Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January and 2 February at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Filbert Bayi  Tanzania	John Walker  New Zealand	Ben Jipcho  Kenya

Results

Heats

Held on 31 January

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:44.6	Q
2	1	Graham Crouch	Australia	3:44.62	Q[2]
3	1	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	3:44.6	Q
3	1	Brendan Foster	England	3:44.9	Q
5	1	Jaiye Abidoye	Nigeria	3:49.9
6	1	Bernard Hayward	Wales	3:50.3
7	1	Samuela Bulai	Fiji	4:10.5
1	2	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	3:38.2	Q
2	2	John Kirkbride	England	3:39.8	Q[3]
3	2	David Fitzsimons	Australia	3:39.92	Q[2]
4	2	Tony Polhill	New Zealand	3:40.30	Q[3]
5	2	Paul Lawther	Northern Ireland	3:43.1
6	2	Cosmas Silei	Kenya	3:44.7
7	2	Phillip Kayo	Papua New Guinea	4:05.4
	2	Richard Kermode	Fiji	DNS
	2	John Davies	Wales	DNS
1	3	John Walker	New Zealand	3:42.5	Q
2	3	Suleiman Nyambui	Tanzania	3:42.6	Q
3	3	Randal Markey	Australia	3:42.77	Q[2]
4	3	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	3:43.6	Q
5	3	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	3:44.0
6	3	Keith Falla	Guernsey	3:58.9
7	3	Gerard Domaingue	Mauritius	4:08.1
	3	Joseph Jampilda	Nigeria	DNF
	3	Andy Carter	England	DNS

Final

Held on 2 February

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	3:32.16	WR
	John Walker	New Zealand	3:32.52	AR
	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	3:33.16
4	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	3:33.89
5	Graham Crouch	Australia	3:34.22	NR
6	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:36.84
7	Brendan Foster	England	3:37.64
8	Suleiman Nyambui	Tanzania	3:39.62
9	David Fitzsimons	Australia	3:41.30
10	John Kirkbride	England	3:41.91
11	Randal Markey	Australia	3:44.56
	Tony Polhill	New Zealand	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
2. "Australia results". Retrieved 22 December 2018.
3. "1974 year list". Retrieved 22 December 2018.

• Heats results