Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 18–19
Competitors	29 from 12 nations
Medalists
Albert Hill   Great Britain   Philip Noel-Baker   Great Britain   Lawrence Shields   United States

Official Video

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 1500 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920, and on Thursday, August 19, 1920.

Twenty-nine runners from 12 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:54.7	John Zander	Stockholm (SWE)	August 5, 1917
Olympic Record	3:56.8	Arnold Jackson	Stockholm (SWE)	July 10, 1912

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Václav Vohralík (TCH)	4:02.2	Q
2	Albert Hill (GBR)	4:03.2	Q
3	André Audinet (FRA)	4:03.7	Q
4	Edvin Wide (SWE)	4:03.8
5	Edward Lawrence (CAN)	4:03.9
6	Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)
—	Lucien Bangels (BEL)	DNF
	Edward Curtis (USA)	DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Sven Lundgren (SWE)	4:07.0	Q
2	Duncan McPhee (GBR)	4:07.2	Q
3	Lawrence Shields (USA)	4:07.4	Q
4	Armand Burtin (FRA)	4:07.7
5	Eivind Rasmussen (NOR)	4:08.2
6	Tommy Town (CAN)
7	Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)
8	Théophile Roeckaert (BEL)

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	John Zander (SWE)	4:08.1	Q
2	Arturo Porro (ITA)	4:09.0	Q
3	James Connolly (USA)	4:09.3	Q
4	Maurice de Conninck (FRA)	4:09.8
5	Léoncé Oleffe (BEL)	4:11.5

Semifinal 4

René Leray was allowed to participate in the final after being hindered.

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Joie Ray (USA)	4:13.4	Q
2	Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)	4:14.3	Q
3	Léon Fourneau (BEL)	4:14.8	Q
4	Fritz Kiölling (SWE)	4:14.8
5	René Leray (FRA)	4:15.0	q
6	Saburo Hasumi (JPN)
—	Juan Muguerza (ESP)	DNF
	Johannes Villemson (EST)	DQ

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Albert Hill (GBR)	4:01.8
2	Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)	4:02.3
3	Lawrence Shields (USA)	4:03.0
4	Václav Vohralík (TCH)	4:04.6
5	Sven Lundgren (SWE)	4:06.3
6	André Audinet (FRA)	4:06.4
7	Arturo Porro (ITA)	4:06.6
8	Joie Ray (USA)	4:10.0
9	Léon Fourneau (BEL)	4:10.3
10	René Leray (FRA)	4:16.5
—	Duncan McPhee (GBR)	DNF
	James Connolly (USA)	DNF
	John Zander (SWE)	DNF

References

• sports-reference.com
• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.