Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the 1986 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	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Steve Cram  England	John Gladwin  England	Dave Campbell  Canada

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Rob Harrison	England	3:42.69	Q
2	2	Mike Hillardt	Australia	3:42.76	Q
3	2	Neil Horsfield	Wales	3:42.83	Q
4	2	Pat Scammell	Australia	3:42.92	Q
5	2		Northern Ireland	3:43.05	q
6	2	John Robson	Scotland	3:43.21	q
7	2		Canada	3:43.48
8	1	Steve Cram	England	3:43.98	Q
9	1	John Gladwin	England	3:44.45	Q
10	1	Peter Bourke	Australia	3:44.77	Q
11	1	David Campbell	Canada	3:44.78	Q
12	1		Scotland	3:44.82
13	1		New Zealand	3:45.91
14	2	Mbiganyi Thee	Botswana	3:46.13
15	1	Simon Hoogewerf	Canada	3:46.80
16	2	Peter Renner	New Zealand	3:47.06
17	1		Northern Ireland	3:47.65
18	2	Isaac Ganunga	Malawi	3:50.13
19	1	Gideon Mthembu	Swaziland	3:50.16
20	1	Tom Hanlon	Scotland	3:50.57
21	2		Guernsey	3:50.75
22	1	Thabiso Moqhali	Lesotho	3:52.31
23	1	George Mambosasa	Malawi	3:54.15
24	2	Binesh Prasad	Fiji	4:04.27

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Cram	England	3:50.87
	John Gladwin	England	3:52.17
	David Campbell	Canada	3:54.06
4	Rob Harrison	England	3:54.44
5	Peter Bourke	Australia	3:54.48
6	Pat Scammell	Australia	3:55.28
7		Northern Ireland	3:55.42
8	Mike Hillardt	Australia	3:56.90
9	Neil Horsfield	Wales	3:57.08
10	John Robson	Scotland	3:57.20

References[]