Men 1500m Athletics XXIV Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 1988 - Saturday, 1st September - Gold Medal: Peter Rono, Kenya
Finaltime400m800m1200m
1. Peter RonoKEN Kenya3:35.9660.71s2:00.312:56.69
2. Peter ElliottGBR Great Britain3:36.1559.86s2:00.392:56.82
3. Jens-Peter HeroldGDR East Germany3:36.2160.20s2:00.702:57.08
4. Steve CramGBR Great Britain3:36.2459.86s2:00.612:57.05
5. Steve ScottUSA United States3:36.9960.08s2:00.972:57.13
6. Han KulkerNED Netherlands3:37.0860.04s2:00.932:57.29
7. Kipkoech CheruiyotKEN Kenya3:37.9460.79s2:01.392:57.35
8. Marcus O'SullivanIRL Ireland3:38.3959.65s2:00.772:57.65
9. Mario SilvaPOR Portugal3:38.77
10.Jeff AtkinsonUSA United States3:40.80
11.Joseph ChesireKEN Kenya3:40.82
12.Khalifa Omer KhalifaSUD Sudan3:41.07

world Men 1500m History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Seoul 69,950. 59 competitors from 46 nations.
RoundHAthlDate
Semi-Finals22630.09
Heats459
Sebastian Coe almost made his third successive team, but his form was not quite good enough, while Cram did gain a third Olympic selection, and became the only man in Olympic history to qualify for three finals in the event. World record holder Saïd Aouita did not start his semi- final, due to a hamstring injury. Rono was the fastest (3:37.65) in the heats, and followed Scott (3:38.20) with 3:38.29 in the marginally slower of the two semis, the other being won by Cheruiyot in 3:38.09 ahead of Cram and Elliott. O’Sullivan led at 400m in the final in a cautious 59.7, and the pace slowed to 2:00.3 at 800m, with Rono taking over the lead at 700m. The pace picked up in the third lap with a 56.4 circuit, and the kickers – Cram, Elliott and Herold – gathered. To no avail, as Rono, reminiscent of Lasse Viren, refused to let anyone past throughout a last lap of 52.9 seconds. He won by one and a half metres from Elliott, with less than a metre separating second from fourth. All three medallists were called Peter.

Semi-Finals - Friday 30.09

Semi 1time
1. Kipkoech CheruiyotKEN Kenya3:38.09
2. Steve CramGBR Great Britain3:38.30
3. Peter ElliottGBR Great Britain3:38.56
4. Han KulkerNED Netherlands3:39.06
5. Jeff AtkinsonUSA United States3:39.12
6. Joseph ChesireKEN Kenya3:39.17
7. Mogens D GuldbergDEN Denmark3:39.86
8. Remi GeoffroyFRA France3:40.96
9. Rachid KramALG Algeria3:41.39
10.Spyros SpyrouCYP Cyprus3:43.49
-. Abdelmajide MoncifMAR MaroccoDNF
-. Peter WirzSUI SwitzerlandDNF
-. Joaquim CruzBRA BrazilDNS
Semi 2time
1. Steve ScottUSA United States3:38.20
2. Peter RonoKEN Kenya3:38.25
3. Khalifa Omer KhalifaSUD Sudan3:38.40
4. Mario SilvaPOR Portugal3:38.56
5. Jens-Peter HeroldGDR East Germany3:38.59
6. Marcus O'SullivanIRL Ireland3:47.98
7. Markus HacksteinerSUI Switzerland3:47.99
8. Mark DeadyUSA United States3:48.03
9. Steve CrabbGBR Great Britain3:51.60
10.Mbiganyi TheeBOT Botswana4:01.92
11.Gennaro Di NapoliITA Italy4:12.79
12.Mostafa LachalMAR Marocco4:15.94
-. Said AouitaMAR MaroccoDNS

Heats

Heat 1time
1. Steve CramGBR Great Britain3:40.89
2. Steve ScottUSA United States3:41.57
3. Remi GeoffroyFRA France3:41.68
4. Joseph ChesireKEN Kenya3:41.72
5. Gennaro Di NapoliITA Italy3:41.85
6. Marcus O'SullivanIRL Ireland3:42.01
7. Ari SuhonenFIN Finland3:43.61
8. Jose BarbosaBRA Brazil3:44.46
9. Branko ZorkoYUG Yugoslavia3:45.52
10.Michael WatsonBER Bermuda3:46.49
11.Melford HomelaZIM Zimbabwe3:47.38
12.Hoche Yaye AdenDJI Djibouti3:51.56
13.Eugenio KatombiANGANG3:54.25
14.Modupe-D.A. JonahSLE Siera Leone3:55.15
15.Mohamed EL M Ould KhayarMTN Mauritania4:12.18
Heat 2time
1. Kipkoech CheruiyotKEN Kenya3:39.98
2. Mark DeadyUSA United States3:41.91
3. Mogens D GuldbergDEN Denmark3:42.01
4. Said AouitaMAR Marocco3:42.18
5. Mario SilvaPOR Portugal3:42.24
6. Markus RappSUI Switzerland3:42.64
7. David CampbellCAN Canada3:42.97
8. Mohd SulinanQAT Qatar3:44.43
9. Xiuquan DuanCHN China3:44.88
10.Patrick ScammellAUS Australia3:45.21
11.Jama Mohamud AdenSOM Somalia3:49.84
12.Ramon LopezPAR Paraguay3:53.31
13.Kenneth DzekedzekeMAW Malawi4:02.61
14.Bernardo Elonga MolicoGEQ Equat. Quinea4:16.40
-. Nimely TwegbeLBR LiberiaDNS
Heat 3time
1. Peter RonoKEN Kenya3:37.65
2. Jeff AtkinsonUSA United States3:38.33
3. Peter ElliottGBR Great Britain3:38.60
4. Markus HacksteinerSUI Switzerland3:39.05
5. Mostafa LachalMAR Marocco3:39.20
6. Rachid KramALG Algeria3:39.90
7. Joaquim CruzBRA Brazil3:40.92
8. Mbiganyi TheeBOT Botswana3:41.97
9. Spyros SpyrouCYP Cyprus3:42.32
10.Gerry O'reillyIRL Ireland3:43.23
11.Jin-Saeng ChoKOR South Korea3:45.63
12.Jan KubistaTCH Czechoslovakia3:46.41
13.Moses KhanFIJ Fiji4:03.20
14.Awad SalehYAR Yemen AR4:03.86
15.Johnd SiguriaNGUNGU4:07.04
Heat 4time
1. Jens-Peter HeroldGDR East Germany3:40.87
2. Han KulkerNED Netherlands3:40.90
3. Steve CrabbGBR Great Britain3:41.12
4. Peter WirzSUI Switzerland3:41.26
5. Khalifa Omer KhalifaSUD Sudan3:41.46
6. Abdelmajide MoncifMAR Marocco3:41.73
7. Mahmovd KalbovssiTUN Tunisia3:43.72
8. Dale JonesANT Antigua Barbuda3:51.22
9. Hameed Al DousariKSA Saudi Arabia3:51.53
10.Eulucane NdagijimanaRWA Rwanda3:51.61
11.Josep GraellsAND Andora3:52.68
12.Zeki OzturkTUR Turkey3:54.26
13.Douglas ConsiglioCAN Canada3:55.31
14.Seid GayapleCHA Chad3:58.46
15.Haribahadur RokayaNEP Nepal4:01.17
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