This is the progression of world record improvements of the 1500 metres M40 division of Masters athletics.
Key
HandAutoAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDateRef3:40.20 Bernard Lagat12.12.1974New York City14.02.20153:41.87Bernard Lagat12.12.1974Birmingham07.06.20153:42.02 Anthony Whiteman GBR 13.11.1971 Stretford 07.07.20123:42.65 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 27.09.1969 Sochi 27.05.20103:44.06 Jim Sorensen10.05.1967 Oxy 03.06.20073:44.89 Luiz José Gonçalves BRA 04.12.1958 Rio de Janeiro 04.06.19993:45.3 i Eamonn CoghlanIRL 24.11.1952 New York 26.02.19933:46.7 David Moorcroft GBR 10.04.1953 Belfast 19.06.19933:49.47 Wilson Waigwa KEN 15.02.1949 Eugene 05.08.19893:52.0 Michel BernardFRA 31.12.1931 20.06.1972
References
Masters Athletics 1500 m list