Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Moorcroft  England	Filbert Bayi  Tanzania	John Robson  Scotland

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 11 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	3:38.76	Q
2	2	John Robson	Scotland	3:38.84	Q
3	2	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	3:39.03	Q
4	2	Kipsubai Koskei	Kenya	3:39.24	Q
5	2		Northern Ireland	3:39.24	Q
6	2	Paul Craig	Canada	3:39.83	q
7	2	Tim Hutchings	England	3:40.57	q
8	1	Wilson Waigwa	Kenya	3:41.36	Q
9	1		Kenya	3:41.41	Q
10	1	David Moorcroft	England	3:41.47	Q
11	1		Wales	3:41.58	Q
12	1	Frank Clement	Scotland	3:41.63	Q
13	1		Canada	3:42.66
14	2		Canada	3:44.32
15	1		Northern Ireland	3:44.42
16	2	Steve Cram	England	3:44.83
17	1		New Zealand	3:45.96
18	2	Steve Jones	Wales	3:49.35
19	2	Michael Watson	Bermuda	3:50.38
20	1		Gibraltar	3:52.43
21	1		Wales	3:53.48
22	2		Ghana	3:53.99
23	1		Lesotho	4:00.27
24	2		Grenada	4:07.13
25	2		Cayman Islands	4:10.29
26	1		Saint Lucia	4:13.94
27	1		Turks and Caicos Islands	4:34.48
28	2		Turks and Caicos Islands	4:45.36
	1	Suleiman Nyambui	Tanzania	DNS

Final[]

Held on 12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Moorcroft	England	3:35.48
	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	3:35.59
	John Robson	Scotland	3:35.60
4	Frank Clement	Scotland	3:35.66
5	Wilson Waigwa	Kenya	3:37.49
6		Wales	3:38.05
7		Kenya	3:40.51
8	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	3:41.34
9		Northern Ireland	3:42.59
10	Tim Hutchings	England	3:43.05
11	Paul Craig	Canada	3:43.42
12	Kipsubai Koskei	Kenya	3:45.45

References[]

• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)