Men 1500m Athletics XXI Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 1976 - Saturday 31.07 - Gold Medal: John Walker, New Zealand
Finaltimeage
1. John WalkerNZL New Zealand3:39.1724
2. Ivo Van DammeBEL Belgium3:39.2722
3. Paul-Heinz WellmannFRG West Germany3:39.3324
4. Eamonn CoghlanIRL Ireland3:39.5123
5. Frank ClementGBR Great Britain3:39.6524
6. Rick WohlhunterUSA United States3:40.6427
7. David MoorcroftGBR Great Britain3:40.9423
8. Graham CrouchAUS Australia3:41.8028
9. Janos ZemenHUN Hungary3:43.0225
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park. Competitors: 42; Countries: 28

world Men 1500m History

Splits400m 800m 1200m
Walker62.7 2:03.3 3:01.4
Van Damme63.4 2:03.7 3:01.8
Wellmann63.2 2:03.5 3:02.0
Coghlan62.5 2:03.2 3:01.3
Clement62.7 2:03.6 3:01.9
Wohlhuter63.0 2:03.5 3:01.7
RounddateHAthl.
Semi-Finals30.07218
Heats29.07545
The final should have been a battle between world record holder Filbert Bayi (TAN) and John Walker, the Mile record holder. However, the anti-apartheid boycott took care of that, leaving Walker a big favourite. The New Zealander won his first round heat in a startling 3:36.87, with Britons Clement (3:37.53) and Steve Ovett (3:37.89) the next fastest. Walker won his semi-final in 3:39.65, while Coghlan won the other semi in 3:38.60 ahead of Wohlhuter (3:38.71), both winners running 53 for their last laps. All told, 25 clockings of sub-3:40 were achieved in the preliminary rounds (1972 had six similar marks). The field was frightened of Walker - and seemed to be aiming for sil- ver rather than trying to win the final. The race started slowly with the first 400m in 62.48, followed by laps of 60.67 and 58.08. From 800m Coghlan was in the lead, and at 1200m Walker, like Lovelock before him, struck. His next 100m was covered in 12.5, with Coghlan, Wohlhuter and Crouch in the slipstream; the pace was upped to 12.2 for the next 100m, and 800m silver medallist Van Damme moved from fifth to second. The last 100m was the survival of the strongest, and Walker reached the sanctuary of the tape under a metre clear of Van Damme, with Wellman finishing fast to edge Coghlan for the bronze medal. Walker’s last 400m was completed in 52.7, and his last 800m in 1:51.0.

Semi-Finals - Friday 30.07

Heat 1time
1. John WalkerNZL New Zealand3:39.65
2. Graham CrouchAUS Australia3:39.86
3. David MoorcroftGBR Great Britain3:39.88
4. Janos ZemenHUN Hungary3:39.94
5. Thomas WessinghageFRG West Germany3:40.06
6. Steven O'VettGBR Great Britain3:40.34
7. Herman MignonBEL Belgium3:40.92
8. Fernando Pacheco MamedePOR Portugal3:42.59
-.Dave HillCAN CanadaDNF
Heat 2time
1. Eamonn CoghlanIRL Ireland3:38.60
2. Richard WohlhuterUSA United States3:38.71
3. Ivo VandammeBEL Belgium3:38.75
4. Frank ClementGBR Great Britain3:38.92
5. Paul-Heinz WellmannFRG West Germany3:38.99
6. Francis GonzalezFRA France3:40.73
7. Paul CraigCAN Canada3:41.02
8. Marc NevensBEL Belgium3:41.52
9. Helder Baiona De JesusPOR Portugal3:47.37

Heats - Thursday 29.07

Heat 1time
1. Marc NevensBEL Belgium3:44.18
2. Helder Baiona De JesusPOR Portugal3:44.20
3. Janos ZemenHUN Hungary3:44.27
4. Ake SvenssonSWE Sweden3:44.42
5. Evert HovingNED Netherlands3:45.00
6. Matthew CentrowitzUSA United States3:45.02
7. Antti LoikkanenFIN Finland3:45.32
8. Ruben SorensenDEN Denmark3:45.39
-. Mhamed AmakdoufMAR MaroccoDNS
Heat 2time
1. Steven O'VettGBR Great Britain3:37.89
2. Thomas WessinghageFRG West Germany3:37.93
3. Fernando Pacheco MamedePOR Portugal3:37.98
4. Herman MignonBEL Belgium3:38.32
5. Michael DurkinUSA United States3:38.89
6. Gheorghe GhipuROU Romania3:39.20
7. Gunther HaslerLIE Liechtenstain3:39.34
8. Markku LaineFIN Finland3:45.32
9. Francisco MenocalNCA Nicaragua4:12.47
Heat 3time
1. John WalkerNZL New Zealand3:36.87
2. Frank ClementGBR Great Britain3:37.53
3. Graham CrouchAUS Australia3:37.97
4. Paul CraigCAN Canada3:38.00
5. Francis GonzalezFRA France3:38.59
6. Bronisla MalinowskiPOL Poland3:41.67
7. Agguast AsgeirssonISL Iceland3:45.47
8. Shukair Al ShaibaniKSA Saudi Arabia4:08.70
-. Anders GarderudSWE SwedenDNS
Heat 4time
1. Paul-Heinz WellmannFRG West Germany3:39.86
2. Ivo VandammeBEL Belgium3:39.93
3. Richard WohlhuterUSA United States3:39.94
4. Niall O'ShaughnessyIRL Ireland3:40.12
5. Antonio ColonPUR Puerto Rico3:43.51
6. Ulf HogbergSWE Sweden3:47.96
7. Peter SpirCAN Canada3:59.60
8. Emmanuel Saint-HilaireHAI Haiti4:23.41
-. Carlo GrippoITA ItalyDNS
Heat 5time
1. Eamonn CoghlanIRL Ireland3:39.87
2. David MoorcroftGBR Great Britain3:40.69
3. Dave HillCAN Canada3:41.24
4. Karl FleschenFRG West Germany3:42.09
5. Rolf GysinSUI Switzerland3:42.69
6. Luis MedinaCUB Cuba3:42.71
7. Lars M. KaupangNOR Norway3:44.59
8. Spilios ZaxaropoulosGRE Greece3:45.12
9. Muhammad SiddiquePAK Pakistan3:45.59
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