Men 1500m Athletics XVIII Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1964 - Monday, 19th October - Gold Medal: Peter George Snell, New Zealand
Final 13:20time400m800m1200m
1. Peter George SnellNZL New Zealand3:38.158.7s2:00.92:59.7
2. Josef OdložilTCH Czechoslovakia3:39.659.2s2:01.43:00.0
3. John DaviesNZL New Zealand3:39.658.8s2:00.52:59.3
4. Alan SimpsonGBR Great Britain3:39.759.1s2:01.13:00.3
5. Dyrol BurelsonUSA United States3:40.058.2s2:00.92:59.8
6. Witold BaranPOL Poland3:40.358.6s2:00.72:59.5
7. Michel BernardFRA France3:41.258.0s2:01.23:00.0
8. John WhettonGBR Great Britain3:42.458.4s2:00.73:00.2
9. Jean WadouxFRA France3:45.4

world Men 1500m History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Tokyo : 57,363 (48,000 seats).
43 competitors from 33 nations.
RoundHAthDate
Semi-Finals21819.10
Heats44917.10
Tokyo emulated Helsinki in having two preliminary rounds, which then became the standard for the event. Britain’s Simpson was the fastest in the first round with 3:42.8, while another Briton – Whetton – became the first man to run under 3:40 without being an automatic qualifier. Placing fifth in the first semi, won by Snell in 3:38.8, Whetton had to wait for the second race before making the final as the fastest loser. Burleson won a tight finish in 3:41.5, which saw Wadoux just edge out new star Kipchoge Keino as both ran 3:41.9. Bernard again led an Olympic final, passing 400m in 58.0 before deciding to abandon the role of sacrificial rabbit. The pace began to dawdle and Davies took over the lead, with laps of 62.5 and 58.8, speeding up slightly from the 1000m point (2:30.3). The race was set up for the kickers – Burleson and Snell. The Kiwi attacked with 250m to go and the race was effectively over. His next 200m took just 25 sec- onds and his margin into the straight was 6m, which he almost doubled in the last 100m, despite consciously easing down. Behind him Odložil won the sprint for silver, edging Davies and Simpson, with Burleson clearly disconsolate at the superiority of Snell. Like Elliott before him, Snell had won the only major 1500m championship in which he took part.

Semi-Finals - Monday 19.10

Semi 1time
1. Peter George SnellNZL New Zealand3:38.8
2. Witold BaranPOL Poland3:38.9
3. Josef OdložilTCH Czechoslovakia3:39.3
4. Michel BernardFRA France3:39.7
5. John WhettonGBR Great Britain3:39.9
6. Wolf-Dieter HoltzGER Germany3:42.3
7. Karl-Uno OlofssonSWE Sweden3:44.8
8. Ergas LepsCAN Canada3:51.2
9. James Ronald RyunUSA United States3:55.0
Semi 2time
1. Dyrol BurlesonUSA United States3:41.5
2. Alan SimpsonGBR Great Britain3:41.5
3. John Llewellyn DaviesNZL New Zealand3:41.9
4. Jean WadouxFRA France3:41.9
5. Kipchoge KeinoKEN Kenya3:41.9
6. Eugene AllonsiusBEL Belgium3:41.9
7. Tom Martin O`HaraUSA United States3:43.4
8. Jurgen MayGER Germany3:46.8
9. Simo VazicYUG Yugoslavia3:48.3

Heats - Saturday, 17th October 11:00

Heat 1time
1. Witold BaranPOL Poland3:45.3
2. John Llewellyn DaviesNZL New Zealand3:45.5
3. Dyrol BurlesonUSA United States3:45.6
4. Ergas LepsCAN Canada3:46.4
5. William MckimGBR Great Britain3:46.8
6. Hans-Ruedi KnillSUI Switzerland3:47.2
7. Denos Adjima BecheIVCIVC3:53.5
8. Basil CliffordIRL Ireland3:54.9
9. Neville F. MytonJAM Jamaica3:57.0
10.R. SubramaniamMALMAL3:59.4
-. G.J. Neira CarvajalCOL ColombiaDNS
-. Ahmed IssaCHA ChadDNS
-. Ly Nguyet Vet VanVET South VietnamDNS
Heat 2time
1. Michel BernardFRA France3:43.4
2. Jurgen MayGER Germany3:44.2
3. John WhettonGBR Great Britain3:44.2
4. James Ronald RyunUSA United States3:44.4
5. Karl-Uno OlofssonSWE Sweden3:44.8
6. Olavi V. K. SalonenFIN Finland3:46.8
7. Fransesco BianchiITA Italy3:47.9
8. E. Yazdanpanah-BarughiIRN Iran3:54.8
9. Albert George ThomasAUS Australia3:54.9
10.Tira Klai ArngtongTHA Thailand4:08.7
-. Muharrem DalkilicTUR TurkeyDNS
-. Jean RandrianjatovoMAD MadagascarDNS
Heat 3time
1. Kipchoge KeinoKEN Kenya3:45.8
2. Wolf-Dieter HoltzGER Germany3:46.6
3. Tom Martin O`HaraUSA United States3:46.7
4. Peter George SnellNZL New Zealand3:46.8
5. Stig LindbackSWE Sweden3:47.1
6. Volker TulzerAUT Austria3:49.0
7. Rolf JelinekSUI Switzerland3:51.2
8. Michel MedingerLUX Luxembourg3:51.8
9. Kyo Mo ChungKOR South Korea3:53.0
10.Hugo WalserLIE Liechtenstain3:53.3
11.Anar KhanPAK Pakistan3:56.7
-. Michel JazyFRA FranceDNS
-. Manuel F. OliveiraPOR PortugalDNS
Heat 4time
1. Alan SimpsonGBR Great Britain3:42.8
2. Jean WadouxFRA France3:43.0
3. Josef OdložilTCH Czechoslovakia3:43.2
4. Eugene AllonsiusBEL Belgium3:43.3
5. Simo VazicYUG Yugoslavia3:43.7
6. Siegfried ValentinGER Germany3:44.9
7. Sebsibe MamoETH Ethiopia3:45.8
8. Ivan BelitskyURS Soviet Union3:46.7
9. Attila SimonHUN Hungary3:49.1
10.Toichi YamaguchiJPN Japan3:56.7
11.Eric Donu AmevorGHA Ghana3:58.4
12.Patrick M. M. FieldHKG Hong Kong4:02.6
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