Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the final held on Saturday December 1, 1956. There were a total number of 37 participants from 22 nations.
Final classification
| Rank | Athlete | Heat | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Ron Delaney (IRL) |
3:47.4 | 3:41.2 |
 |
 Klaus Richtzenhain (EUA) |
3:46.6 | 3:42.0 |
 |
 John Landy (AUS) |
3:48.6 | 3:42.0 |
| 4. | .svg.png){kind=small} Laszlo Tabori (HUN) |
3:48.0 | 3:42.4 |
| 5. |  Brian Hewson (GBR) |
3:48:0 | 3:42.6 |
| 6. |  Stanislav Jungwirth (TCH) |
3:46.6 | 3:42.6 |
| 7. |  Neville Scott (NZL) |
3:48:0 | 3:42.8 |
| 8. | Ian Boyd (GBR) |
3:47.0 | 3:43.0 |
| 9. | Kenneth Wood (GBR) |
3:46:6 | 3:44.3 |
| 10. |  Gunnar Nielsen (DEN) |
3:48.6 | 3:45.0 |
| 11. | Murray Halberg (NZL) |
3:47:2 | 3:45.2 |
| 12. | Mervyn Lincoln (AUS) |
3:45:4 | 3:51.9 |
| — |  Dan Waern (SWE) |
3:48:8 | DNQ |
| — | Ingvar Ericsson (SWE) |
3:49:0 | DNQ |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Yevgeny Sokolov (URS) |
3:49:2 | DNQ |
| — | István Rozsavolgyi (HUN) |
3:49:4 | DNQ |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} André Ballieux (BEL) |
3:49:8 | DNQ |
| — |  Michel Jazy (FRA) |
3:50:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Theodore Wheeler (USA) |
3:50:0 | DNQ |
| — | Piatras-Ionas Pipine (URS) |
3:50:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Josy Barthel (LUX) |
3:50:0 | DNQ |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Mamo Wolde (ETH) |
3:51:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Gianfranco Baraldi (ITA) |
3:52:0 | DNQ |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Evangelos Depastas (GRE) |
3:52:0 | DNQ |
| — | Sergey Soukhanov (URS) |
3:53:0 | DNQ |
| — | Jerome Walters (USA) |
3:55:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Olavi Salsola (FIN) |
3:55:0 | DNQ |
| — | Georgios Papavassiliou (GRE) |
3:57:0 | DNQ |
| — | Günther Dohrow (EUA) |
3:58:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Ramón Sandoval (CHI) |
3:58:0 | DNQ |
| — | Eduardo Fontecilla (CHI) |
3:58:0 | DNQ |
| — | Donald Bowden (USA) |
4:00:0 | DNQ |
| — | Emile Leva (BEL) |
4:06:0 | DNQ |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Sank Ok-Sim (KOR) |
4:09:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Jan Mahmud (PAK) |
4:15:0 | DNQ |
| — |  Somnuek Srisombati (THA) |
4:30:0 | DNQ |
| — | Siegfried Herrmann (EUA) |
DNF | DNQ |
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