Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Results
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herb Elliott |  Australia | 3:41.50 | |
| 2 | István Rózsavölgyi |  Hungary | 3:42.15 | |
| 3 | Dyrol Burleson |  United States | 3:42.40 | |
| 4 | Terry Sullivan |  Rhodesia | 3:42.96 | |
| 5 | Yevgeny Momotkov | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 3:43.80 | |
| 6 | Olavi Salonen |  Finland | 3:46.57 | |
| 7 | Rudolf Klaban |  Austria | 3:47.24 | |
| 8 | Arthur Hannemann |  Germany | 3:47.57 | |
| 9 | Laurie Reed |  Great Britain | 3:48.24 | |
| 10 | Joe Mullins | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 3:53.45 | |
| 11 | Tomás Barris | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | 3:56.10 | |
| 12 | Mohamed Gouider |  Tunisia | 3:58.52 | |
| - | Zbigniew Orywał |  Poland | DNF | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Bernard |  France | 3:42.34 | |
| 2 | Jim Grelle | United States | 3:43.65 | |
| 3 | Arne Hamarsland |  Norway | 3:44.63 | |
| 4 | Brian Kent-Smith | Great Britain | 3:46.21 | |
| 5 | Albie Thomas | Australia | 3:46.95 | |
| 6 | Siegfried Valentin | Germany | 3:46.99 | |
| 7 | Svavar Markússon |  Iceland | 3:47.20 | |
| 8 | Alfredo Rizzo |  Italy | 3:47.56 | |
| 9 | Andrei Barabaş | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 3:47.71 | |
| 10 | Muharrem Dalkılıç |  Turkey | 3:47.18 | |
| 11 | Dhira Phiphobmongkol |  Thailand | 4:24.4 | |
| - | Péter Parsch | Hungary | DNF | |
| - | Egon Oehri |  Liechtenstein | DNF | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Waern |  Sweden | 3:44.18 | |
| 2 | Michel Jazy | France | 3:45.03 | |
| 3 | Zoltan Vamoş | Romania | 3:45.07 | |
| 4 | Adolf Schwarte | Germany | 3:45.46 | |
| 5 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary | 3:46.20 | |
| 6 | Mike Wiggs | Great Britain | 3:46.61 | |
| 7 | Merv Lincoln | Australia | 3:47.18 | |
| 8 | Evangelos Depastas | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | 3:48.77 | |
| 9 | Pete Close | United States | 3:50.69 | |
| 10 | Olavi Vuorisalo | Finland | 3:52.68 | |
| 11 | Stefan Lewandowski | Poland | 3:59.75 | |
| 12 | Yair Pantilat |  Israel | 4:00.14 | |
| 13 | Kassim Mukhtar | .svg.png){kind=small} Iraq | 4:00.33 | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Herb Elliott | Australia | 3:35.6 | WR |
 | Michel Jazy | France | 3:38.4 | |
 | István Rózsavölgyi | Hungary | 3:39.2 | |
| 4 | Dan Waern | Sweden | 3:40.0 | |
| 5 | Zoltan Vamoş | Romania | 3:40.8 | |
| 6 | Dyrol Burleson | United States | 3:40.9 | |
| 7 | Michel Bernard | France | 3:41.5 | |
| 8 | Jim Grelle | United States | 3:45.0 | |
| 9 | Arne Hamarsland | Norway | 3:45.0 | |
Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish
References
- 1960 Summer Olympics results: Men's 1500 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-07.
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