meeting in France, thus breaking the national (…)
Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1500m World Record Stands Unbroken After 25 Years
25 October 2024
Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, world and Olympic champion, still holds the record of 3:26.00 in the 1500 meters, set at the Golden Gala in Rome on July 14, 1998.
Moroccan Athletics in Crisis: Former Coach Calls for Urgent Reform After Olympic Disappointment
17 September 2024
Hassan Koujani, former director of the Union Zemmouri Khémisset athletics club (1996-2006), calls for urgent measures to be taken to end the series of failures of Moroccan (…)
Olympic Legend El Guerrouj Calls for Overhaul of Moroccan Athletics System
6 August 2024
Hicham El Guerrouj, the Moroccan legend of athletics, said that participation in the Olympic Games requires rigorous long-term preparation and that one must hope to win Olympic (…)
Norwegian Star Jakob Ingebrigtsen Shatters 24-Year-Old 2,000m World Record
9 September 2023
Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen has shattered the 2,000 meters world record held by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj for 24 years.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Nears 1,500m World Record with Fourth-Fastest Time in History
18 July 2023
Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic champion in the 1,500m, not only improved his own European record for the distance in 3 min 27 sec 14 at the Diamond League (…)
Moroccan Runner’s 1500m World Record Stands Unbeaten for 25 Years
16 July 2023
Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj set a record of 3:26.00 in the 1500 meters at the Golden Gala in Rome on July 14, 1998. A record that remains unbeaten to this day.
Mumbai Police Exam Cheaters Disqualified After Falsely Breaking Mile World Record
13 March 2023
In India, candidates for the Mumbai police exam fraudulently beat the record of Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, a specialist in long-distance and middle-distance races, (…)