ATHLETICS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men 1500m Olympic Games and World Championships History

Olympic Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
olim 2004 Athletics Men 1500m	Hicham El Guerrouj	MOR	Bernard Lagat	KEN	Rui Silva	POR
olim 2000 Athletics Men 1500m	Noah Ngeny	KEN	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Bernard Lagat	KEN
olim 1996 Athletics Men 1500m	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	Fermin Cacho	ESP	Stephen Kipkorir	KEN
olim 1992 Athletics Men 1500m	Fermin Cacho	ESP	Rachid el Basir	MAR	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT
olim 1988 Athletics Men 1500m	Peter Rono	KEN	Peter Elliott	GBR	Jens-Peter Herold	GDR
olim 1984 Athletics Men 1500m	Sebastian Coe	GBR	Steve Cram	GBR	Jose Abascal	ESP
olim 1980 Athletics Men 1500m	Sebastian Coe	GBR	Jorgen Straub	GDR	Steven Ovett	GBR
olim 1976 Athletics Men 1500m	John Walker	NZL	Ivo Van Damme	BEL	Paul-Heinz Wellmann	GER
olim 1972 Athletics Men 1500m	Pekka Vasala	FIN	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	Rod Dixon	NZL
olim 1968 Athletics Men 1500m	Hezakieh Keino	KEN	Jim Ryun	USA	Bodo Tummler	FRG
olim 1964 Athletics Men 1500m	Peter Snell	NZL	Josef Odlozil	TCH	John Davies	NZL
olim 1960 Athletics Men 1500m	Herb Elliott	AUS	Michel Jazy	FRA	Istvan Rosavolgyi	HUN
olim 1956 Athletics Men 1500m	Ron Delaney	IRL	Klaus Richtzenhain	GDR	John Landy	AUS
olim 1952 Athletics Men 1500m	Joseph Bartel	LUX	Robert McMillen	USA	Werner Lueg	FRG
olim 1948 Athletics Men 1500m	Henry Eriksson	SWE	Lennart Strand	SWE	Willem Slijkhuis	NED
olim 1936 Athletics Men 1500m	John Lovelock	NZL	Glenn Cunningham	USA	Luigi Beccali	ITA
olim 1932 Athletics Men 1500m	Luigi Beccali	ITA	John Cornes	GBR	Philip Edwards	CAN
olim 1928 Athletics Men 1500m	Harry Larva	FIN	Jules Ladoumegue	FRA	Eino Purje	FIN
olim 1924 Athletics Men 1500m	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	Willy Scharer	SUI	Hyla Stallard	GBR
olim 1920 Athletics Men 1500m	Albert Hill	GBR	Philip Baker	GBR	Lawrence Shields	USA
olim 1912 Athletics Men 1500m	Arnold Jackson	GBR	Abel Kiviat	USA	Norman Taber	USA
olim 1908 Athletics Men 1500m	Melvin Sheppard	USA	Harold Wilson	GBR	Norman Hallows	GBR
olim 1904 Athletics Men 1500m	James Lightbody	USA	Frank Werner	USA	Lacey Hearn	USA
olim 1900 Athletics Men 1500m	Charles Bennett	GBR	Henri Deloge	FRA	John Bray	USA
olim 1896 Athletics Men 1500m	Edwin Flack	GBR	Arthur Blake	USA	Albin Lermusiaux	FRA

World Championships	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2005 Men 1500m	Rashid Ramzi	BRN	Adil Kaouch	MAR	Rui Silva	POR
2003 Men 1500m	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Mehdi Baala	FRA	Ivan Heshko	UKR
2001 Men 1500m	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Bernard Lagat	KEN	Driss Maazouzi	FRA
1999 Men 1500m	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Noah Ngeny	KEN	Reyes Estevez	ESP
1997 Men 1500m	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Fermin Cacho	ESP	Reyes Estevez	ESP
1995 Men 1500m	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Venuste Niyongabo	BUR
1993 Men 1500m	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	Fermin Cacho	ESP	Abdi Bile	SOM
1991 Men 1500m	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	Wilfred Kirochi	KEN	Hauke Fuhlbrugge	GER
1987 Men 1500m	Abdi Bile	SOM	Jose Luis Gonzalez	ESP	Jim Spivey	USA
1983 Men 1500m	Steve Cram	GBR	Steve Scott	USA	Said Aouita	MAR


Name:

Medals	G	S	B	All
1. Great Britain	7	4	3	15
2. Marocco	4	4	1	9
3. Algeria	4			4
4. Kenya	3	5	2	10
5. New Zealand	3		2	5
6. Finland	3		1	4
7. United States	2	7	5	14
8. Spain	1	4	3	8
9. Sweden	1	1		2
10.Somalia	1		1	2
10.Australia	1		1	2
10.Italy	1		1	2
13.Marroco	1			1
13.Ireland	1			1
13.Luxembourg	1			1
13.Bahrain	1			1
17.France		4	2	6
18.East Germany		2	1	3
19.Belgium		1		1
19.Czechoslovakia		1		1
19.Switzerland		1		1
22.Portugal			2	2
22.Germany			2	2
22.West Germany			2	2
25.Qatar			1	1
25.Burundi			1	1
25.Hungary			1	1
25.Netherlands			1	1
25.Ukraine			1	1
25.Canada			1	1

Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev

todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 2 May 2006