Men 1500m Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Sunday 20.10 - Gold Medal: Hezakieh Keino, Kenya
Finaltimeelectr
1. Hezakieh KeinoKEN Kenya3.34.9 OR3:34.91
2. Jim RyunUSA United States3.37.83:37.89
3. Bodo TümmlerFRG West Germany3.39.03:39.08
4. Harald NorpothFRG West Germany3.42.53:42.57
5. John WhettonGBR Great Britain3.43.83:43.90
6. Jacques BoxbergerFRA France3.46.63:46.65
7. Henryk SzordykowskiPOL Poland3.46.63:46.69
8. Josef OdlozilTCH Czechoslovakia3.48.63:48.69
9. Thomas Von RudenUSA United States3:49.2
10.Ben Wabura JipchoKEN Kenya3:51.2
11.Andre De HertogheBEL Belgium3:53.6
12.Martin LiquoriUSA United States4:18.2
world Men 1500m History
Olympic Men 1500m 1964
Olympic Men 1500m 1972
Competitors: 54; Countries: 37
Splits400m 800m 1200m
Keino56.6s 1:55.3 2:53.4
Ryun58.5s 1:58.5 2:56.0
Tümmler56.8s 1:56.8 2:55.4
Norpoth56.4s 1:57.0 2:55.8
Whetton57.2s 1:57.2 2:55.6
RounddateHAthl
Semi-Finals19.10223
Heats18.10555
In 1964, Jim Ryun had been an Olympic semi-finalist at the age of 17, and had gone on to break Elliott’s world record of 3:35.6 by 2.5 sec- onds in 1967. But the effects of altitude and a bout of glandular fever made him no more than co-favourite with Keino. Ryun was fastest in both the heats (3:45.7) and the more tactical semi-finals (3:51.2). Only the Kenyans believed a fast run could be achieved at altitude, and Jipcho set the pace in the final, running the first 100m in 13.5 and continuing to 400m in 56.0 with Keino in contact (56.6) and Ryun (58.5) waiting for the Kenyans to come back to him. Keino shortly moved ahead and reached 800m in 1:55.3, with Ryun now more than 20m back (1:58.5). Keino managed a slightly quicker third lap (58.1) while Ryun anxiously began to recoup a little of the deficit with a 57.5 lap. In the meantime, Tümmler had maintained second place, 10m behind the flying Kenyan, with Norpoth and Whetton in close atten- dance. Ryun got past Tümmler with 150m to go, but never had a chance of catching Keino. He eased off in the last 50m, assured of silver. Ahead, Keino was running four seconds faster than was thought possi- ble at altitude, and his Olympic record was the number two perform- ance of all-time. It was felt that he would likely have broken Ryun’s world record by more than a second at low altitude.

Semi-Finals - Saturday 19.10

Semi 1time
1. Bodo TümmlerFRG West Germany3:53.6
2. Jacques BoxbergerFRA France3:53.9
3. Thomas Von RudenUSA United States3:54.1
4. Henryk SzordykowskiPOL Poland3:54.2
5. Harald NorpothFRG West Germany3:54.3
6. Ben Wabura JipchoKEN Kenya3:54.6
7. Francesco AreseITA Italy3:54.8
8. Arne KvalheimNOR Norway3:55.3
9. John BoulterGBR Great Britain3:56.1
10.Edgard SalveBEL Belgium3:58.1
11.Mikhail ZhelobovskyURS Soviet Union3:59.0
12.Hamadi HaddouMAR Marocco4:01.6
Semi 2time
1. James RyunUSA United States3:51.2
2. Hezakieh KeinoKEN Kenya3:51.4
3. John WhettonGBR Great Britain3:52.0
4. Martin LiquoriUSA United States3:52.1
5. Josef OdlozilTCH Czechoslovakia3:52.5
6. Andre De HertogheBEL Belgium3:52.5
7. Oleg RaikoURS Soviet Union3:52.7
8. Ahmet IssaCHA Chad3:53.2
9. Hansruedi KnillSUI Switzerland3:53.6
10.Norman TreriseCAN Canada3:57.2
11.Claude NicolasFRA France4:04.4
12.Arnd KrügerFRG West Germany4:05.3

Heats - Friday 18.10 5

Heat 1time
1. Hezakieh KeinoKEN Kenya3:46.9
2. Bodo TümmlerFRG West Germany3:51.5
3. John Peter BoulterGBR Great Britain3:51.6
4. Jorge GrosserCHI Chile3:51.7
5. Francesco AreseITA Italy3:51.8
6. David BaileyCAN Canada3:52.1
7. Robert HontiHUN Hungary3:54.9
8. Rudolf KlabanAUT Austria3:59.1
9. Julio QuevedoGUA Guatemala4:03.1
10.Edouard SagnaSEN Senegal4:04.1
11.Emilio BarahonaHON Honduras4:56.0
Heat 2time
1. Thomas Von RudenUSA United States3:59.1
2. Andre De HertogheBEL Belgium3:59.3
3. Henryk SzordykowskiPOL Poland3:59.3
4. Claude NicolasFRA France3:59.3
5. Arnd KrügerFRG West Germany3:59.3
6. Renzo FinelliITA Italy3:59.5
7. Ove Kjell BergSWE Sweden4:00.4
8. Tom Birger HansenDEN Denmark4:01.4
9. Subramanion RamasamyMALMAL4:06.4
10.Miguel NunezDOM Dominicana4:23.6
Heat 3time
1. Ben Wabura JipchoKEN Kenya3:46.4
2. Oleg RaikoURS Soviet Union3:46.8
3. Harald NorpothFRG West Germany3:46.9
4. Josef OdlozilTCH Czechoslovakia3:47.4
5. Jacques BoxbergerFRA France3:47.5
6. Jose NeriMEX Mexico3:47.5
7. Jorge GonzalezESP Spain3:50.4
8. loannis VirvilisGRE Greece3:55.5
9. Xaver FlickLIE Liechtenstain4:15.3
10.Alfredo CubiasESA El Salvador4:32.5
Heat 4time
1. James RyunUSA United States3:45.7
2. Hamadi HaddouMAR Marocco3:47.0
3. Edgar SalveBEL Belgium3:47.1
4. Arne KvalheimNOR Norway3:47.4
5. Norman TreriseCAN Canada3:47.6
6. Gianni Del BuonoITA Italy3:48.4
7. Peter WatsonAUS Australia3:55.4
8. Maurice BennGBR Great Britain3:56.4
9. Pekka VasalaFIN Finland4:08.5
10.Willie RiosPUR Puerto Rico4:14.4
11.Jeffrey PayneBER Bermuda4:18.9
Heat 5time
1. Martin LiquoriUSA United States3:52.7
2. Hansruedi KnillSUI Switzerland3:52.8
3. John WhettonGBR Great Britain3:53.0
4. Ahmet IssaCHA Chad3:53.1
5. Mikhail ZhelobovskyURS Soviet Union3:53.2
6. Matias HabtemichaelETH Ethiopia3:53.2
7. Anders GarderudSWE Sweden3:54.2
8. Byron DyceAJMAJM3:54.6
9. Jerzy MaluskiPOL Poland3:54 8
10.Francis MurphyIRL Ireland3:54.8
11.Rudi SimonBEL Belgium4:06.9
12.Arturo CordobaHON Honduras5:18.9
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