Men 1500m Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Friday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Sebastian Coe, Great Britain
Finaltime
1. Sebastian CoeGBR Great Britain3:38.4
2. Jorgen StraubGDR East Germany3:38.8
3. Steven OvettGBR Great Britain3:39.0
4. Andreas BusseGDR East Germany3:40.2
5. Vittorio FontanellaITA Italy3:40.4
6. Josef PlachýTCH Czechoslovakia3:40.7
7. Jose MarajoFRA France3:41.5
8. Stephen CramGBR Great Britain3:42.0
9. Dragan ZdravkovicYUG Yugoslavia3:43.1
Venue: Central Lenin Stadium, Luzhniki 100,000. 40 competitors from 29 nations.

world Men 1500m History

RoundHAthDate
Semi-Finals21631.07
Heats44130.07
Splits 400m 800m 1200m
Coe 61.7 2:04.9 2:59.5
Straub 61.6 2:04.9 2:59.1
Ovett 61.8 2:04.9 2:59.7
Busse 61.9 2:05.2 3:00.0
Fontanella 61.9 2:05.0 3:00.2
Plachý 62.4 2:05.7 3:01.3
Ovett recorded the fastest Olympic heat time ever - 3:36.80 - in the first round, and Coe won the second semi-final in 3:39.34. There were no other races under 3:40 and the final shaped up as a return duel fol- lowing Ovett’s 800m win. Straub set the pace in the final, not quite as slow as in Montreal, but here the pace slowed in the second lap. Just after 800m the East German made a bold move. Coe reacted quickest and at the bell, reached by Straub in 2:45.9, Coe was just 0.3 seconds in arrears. Ovett was a further 2m back, with Busse and Fontanella just behind. As Straub accelerated down the back straight only Coe and Ovett could stay with him. Coe zipped by Straub as they came into the straight and his last 100m, run in 12.1 was too strong for the other two. Straub rich- ly deserved his silver medal for making a great - if not world record- paced - race, as Ovett gave up in the last 10m. Coe’s last 800m was a fine 1:49.2, while Ovett’s defeat was his first loss over 1500m or Mile final for more than three years - a run of 41 victories.
Semi-FinalsThursday 31.07
Heat 1time
1. Steven OvettGBR Great Britain3:43.1
2. Dragan ZdravkovicYUG Yugoslavia3:43.4
3. Andreas BusseGDR East Germany3:43.5
4. Stephen CramGBR Great Britain3:43.6
5. Vladimir MalozemlinURS Soviet Union3:43.6
6. Antti LoikkanenFIN Finland3:44.0
7. Joao Jose Pontes CamposPOR Portugal3:44.4
8. Alexandre GonzalezFRA France3:44.7
9. Mehdi AidetALG Algeria3:44.9
Semi 2time
1. Sebastian CoeGBR Great Britain3:39.4
2. Jorgen StraubGDR East Germany3:39.4
3. Jose MarajoFRA France3:39.6
4. Vittorio FontanellaITA Italy3:40.1
5. Josef PlachýTCH Czechoslovakia3:40.4
6. Robert NemethAUT Austria3:40.8
7. Vitali TishchenkoURS Soviet Union3:41.5
8. Jose Luis GonzalezESP Spain3:42.6
9. Miroslaw ZerkowskiPOL Poland3:48.2

Heats - Wednesday 30th July

Heat 1time
1. Jose MarajoFRA France3:43.9
2. Mehdi AidetALG Algeria3:43.9
3. Dragan ZdravkovicYUG Yugoslavia3:44.0
4. Stephen CramGBR Great Britain3:44.1
5. Pavel YakovlevURS Soviet Union3:44.2
6. Jose Manuel AbascalESP Spain3:44.7
7. Mopeli MolapoLES Lesotho3:55.5
8. Khaled al-ShammariKUW Kuwait3:57.6
9. Santos VicenteMOZ Mozambique3:58.-
-. Filbert BayiTAN TanzaniaDNS
Heat 2time
1. Vittorio FontanellaITA Italy3:40.1
2. Sebastian CoeGBR Great Britain3:40.1
3. Antti LoikkanenFIN Finland3:40.5
4. Jose Luis GonzalezESP Spain3:40.9
5. Joao Jose Pontes CamposPOR Portugal3:41.3
6. Raymond FlynnIRL Ireland3:42.0
7. Nigusse BekeleETH Ethiopia3:45.8
8. Archfel MusangoZAM Zambia3:53.7
9. Tisbite RakotoarisoaMAD Madagascar3:55.9
10.Quang Khai LeVIE Vietnam4:06.8
Heat 3time
1. Andreas BusseGDR East Germany3:44.3
2. Vitali TishchenkoURS Soviet Union3:44.4
3. Josef PlachýTCH Czechoslovakia3:44.4
4. Alexandre GonzalezFRA France3:44.6
5. Pierre DalezeSUI Switzerland3:44.8
6. Haile ZeruETH Ethiopia3:45.7
7. Abderrahmane MorcelliALG Algeria3:46.0
8. Sant KumarIND India3:55.6
9. Ishmael MhaladiBOT Botswana3:59.1
10.George BrancheSLE Siera Leone4:03.9
11.Damien DegboeBEN Benin4:15.3
Heat 4time
1. Steven OvettGBR Great Britain3:36.8
2. Jurgen StraubGDR East Germany3:37.0
3. Robert NemethAUT Austria3:38.3
4. Vladimir MalozemlinURS Soviet Union3:38.7
5. Miroslaw ZerkowskiPOL Poland3:39.2
6. Kassa BalchaETH Ethiopia3:43.1
7. Jon DidrikssonISL Iceland3:44.4
8. Derradji HarrekALG Algeria3:45.3
9. Marzoug MabrukLBALBA3:54.3
10.Mohammad MakhloufSYR Syria4:00.3
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Men 200mWomen 200m
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Men 1500mWomen 1500m
Men 5000m
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Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m RelayWomen 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
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