Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City | ||||||||||||
Date | 18 October 1968 to 20 October 1968 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
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 | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 1500 metres event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The competition was held on 18 to the 20 of October. The Gold was won by Kenyan Kip Keino, who beat World record holder Jim Ryun, who struggled to adapt to the altitude of Mexico City.[1]
While this Olympics was the emergence of Kenyan runners, Kip Keino was not an unknown quantity, he had won the 1966 Commonwealth Games and 1965 African Championships. American fans placed high expectations on world record holder Jim Ryun. In the final, it was Ben Jipcho who took the first lap out fast, with Keino lagging to the back of the field. Keino moved up toward the front, but didn't take the lead until two laps to go. When he moved forward, he did so decisively, creating a 30-meter gap on the field. Ryun was known for his last lap kicks. He held back waiting for the bell. At the bell he took off in chase, but Bodo Tümmler was also intent on racing. Ryun was able to beat Tümmler down the backstretch but his last lap kick was no match for the still more than 20 meter lead Keino held onto the final straightaway.
First round
Top 5 in each heat advance to semifinal.
Heat one *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kip Keino | 3:46.96 | ||
2 | Bodo Tümmler | 3:51.59 | ||
3 | John Boulter | 3:51.63 | ||
4 | Jorge Grosser | 3:51.79 | ||
5 | Franco Arese | 3:51.86 | ||
6 | Dave Bailey | 3:52.11 | ||
7 | Róbert Honti | 3:54.95 | ||
8 | Rudolf Klaban | 3:59.11 | ||
9 | Julio Quevedo | 4:03.13 | ||
10 | Édouard Sagna | 4:04.12 | ||
11 | Emilio Barahona | 4:56.08 |
Heat two *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tom Von Ruden | 3:59.15 | ||
2 | André Dehertoghe | 3:59.33 | ||
3 | Henryk Szordykowski | 3;59.34 | ||
4 | Claude Nicolas | 3:59.35 | ||
5 | Arnd Krüger | 3:59.40 | ||
6 | Renzo Finelli | 3:59.51 | ||
7 | Ove Berg | 4:00.42 | ||
8 | Tom Hansen | 4:01.47 | ||
9 | Ramasamy Subramaniam | 4:06.49 | ||
10 | Miguel Núñez | 4:23.67 |
Heat three *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ben Jipcho | 3:46.51 | ||
2 | Oleg Rayko | 3:46.84 | ||
3 | Harald Norpoth | 3:47.00 | ||
4 | Josef Odložil | 3:47.49 | ||
5 | Jacky Boxberger | 3:47.55 | ||
6 | José Neri | 3:47.88 | ||
7 | Jorge González | 3:50.49 | ||
8 | Ioannis Virvilis | 3:55.57 | ||
9 | Xaver Frick, Jr. | 4:15.38 | ||
10 | Alfredo Cubías | 4:32.58 |
Heat four *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jim Ryun | 3:45.80 | ||
2 | Hamadi Haddou | 3:47.01 | ||
3 | Edgard Salvé | 3:47.17 | ||
4 | Arne Kvalheim | 3:47.50 | ||
5 | Norm Trerise | 3:47.67 | ||
6 | Gianni Del Buono | 3:48.41 | ||
7 | Peter Watson | 3:55.41 | ||
8 | Maurice Benn | 3:56.43 | ||
9 | Pekka Vasala | 4:08.51 | ||
10 | Willie Ríos | 4:14.47 | ||
11 | Jeff Payne | 4:18.92 |
Heat five *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marty Liquori | 3:52.78 | ||
2 | Hansrüedi Knill | 3:52.87 | ||
3 | John Whetton | 3:53.04 | ||
4 | Ahmed Issa | 3:53.13 | ||
5 | Mikhail Zhelobovsky | 3:53.23 | ||
6 | Matias Habtemichael | 3:53.27 | ||
7 | Anders Gärderud | 3:54.28 | ||
8 | Byron Dyce | 3:54.65 | ||
9 | Jerzy Maluśki | 3:54.83 | ||
10 | Frank Murphy | 3:54.85 | ||
11 | Rudi Simon | 4:06.97 | ||
12 | Arturo Córdoba | 5:18.92 |
Semifinal
Top six in each heat advance to final.
Heat one *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bodo Tümmler | 3:53.66 | ||
2 | Jacky Boxberger | 3:54.00 | ||
3 | Tom Von Ruden | 3:54.12 | ||
4 | Henryk Szordykowski | 3:54.24 | ||
5 | Harald Norpoth | 3:54.34 | ||
6 | Ben Jipcho | 3:54.69 | ||
7 | Franco Arese | 3:54.85 | ||
8 | Arne Kvalheim | 3:55.32 | ||
9 | John Boulter | 3:56.13 | ||
10 | Edgard Salvé | 3:58.16 | ||
11 | Mikhail Zhelobovsky | 3:59.08 | ||
12 | Hamadi Haddou | 4:01.70 |
Heat two *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jim Ryun | 3:51.25 | ||
2 | Kip Keino | 3:51.50 | ||
3 | John Whetton | 3:52.05 | ||
4 | Marty Liquori | 3:52.17 | ||
5 | Josef Odložil | 3:52.53 | ||
6 | André Dehertoghe | 3:52.57 | ||
7 | Oleg Rayko | 3:52.73 | ||
8 | Ahmed Issa | 3:53.26 | ||
9 | Hansrüedi Knill | 3:53.65 | ||
10 | Norm Trerise | 3:57.30 | ||
11 | Claude Nicolas | 4:04.47 | ||
12 | Arnd Krüger | 4:05.40 | ||
Jorge Grosser | DNF |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Kip Keino | 3:34.91 | OR | ||
Jim Ryun | 3:37.89 | |||
Bodo Tümmler | 3:39.08 | |||
4 | Harald Norpoth | 3:42.57 | ||
5 | John Whetton | 3:43.90 | ||
6 | Jacky Boxberger | 3:46.65 | ||
7 | Henryk Szordykowski | 3:46.69 | ||
8 | Josef Odložil | 3:48.69 | ||
9 | Tom Von Ruden | 3:49.27 | ||
10 | Ben Jipcho | 3:51.22 | ||
11 | André Dehertoghe | 3:53.63 | ||
12 | Marty Liquori | 4:18.22 |
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.