Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium
Date29 September – 1 October
Competitors59
Winning time3:35.96
Medalists
 Peter Rono  Kenya
 Peter Elliott  Great Britain
 Jens-Peter Herold  East Germany
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
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1500 m men women
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400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
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Marathon men women
20 km walk men
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Long jump men women
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Wheelchair races

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 59 competitors, with four qualifying heats (59) and two semi-finals (26), before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.

This race typified the tactical running of miles and 1500's of this era. Nobody really cared about leading early or pushing the pace, Marcus O'Sullivan took the point by default. The British new guard of Peter Elliott and Steve Cram were just behind Omer Khalifa marking the lead. Just before two laps to go, the Kenyan team decided to change position led by Peter Rono moving out to lane 2 and from dead last running past the entire field into first place. He was soon joined by Joseph Chesire who served as a Kenyan wall at the front. The first challenge to the wall was Jeff Atkinson, who managed to get around Chesire but could not get past Rono. Cheshire's weakness exposed, the entire pack went around him, everybody aiming to be just off the lead at the bell, the ever present Steve Scott behind Atkinson, the Britons, with Jens-Peter Herold, Han Kulker and Kipkoech Cheruiyot all jockeying for position behind Rono on the backstretch. Atkinson faded while Elliott, Cram and Herold emerged toward the front, still behind Rono who was watching over his shoulder. Cram poised himself on Elliott's shoulder to make the big move coming off the turn with Scott, Kulker and Cheruiyot showing similar aspirations a step behind. But the only big move was Herold sneaking past Elliott on the inside while Elliott was concerned with Cram on his outside. Nobody's big move really advanced their position, Elliott using his best sprinting to just edge back ahead of Herold by the finish line for silver, Rono untested ahead of everyone.

Medalists

GoldPeter Rono
 Kenya
SilverPeter Elliott
 Great Britain
BronzeJens-Peter Herold
 East Germany

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 3:29.46 Morocco Saïd Aouita West Berlin (FRG) August 23, 1985
Olympic Record 3:32.53 United Kingdom Sebastian Coe Los Angeles (USA) August 11, 1984

Results

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1st Peter Rono Kenya 3:35.96
2nd Peter Elliott Great Britain 3:36.15
3rd Jens-Peter Herold East Germany 3:36.21
4 Steve Cram Great Britain 3:36.24
5 Steve Scott United States 3:36.99
6 Han Kulker Netherlands 3:37.08
7 Kipkoech Cheruiyot Kenya 3:37.94
8 Marcus O'Sullivan Ireland 3:38.39
9 Mario Silva Portugal 3:38.77
10 Jeff Atkinson United States 3:40.80
11 Joseph Chesire Kenya 3:40.82
12 Omer Khalifa Sudan 3:41.07

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:38.09
2.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:38.30
3.  Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:38.56
4.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:39.06
5.  Jeff Atkinson (USA) 3:39.12
6.  Joseph Chesire (KEN) 3:39.17
7.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:39.86
8.  Remi Geoffroy (FRA) 3:40.96
9.  Rachid Kram (ALG) 3:41.39
10.  Spyros Spyrou (CYP) 3:43.49
–  Abdelmajide Moncif (MAR) DNF
–  Peter Wirz (SUI) DNF
–  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:38.20
2.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:38.25
3.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:38.40
4.  Mario Silva (POR) 3:38.56
5.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:38.59
6.  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 3:38.84
7.  Markus Hacksteiner (SUI) 3:39.18
8.  Mark Deady (USA) 3:39.47
9.  Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:39.55
10.  Mbiganyi Thee (BOT) 3:42.62
11.  Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) 3:43.58
12.  Mostafa Lachal (MAR) 3:45.65
–  Saïd Aouita (MAR) DNS

Heats

First 5 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Peter Rono  Kenya 3:37.65 Q
2 3 Jeff Atkinson  United States 3:38.33 Q
3 3 Peter Elliott  Great Britain 3:38.60 Q
4 3 Markus Hacksteiner   Switzerland 3:39.05 Q
5 3 Mostafa Lachal  Morocco 3:39.20 Q
6 3 Rachid Kram  Algeria 3:39.90 q
7 2 Kipkoech Cheruiyot  Kenya 3:39.98 Q
8 4 Jens-Peter Herold  East Germany 3:40.87 Q
9 1 Steve Cram  Great Britain 3:40.89 Q
10 4 Han Kulker  Netherlands 3:40.90 Q
11 3 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil 3:40.92 q
12 4 Steve Crabb  Great Britain 3:41.12 Q
13 4 Peter Wirz   Switzerland 3:41.26 Q
14 4 Omer Khalifa  Sudan 3:41.46 Q
15 1 Steve Scott  United States 3:41.57 Q
16 1 Remi Geoffroy  France 3:41.68 Q
17 1 Joseph Chesire  Kenya 3:41.72 Q
18 4 Abdelmajide Moncif  Morocco 3:41.73 q
19 1 Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 3:41.85 Q
20 2 Mark Deady  United States 3:41.91 Q
21 3 Mbiganyi Thee  Botswana 3:41.97 q
22 1 Marcus O'Sullivan  Ireland 3:42.01 q
22 2 Mogens Guldberg  Denmark 3:42.01 Q
24 2 Saïd Aouita  Morocco 3:42.18 Q
25 2 Mario Silva  Portugal 3:42.24 Q
26 3 Spyros Spyrou  Cyprus 3:42.32 q
27 2 Markus Rapp   Switzerland 3:42.64
28 2 David Campbell  Canada 3:42.97
29 3 Gerry O'Reilly  Ireland 3:43.23
30 1 Ari Suhonen  Finland 3:43.61
31 4 Mahmoud Kalboussi  Tunisia 3:43.72
32 2 Mohamed Suleiman  Qatar 3:44.43
33 1 José Luíz Barbosa  Brazil 3:44.46
34 2 Duan Xiuquan  China 3:44.88
35 2 Pat Scammell  Australia 3:45.21
36 1 Branko Zorko  Yugoslavia 3:45.52
37 3 Cho Jin-Saeng  South Korea 3:45.63
38 3 Jan Kubista  Czechoslovakia 3:46.41
39 1 Michael Watson  Bermuda 3:46.49
40 1 Melford Homela  Zimbabwe 3:47.38
41 2 Jama Aden  Somalia 3:49.84
42 4 Dale Jones  Antigua and Barbuda 3:51.22
43 4 Hameed Al-Dousari  Saudi Arabia 3:51.53
44 1 Hoche Yaya Aden  Djibouti 3:51.56
45 4 Eulucane Ndagijimana  Rwanda 3:51.61
46 4 Josep Graells  Andorra 3:52.68
47 2 Ramón López  Paraguay 3:53.31
48 1 Eugenio Katombi  Angola 3:54.25
49 4 Zeki Öztürk  Turkey 3:54.26
50 1 Modupe Jonah  Sierra Leone 3:55.15
51 4 Douglas Consiglio  Canada 3:55.31
52 4 Seid Gayaplé  Chad 3:58.46
53 4 Haribahadur Rokaya    Nepal 4:01.17
54 2 Kenneth Dzekedzeke  Malawi 4:02.61
55 3 Moses Zarak Khan  Fiji 4:03.20
56 3 Awad Saleh Ahmed  North Yemen 4:03.86
57 3 Johnd Siguria  Papua New Guinea 4:07.04
58 1 Mohamed Ould Khayar  Mauritania 4:12.18
59 2 Bernardo Elonga  Equatorial Guinea 4:16.40
60 2 Nimely Twegbe  Liberia DNS

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References

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