| men's national records 1500m as at 31.12.1960 | |||||||
| Australia | Herb Elliott | 3:35,6h (1.) | Roma | 06.09.60 | Olympic Games | Ozeania | |
| Czechoslovakia | Stanislav Jungwirth | 3:38,1h (1.) | Stará Boleslav | 12.07.57 | Record attempt | Europe | |
| France | Michel Jazy | 3:38,4h (2.) | Roma | 06.09.60 | Olympic Games | Europe | |
| Sweden | Dan Waern | 3:38,6h (2.) | Göteborg | 18.09.60 | International | Europe | |
| German DR | Siegfried Valentin | 3:38,7h (1.) | Potsdamh (GDR) | 27.08.60 | National | Europe | |
| Hungary | István Rózsavölgyi | 3:38,8h (1.) | Budapest | 30.07.60 | National Championships | Europe | |
| New Zealand | Murray Halberg | 3:38,8h (2.) | Oslo | 05.09.58 | International | Ozeania | |
| Norway | Arne Hamarsland | 3:39,8h (3.) | Oslo | 05.09.58 | International | Europe | |
| Finland | Olavi Salsola / Olavi Salonen | 3:40,2h (1.) | Turku (FIN) | 11.07.57 | International | Europe | |
| Romania | Zoltán Vamos | 3:40,5h (1.) | Praha | 18.06.60 | Rosicky-Memorial | Europe | |
| Denmark | Gunnar Nielsen | 3:40,8h (2.) | Oslo | 06.09.55 | Bislett Games | Europe | |
| United States of America | Dyrol Burleson | 3:40,9h (6.) | Roma | 06.09.60 | Olympic Games | America | |
| Poland | Stefan Lewandowski | 3:41,0h (2.) | Göteborg | 08.09.59 | International | Europe | |
| Soviet Union | Jonas Pipyné | 3:41,1h (1.) | Moskva | 04.08.57 | International | Asia | |
| Great Britain | Brian Hewson | 3:41,1h (q.) | Stockholm | 22.08.58 | European Championships/h1 | (2.) | Europe |
| Ireland | Ron Delany | 3:41,49 (1.) | Melbourne | 01.12.56 | Olympic Games | OF 3:41,2 | Europe |
| Belgium | Roger Moens | 3:41,4h (1.) | Antwerpen | 19.06.60 | Europe | ||
| Spain | Tomas Bárris | 3:41,7h (4.) | Turkuh (FIN) | 29.08.58 | Europe | ||
| Italy | Gianfranco Baraldi | 3:42,3h (n.) | Stockholm | 22.08.58 | European Championships/h1 | (5.) | Europe |
| FR Germany | Paul Schmidt | 3:42,5h (?.) | Warszawa | 13.10.58 | Europe | ||
| Rhodesia | Terence "Terry" Sullivan | 3:42,96 (?.) | Roma | 03.09.60 | Olympic Games/h1 | Africa | |
| Yugoslavia | Velisa Mugosa | 3:43,0h (?.) | Warszawa | 08.06.57 | Europe | ||
| Austria | Josef Cegledi | 3:43,5h (?.) | Dortmund | 12.09.59 | Europe | ||
| Netherlands | Wim Slijkhuis | 3:43,8h (?.) | Antwerpen | 21.08.49 | Europe | ||
| Luxemburg | Joseph Barthel | 3:44,2h (?.) | Luxemburg | 04.09.52 | Europe | ||
| Greece | Evangelos Depastas | 3:44,7h (?.) | Sofia | 20.09.58 | Europe | ||
| Algerie | Patrick El Mabrouk (1) | 3:45,35 (5.) | Helsinki | 26.07.52 | Olympic Games | OF 3:46,0h (5.) | Africa |
| Turkey | Muharrem Dalkilic | 3:46,6h (?.) | Sofia | 24.05.60 | Asia | ||
| Canada | Richard „Rich“ Ferguson | 3:46,9h ( - ) | Vancouver | 07.08.54 | Empire Games | In 1 mileh (3.) | America |
| Island | Svavar Markússon | 3:47,20 (n.) | Roma | 03.09.60 | Olympic Games | (7.) / OF 3:47,1 | Europe |
| Chile | Ramon Sandoval | 3:47,5h (1.) | Montevideo | 20.04.58 | South American Championships | America | |
| Guatemala | Gonzalo Javier | 3:47,7h (?.) | Houston | 10.06.60 | America | ||
| Portugal | Helio Duarte | 3:51,3h (?.) | Lisboa | Europe | |||
| Japan | Kuniaki Watanabe | 3:52,1h (?.) | Torino | 06.09.59 | Asia | ||
| Zaire | Jean Bwana | 3:53,5h (?.) | Liège | 15.08.58 | Africa | ||
| Brazil | America | ||||||
| Morocco | Ahmed Lazreg | 3:56,3h (?.) | ??.??.55 | Africa | |||
| (1) competet for France | |||||||