Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

First round

Top 5 in each heat advance to semifinal.

Heat one *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Kip Keino	3:46.96
2	Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler is a German former middle distance runner. He won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, racing for West Germany....	3:51.59
3	John Boulter John Boulter John Boulter is a British tenor best known for his appearances as a soloist in the BBC's long-running variety series The Black and White Minstrel Show...	3:51.63
4	Jorge Grosser	3:51.79
5	Franco Arese	3:51.86
6	Dave Bailey	3:52.11
7	Róbert Honti	3:54.95
8	Rudolf Klaban	3:59.11
9	Julio Quevedo Julio Quevedo Julio Faustino Quevedo Elias is a former Guatemalan athlete who competed in multiple Summer Olympics. At the 1968 and 1972 Summer Games, he participated in a total of six events. In 1968, he ran in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m steeplechase, and 5,000 m events...	4:03.13
10	Édouard Sagna	4:04.12
11	Emilio Barahona	4:56.08

Heat two *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Tom Von Ruden Tom von Ruden Thomas von Ruden is a retired middle distance runner from the United States. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Von Ruden set his personal best in the same event on 26 July 1971 at a meet in Århus.-References:*...	3:59.15
2	André Dehertoghe	3:59.33
3	Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Jan Szordykowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.He was born in Iłowo and represented the club Wawelu Kraków...	3;59.34
4	Claude Nicolas	3:59.35
5	Arnd Krüger Arnd Krüger Arnd Krüger is a German professor of sport studies. Kruger earned his BA from UCLA in 1967 and his PhD from the University of Cologne in Germany in 1971...	3:59.40
6	Renzo Finelli	3:59.51
7	Ove Berg	4:00.42
8	Tom Hansen	4:01.47
9	Ramasamy Subramaniam	4:06.49
10	Miguel Núñez Miguel Núñez Miguel Núñez Borreguero is a Spanish footballer who plays for Albacete Balompié in Segunda División, as a midfielder.-External links:** *...	4:23.67

Heat three *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho is a former athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind his teammate Kipchoge Keino.Jipcho won the 5000 meters race in the 1973 All-Africa Games...	3:46.51
2	Oleg Rayko	3:46.84
3	Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth is a West German former middle and long distance runner. Born in Münster, he won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany. He had already competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships, where he had fallen and...	3:47.00
4	Josef Odložil Josef Odložil Josef Odložil \|Domašov]]) was a Czech middle distance runner. He was a national champion many times in the 1960s, but had mixed success at the international level....	3:47.49
5	Jacky Boxberger	3:47.55
6	José Neri	3:47.88
7	Jorge González Jorge González Jorge González may refer to:* Jorge González , Puerto Rican marathon runner* Jorge González , Puerto Rican beach volleyball player* Jorge "Negro" González , Argentine jazz bassist...	3:50.49
8	Ioannis Virvilis	3:55.57
9	Xaver Frick, Jr.	4:15.38
10	Alfredo Cubías	4:32.58

Heat four *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Jim Ryun Jim Ryun James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...	3:45.80
2	Hamadi Haddou	3:47.01
3	Edgard Salvé	3:47.17
4	Arne Kvalheim Arne Kvalheim Arne Kvalheim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Knut Kvalheim.He finished fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships and sixth at the 1974 European Championships...	3:47.50
5	Norm Trerise	3:47.67
6	Gianni Del Buono	3:48.41
7	Peter Watson Peter Watson Peter Watson was the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Watson was born in Sydney. He was ordained as a priest in Sydney in 1962 and consecrated as the Bishop of Parramatta in 1989 and became Bishop of South Sydney in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner as ...	3:55.41
8	Maurice Benn	3:56.43
9	Pekka Vasala Pekka Vasala Pekka Antero Vasala was a middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....	4:08.51
10	Willie Ríos	4:14.47
11	Jeff Payne	4:18.92

Heat five *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Marty Liquori Marty Liquori Martin Liquori is an American middle distance athlete.Liquori first rose to fame when he became the third American high schooler to break the four-minute mile by running a 3:59.8 in 1967, three years after Jim Ryun first did it.He grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and attended Essex Catholic...	3:52.78
2	Hansrüedi Knill	3:52.87
3	John Whetton John Whetton John Whetton is a retired British athlete. He is best noted for winning gold in the 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and reaching the 1500 metre final in both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:Whetton ran amateur athletics for local club Sutton-in-Ashfield...	3:53.04
4	Ahmed Issa	3:53.13
5	Mikhail Zhelobovsky	3:53.23
6	Matias Habtemichael	3:53.27
7	Anders Gärderud Anders Gärderud Sven Anders Gärderud is a Swedish former athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1976 Summer Olympics....	3:54.28
8	Byron Dyce	3:54.65
9	Jerzy Maluśki Jerzy Maluśki Jerzy Piotr Maluśki is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.He was born in Błotnica, and represented the club Orkan Poznań. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he competed in round one of the 1500 metres. He finished sixth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships.He became Polish...	3:54.83
10	Frank Murphy Frank Murphy William Francis Murphy was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served as First Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District , Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit . Mayor of Detroit , the last Governor-General of the Philippines , U.S...	3:54.85
11	Rudi Simon	4:06.97
12	Arturo Córdoba	5:18.92

Semifinal

Top six in each heat advance to final.

Heat one *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler is a German former middle distance runner. He won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, racing for West Germany....	3:53.66
2	Jacky Boxberger	3:54.00
3	Tom Von Ruden Tom von Ruden Thomas von Ruden is a retired middle distance runner from the United States. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Von Ruden set his personal best in the same event on 26 July 1971 at a meet in Århus.-References:*...	3:54.12
4	Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Jan Szordykowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.He was born in Iłowo and represented the club Wawelu Kraków...	3:54.24
5	Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth is a West German former middle and long distance runner. Born in Münster, he won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany. He had already competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships, where he had fallen and...	3:54.34
6	Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho is a former athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind his teammate Kipchoge Keino.Jipcho won the 5000 meters race in the 1973 All-Africa Games...	3:54.69
7	Franco Arese	3:54.85
8	Arne Kvalheim Arne Kvalheim Arne Kvalheim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Knut Kvalheim.He finished fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships and sixth at the 1974 European Championships...	3:55.32
9	John Boulter John Boulter John Boulter is a British tenor best known for his appearances as a soloist in the BBC's long-running variety series The Black and White Minstrel Show...	3:56.13
10	Edgard Salvé	3:58.16
11	Mikhail Zhelobovsky	3:59.08
12	Hamadi Haddou	4:01.70

Heat two *

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Jim Ryun Jim Ryun James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...	3:51.25
2	Kip Keino	3:51.50
3	John Whetton John Whetton John Whetton is a retired British athlete. He is best noted for winning gold in the 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and reaching the 1500 metre final in both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:Whetton ran amateur athletics for local club Sutton-in-Ashfield...	3:52.05
4	Marty Liquori Marty Liquori Martin Liquori is an American middle distance athlete.Liquori first rose to fame when he became the third American high schooler to break the four-minute mile by running a 3:59.8 in 1967, three years after Jim Ryun first did it.He grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and attended Essex Catholic...	3:52.17
5	Josef Odložil Josef Odložil Josef Odložil \|Domašov]]) was a Czech middle distance runner. He was a national champion many times in the 1960s, but had mixed success at the international level....	3:52.53
6	André Dehertoghe	3:52.57
7	Oleg Rayko	3:52.73
8	Ahmed Issa	3:53.26
9	Hansrüedi Knill	3:53.65
10	Norm Trerise	3:57.30
11	Claude Nicolas	4:04.47
12	Arnd Krüger Arnd Krüger Arnd Krüger is a German professor of sport studies. Kruger earned his BA from UCLA in 1967 and his PhD from the University of Cologne in Germany in 1971...	4:05.40
	Jorge Grosser		DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
	Kip Keino	3:34.91	OR
	Jim Ryun Jim Ryun James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...	3:37.89
	Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler is a German former middle distance runner. He won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, racing for West Germany....	3:39.08
4	Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth is a West German former middle and long distance runner. Born in Münster, he won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany. He had already competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships, where he had fallen and...	3:42.57
5	John Whetton John Whetton John Whetton is a retired British athlete. He is best noted for winning gold in the 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and reaching the 1500 metre final in both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:Whetton ran amateur athletics for local club Sutton-in-Ashfield...	3:43.90
6	Jacky Boxberger	3:46.65
7	Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Jan Szordykowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.He was born in Iłowo and represented the club Wawelu Kraków...	3:46.69
8	Josef Odložil Josef Odložil Josef Odložil \|Domašov]]) was a Czech middle distance runner. He was a national champion many times in the 1960s, but had mixed success at the international level....	3:48.69
9	Tom Von Ruden Tom von Ruden Thomas von Ruden is a retired middle distance runner from the United States. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Von Ruden set his personal best in the same event on 26 July 1971 at a meet in Århus.-References:*...	3:49.27
10	Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho is a former athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind his teammate Kipchoge Keino.Jipcho won the 5000 meters race in the 1973 All-Africa Games...	3:51.22
11	André Dehertoghe	3:53.63
12	Marty Liquori Marty Liquori Martin Liquori is an American middle distance athlete.Liquori first rose to fame when he became the third American high schooler to break the four-minute mile by running a 3:59.8 in 1967, three years after Jim Ryun first did it.He grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and attended Essex Catholic...	4:18.22

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