American Area Records. His time of 3:26.34 minutes for the 1500 metres, set in 2001, remains the Kenyan and Commonwealth record for the event as well as the third-fastest of all time. The 3000 and 5000 marks, set since Lagat turned 35 years of age are also Masters World records and American Masters records. Lagat also holds the currently recognized Masters World record in the 1500 at 3:32.51 set at Herculis in 2010. He set the Masters World record for Age 40 at 3000 m in 7:48.33 on February 7, 2015, in Boston, and rebroke his own record in 7:37.71 on February 25, 2015, in Metz, France. References External links IAAF Focus on Athletes NBC Olympics profile ESPN profile Kenyan-Born Runner Boosts U.S. Olympic Hopes (NPR) Flotrack Video Interview of Bernard Lagat 1974 births Living people People from Nandi County American male middle-distance runners American male long-distance runners Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan emigrants to the United States Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic silver medalists for Kenya Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Kenya USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners World record holders in masters athletics Washington State Cougars men's track and field athletes