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

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	Steve Martin	Northern Ireland	3:43.05	q
6	2	John Robson	Scotland	3:43.21	q
7	2	Rob Lonergan	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	Alistair Currie	Scotland	3:44.82
13	1	Mike Gilchrist	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	Mark Kirk	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	Nick Hand	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	Steve Martin	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

1. Results
2. Heats results