Men 1500m Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Tuesday, 6th September - Gold Medal: Herbert Elliott, Australia
Final 16:15time4008001200
1. Herbert ElliottAUS Australia3:35.6 WR58.8s1:58.42:54.0
2. Michel JazyFRA France3:38.459.1s1:58.62:54.8
3. István RózsavölgyiHUN Hungary3:39.259.0s1:58.72:54.5
4. Dan WaernSWE Sweden3:40.058.4s1:58.02:56.8
5. Zoltan VamoșROU Romania3:40.858.6s1:58.22:55.3
6. Dyrol BurlesonUSA United States3:40.959.4s1:59.22:56.0
7. Michel BernardFRA France3:41.558.2s1:57.82:56.0
8. Jim GrelleUSA United States3:45.0
9. Arne HamarslandNOR Norway3:45.0

world Men 1500m History

Venue: Stadio Olimpico 65,000.
39 competitors from 26 nations.
World Record: 3:36.0 Herb Elliott, Australia Göteborg, Sweden 28th August 1958
Olympic Record: 3:41.2 Ron Delany, Ireland Melbourne, Australia1st December 1956
Elliott was the fastest qualifier with 3:41.4 (3:41.50), the other heats being won by Bernard – 3:42.2 (3:42.34) – and Waern – 3:43.9 (3:44.18), with Terence Sullivan (Rhodesia) the unluckiest in the heats, clocking 3:42.8 (3:42.96) in Elliott’s heat but placing a non-qualifying fourth. Bernard took the lead in the final, with Waern and the surprising Vamoș following the Frenchman’s quick pace through 200m in 28.3 and 400 in 58.2. The order was the same at the end of a slower second 400m of 59.6, with the eighth 100m segment the slowest of the race at 15.3. Elliott then struck, running his next 100m in 13.2. No-one had ever broken open the Olympic 1500m at such an early stage, but only Rózsavölgyi and Jazy could initially go with Elliott. By the end of the third lap, covered in 56.2 seconds, the Aussie had 3m on his pursuers; his next two 100m segments of 13.4 and 13.6 extended that to almost 15m, and even though he slowed slightly in the last 100m, 14.4 he went through the tape almost 20m clear of Jazy. Rózsavölgyi was third some 5m clear of Dan Waern. Elliott had been inspired four years earlier by the exploits of Vladimir Kuts in Melbourne and, with a world record here, superseded his hero. Elliott, thought of as exhibiting a killer instinct, particularly in this race, later noted that “the greatest stimula- tor of my running was fear”.

Heats - Saturday 03.09 17:15

Heat 1timeelectr
1. Herbert ElliottAUS Australia3:41.43:41.50
2. István RózsavölgyiHUN Hungary3:42.03:42.15
3. Dyrol BurlesonUSA United States3:42.23:42.40
4. Terry SullivanRHO Südrhodesien3:42.83:42.96
5. Jewgeni MomotkowURS Soviet Union3:43.63:43.80
6. Olavi SalonenFIN Finland3:46.43:46.57
7. Rudolf KlabanAUT Austria3:47.13:47.24
8. Arthur HannemannGER Germany3:47.43:47.57
9. Laurie ReedGBR Great Britain3:47.93:48.24
10.Joe MullinsCAn Canada3:53.13:53.45
11.Tomás BarrisESP Spain3:57.33:56.10
12.Mohamed GouiderTUN Tunesien3:58.43:58.52
DNF.Zbigniew OrywałPOL Poland
Heat 2timeelectr
1. Michel BernardFRA France3:42.23:42.34
2. Jim GrelleUSA United States3:43.53:43.65
3. Arne HamarslandNOR Norway3:44.43:44.63
4. Brian Kent-SmithGBR Great Britain3:46.13:46.21
5. Albie ThomasAUS Australia3:46.83:46.95
6. Siegfried ValentinGER Germany3:46.93:46.99
7. Svavar MarkússonISL Iceland3:47.13:47.20
8. Alfredo RizzoITA Italy3:47.33:47.56
9. Andrei BarabașROU Romania3:47.43:47.71
10.Muharrem DalkılıçTUR Turkey3:47.93:48.18
11.Dhira PhiphobmongkolTHA Thailand3:57.33:56.10
-. Egon OehriLIE LiechtensteinDNF
-. Péter ParschHUN HungaryDNF
Heat 3timeelectr
1. Dan WaernSWE Sweden3:43.93:44.18
2. Michel JazyFRA France3:44.93:45.03
3. Zoltan VamoșROU Romania3:44.93:45.07
4. Adolf SchwarteGER Germany3:45.33:45.46
5. Lajos KovácsHUN Hungary3:46.03:46.20
6. Mike WiggsGBR Great Britain3:46.53:46.61
7. Merv LincolnAUS Australia3:46.83:47.18
8. Evangelos DepastasGRE Greece3:48.43:48.77
9. Pete CloseUSA United States3:50.23:50.69
10.Olavi VuorisaloFIN Finland3:52.23:52.68
11.Stefan LewandowskiPOL Poland3:59.33:59.75
12.Yair PantilatISR Israel3:59.84:00.14
13.Kassim MukhtarIRQ Iraq4:00.14:00.33
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