Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the Men's 1,500m metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The final was held on Sunday 10 September 1972 and was contested by 10 athletes. The semi-finals were held on Saturday 9 September 1972 and were contested by 27 athletes. The heats were held on Friday 8 September 1972 and 71 athletes entered.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.

World Record 3:33.1 United States Jim Ryun Los Angeles (USA) July 8, 1967
Olympic Record 3:34.9 Kenya Kip Keino Mexico City (MEX) October 20, 1968

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Pekka Vasala (FIN) 3:36.3
 Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 3:36.8
 Rod Dixon (NZL) 3:37.5
4.  Mike Boit (KEN) 3:38.4
5.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 3:39.0
6.  Herman Mignon (BEL) 3:39.1
7.  Paul-Heinz Wellmann (FRG) 3:40.1
8.  Vladimir Panteley (URS) 3:40.2
9.  Tony Polhill (NZL) 3:41.8
10.  Tom Hansen (DEN) 3:46.6

Semi-Finals

RANK SEMI-FINAL 1 TIME
1.  Mike Boit (KEN) 3:41.3
2.  Vladimir Pantelei (URS) 3:41.6
3.  Tom Hansen (DEN) 3:41.6
4.  Dave Wottle (USA) 3:41.6
5.  Chris Fisher (AUS) 3:42.0
6.  Gianni del Buono (ITA) 3:42.0
7.  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:43.4
8.  Spilios Zacharopoulos (GRE) 3:43.5
9.  Ulf Högberg (SWE) 3:43.6
10.  Hailu Ebba (ETH) 3:43.7


RANK SEMI-FINAL 2 TIME
1.  Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 3:41.2
2.  Herman Mignon (BEL) 3:41.7
3.  Tony Polhill (NZL) 3:41.8
4.  Shibrou Regassa (ETH) 3:41.9
5.  Jacques Boxberger (FRA) 3:42.4
6.  Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 3:42.5
7.  Haico Scharn (NED) 3:44.4
8.  Pekka Päivärinta (FIN) 3:45.1
9.  Ray Smedley (GBR) 3:45.8
10.  Bodo Tümmler (FRG) 3:50.0


RANK SEMI-FINAL 3 TIME
1.  Rod Dixon (NZL) 3:37.9
2.  Pekka Vasala (FIN) 3:37.9
3.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 3:38.2
4.  Paul-Heinz Wellmann (FRG) 3:38.4
5.  Gunnar Ekman (SWE) 3:39.4
6.  Bob Wheeler (USA) 3:40.4
7.  Franco Arese (ITA) 3:41.1
8.  Jean-Pierre Dufresne (FRA) 3:41.6
9.  Klaus-Peter Justus (GDR) 3:44.6
10.  Gerd Larsen (DEN) 3:59.4

Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:40.6
2.  Dave Wottle (USA) 3:40.7
3.  Jean-Pierre Dufresne (FRA) 3:40.8
4.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 3:40.8
5.  Donaldo Arza (PAN) 3:41.8
6.  Ivan Ivanov (URS) 3:42.3
7.  Mehmet Tuemkan (TUR) 3:44.0
8.  Mohamed Kacemi (ALG) 3:45.2
9.  Daniel Andrade (SEN) 3:59.2
10.  Dafallah Sultan Farah (SUD) 4:02.9


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Franco Arese (ITA) 3:44.0
2.  Herman Mignon (BEL) 3:44.2
3.  Bodo Tümmler (FRG) 3:44.5
4.  Gerd Larsen (DEN) 3:44.7
5.  John Kirkbridge (GBR) 3:45.3
6.  Filbert Bayi (TAN) 3:45.4
7.  Jozef Horcic (TCH) 3:45.7
8.  William Smart (CAN) 3:49.2
-  Bram Wassenaar (NED) DNS
-  Kassem Hamze (LIB) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Shibrou Regassa (ETH) 3:43.6
2.  Spilios Zacharopoulos (GRE) 3:43.8
3.  Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 3:44.2
4.  Pekka Paivarinta (FIN) 3:44.4
5.  André de Hertoghe (BEL) 3:44.6
6.  Petre Lupan (ROM) 3:44.8
7.  M'Hamad Amakdouf (MAR) 3:48.4
8.  A Naser Alsafraa (KSA) 4:14.5
-  Benson Mulomba (ZAM) DNS
-  Robert Leborgne (FRA) DNS


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 3:40.0
2.  Rod Dixon (NZL) 3:40.0
3.  Gunnar Ekman (SWE) 3:40.4
4.  Klaus-Peter Justus (GDR) 3:40.4
5.  Gianni del Buono (ITA) 3:40.8
6.  Werner Meier (SUI) 3:43.2
7.  Mohamad Younas (PAK) 3:44.1
8.  Vitus Ashaba (UGA) 3:45.2
9.  Jim Ryun (USA) 3:51.5
10.  Billy Fordjour (GHA) 4:08.2
-  Yevgeniy Arzhanov (URS) DNS


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Hailu Ebba (ETH) 3:41.6
2.  Paul-Heinz Wellmann (FRG) 3:41.8
3.  Ray Smedley (GBR) 3:42.1
4.  Chris Fisher (AUS) 3:42.5
5.  Frank Murphy (IRL) 3:43.4
6.  Byron Dyce (JAM) 3:45.9
7.  Cosmas Silei (KEN) 3:52.0
8.  Joze Medjimurec (YUG) 3:52.1
9.  Harry Nkopeka (MAW) 4:00.9
10.  Edward Kar (LBR) 4:21.4


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Pekka Vasala (FIN) 3:40.9
2.  Tom Hansen (DEN) 3:41.1
3.  Bob Wheeler (USA) 3:41.3
4.  Haico Scham (NED) 3:41.4
5.  Ulf Högberg (SWE) 3:41.5
6.  Edgar Salve (BEL) 3:42.1
7.  Anthony Colon (PUR) 3:44.6
8.  Edouard Rasoanaivo (MAD) 3:48.5
9.  Jaiye Abidoye (NGR) 3:48.8
10.  Mohamed Aboker (SOM) 3:59.5


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Mike Boit (KEN) 3:42.2
2.  Tony Polhill (NZL) 3:42.3
3.  Vladimir Pantelei (URS) 3:42.3
4.  Jacques Boxberger (FRA) 3:42.6
5.  Mansour Guettaya (TUN) 3:43.9
6.  Fernando Eugenio Mamede (POR) 3:45.1
7.  Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG) 3:46.4
8.  Kenneth Elmer (CAN) 3:46.6
9.  Esaie Fongang (CMR) 3:54.5
10.  Jimmy Crampton (BIR) 4:06.9

See also

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