Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1,500m metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. The final was held on Friday 1980-08-01.[1]

Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueLenin Central Stadium
Date30 July 1980 (qualification)
31 July 1980 (semi-finals)
1 August 1980 (final)
Competitors41 from 30 nations
Winning time3:38.4
Medalists
Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain
Jürgen Straub
 East Germany
Steve Ovett
 Great Britain
Official Video
Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Final
RANK FINAL TIME
 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:38.4
 Jürgen Straub (GDR) 3:38.8
 Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:39.0
4.  Andreas Busse (GDR) 3:40.2
5.  Vittorio Fontanella (ITA) 3:40.4
6.  Jozef Plachý (TCH) 3:40.7
7.  José Marajo (FRA) 3:41.5
8.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:41.0
9.  Dragan Zdravković (YUG) 3:43.1

Semi-Finals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:43.1
2.  Dragan Zdravković (YUG) 3:43.4
3.  Andreas Busse (GDR) 3:43.5
4.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:43.6
5.  Vladimir Malozemlin (URS) 3:43.6
6.  Antti Loikkanen (FIN) 3:44.0
7.  João Campos (POR) 3:44.4
8.  Alex Gonzalez (FRA) 3:44.7
9.  Mehdi Aidet (ALG) 3:44.9


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:39.4
2.  Jürgen Straub (GDR) 3:39.4
3.  José Marajo (FRA) 3:39.6
4.  Vittorio Fontanella (ITA) 3:40.1
5.  Jozef Plachý (TCH) 3:40.4
6.  Robert Nemeth (AUT) 3:40.8
7.  Vitaliy Tyshchenko (URS) 3:41.5
8.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:42.6
9.  Mirosław Żerkowski (POL) 3:48.2

Heats
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  José Marajo (FRA) 3:43.9
2.  Mehdi Aidet (ALG) 3:43.9
3.  Dragan Zdravković (YUG) 3:44.0
4.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:44.1
5.  Pavel Yakovlev (URS) 3:44.2
6.  José Manuel Abascal (ESP) 3:44.7
7.  Mopeli Molapo (LES) 3:55.5
8.  Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari (KUW) 3:57.6
9.  Vicente Santos (MOZ) 3:58.7


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Andreas Busse (GDR) 3:44.3
2.  Vitaliy Tyshchenko (URS) 3:44.4
3.  Jozef Plachý (TCH) 3:44.4
4.  Alex Gonzalez (FRA) 3:44.6
5.  Pierre Délèze (SUI) 3:44.8
6.  Haile Zeru (ETH) 3:45.7
7.  Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) 3:46.0
8.  Sant Kumar (IND) 3:55.6
9.  Ishmael Mhaladi (BOT) 3:59.1
10.  George Branche (SLE) 4:03.9
11.  Damien Degboe (BEN) 4:15.3


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Vittorio Fontanella (ITA) 3:40.1
2.  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:40.1
3.  Antti Loikkanen (FIN) 3:40.5
4.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:40.9
5.  João Campos (POR) 3:41.3
6.  Ray Flynn (IRL) 3:42.0
7.  Nigusse Bekele (ETH) 3:45.8
8.  Archfell Musango (ZAM) 3:53.7
9.  Tisbite Rakotoarisoa (MAD) 3:55.9
10.  Lê Quang Khải (VIE) 4:06.8


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:36.8
2.  Jürgen Straub (GDR) 3:37.0
3.  Robert Nemeth (AUT) 3:38.3
4.  Vladimir Malozemlin (URS) 3:38.7
5.  Mirosław Żerkowski (POL) 3:39.2
6.  Kassa Balcha (ETH) 3:43.1
7.  Jón Didriksson (ISL) 3:44.4
8.  Derradji Harek (ALG) 3:45.3
9.  Marzouk Mabrouk (LBA) 3:54.3
10.  Mohamed Makhlouf (SYR) 4:00.4

See also
  • 1976 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Montreal)
  • 1978 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Prague)
  • 1982 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Athens)
  • 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki)
  • 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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