Running records
This task is about ordering decimal numbers.
This table shows times for the men's Olympic 1500-metre race. They were recorded between 1960 and 2000. Use the table to answer the following questions.
Olympic men's 1500-metre times
1960 |
Herb Elliott |
3:35.6 |
1964 |
Peter Snell |
3:38.1 |
1968 |
Kip Keino |
3:34.9 |
1972 |
Pekka Vasala |
3:36.3 |
1976 |
John Walker |
3:39.17 |
1980 |
Sebastian Coe |
3:38.4 |
1984 |
Sebastian Coe |
3:32.53 |
1988 |
Peter Rono |
3:35.96 |
1992 |
Fermin Cacho |
3:40.12 |
1996 |
Noureddine Morceli |
3:35.78 |
2000 |
Noah Ngeny |
3:32.07 |