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Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January and 2 February at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Filbert Bayi
 Tanzania
John Walker
 New Zealand
Ben Jipcho
 Kenya

Results

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Heats

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Held on 31 January

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Mike Boit  Kenya 3:44.6 Q
2 1 Graham Crouch  Australia 3:44.62 Q[2]
3 1 Rod Dixon  New Zealand 3:44.6 Q
3 1 Brendan Foster  England 3:44.9 Q
5 1 Jaiye Abidoye  Nigeria 3:49.9
6 1 Bernard Hayward  Wales 3:50.3
7 1 Samuela Bulai  Fiji 4:10.5
1 2 Filbert Bayi  Tanzania 3:38.2 Q
2 2 John Kirkbride  England 3:39.8 Q[3]
3 2 David Fitzsimons  Australia 3:39.92 Q[2]
4 2 Tony Polhill  New Zealand 3:40.30 Q[3]
5 2 Paul Lawther  Northern Ireland 3:43.1
6 2 Cosmas Silei  Kenya 3:44.7
7 2 Phillip Kayo  Papua New Guinea 4:05.4
2 Richard Kermode  Fiji DNS
2 John Davies  Wales DNS
1 3 John Walker  New Zealand 3:42.5 Q
2 3 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 3:42.6 Q
3 3 Randal Markey  Australia 3:42.77 Q[2]
4 3 Ben Jipcho  Kenya 3:43.6 Q
5 3 Kenneth Elmer  Canada 3:44.0
6 3 Keith Falla  Guernsey 3:58.9
7 3 Gerard Domaingue  Mauritius 4:08.1
3 Joseph Jampilda  Nigeria DNF
3 Andy Carter  England DNS

Final

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Held on 2 February, the final was led by Filbert Bayi from start to finish.[4] Both he and home favourite John Walker broke Jim Ryun's seven-year-old world record of 3:33.1, with Ben Jipcho just outside Ryun's time when holding off Walker's teammate Rod Dixon.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Filbert Bayi  Tanzania 3:32.16 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Walker  New Zealand 3:32.52 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ben Jipcho  Kenya 3:33.16
4 Rod Dixon  New Zealand 3:33.89
5 Graham Crouch  Australia 3:34.22 NR
6 Mike Boit  Kenya 3:36.84
7 Brendan Foster  England 3:37.64
8 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 3:39.62
9 David Fitzsimons  Australia 3:41.30
10 John Kirkbride  England 3:41.91
11 Randal Markey  Australia 3:44.56
Tony Polhill  New Zealand DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Australia results". Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "1974 year list". Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. ^ Glasgow2014OC. "Filbert Bayi - Remember the iconic Christchurch 1,500m Final". Medal Memories. Youtube. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)