The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the mile.
Medallists + Gold Silver BronzeKipchoge KeinoDick QuaxBrendan Foster
Results Heats Qualification for final The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Kipchoge Keino 3:40.4 Q 2 1 Brendan Foster 3:43.8 Q 3 1 Ian McCafferty 3:44.1 Q 4 1 Dick Tayler 3:44.3 Q 5 1 Norm Trerise 3:44.7 6 1 Jaiye Abidoye 3:48.3 7 1 Benson Mulomba 3:52.4 8 1 Bob Maplestone 3:57.2 9 1 Peter Njera 4:01.3 1 2 Dick Quax 3:44.2 Q 2 2 John Kirkbride 3:44.9 Q 3 2 Bill Smart 3:45.5 Q 4 2 Phillip Thomas 3:45.5 Q 5 2 Ben Jipcho 3:45.6 6 2 Norman Morrison 3:47.3 7 2 Muhammed Younis 3:48.4 8 2 Richard Nandolo 3:49.2 9 2 Bernard Banda 3:58.0 1 3 John Whetton 3:50.2 Q 2 3 Peter Stewart 3:50.2 Q 3 3 Chris Fisher 3:50.6 Q 4 3 Ergas Leps 3:51.4 Q 5 3 David Mungai 3:52.5 6 3 Gwynn Davis 3:52.8 7 3 Keith Falla 3:54.4 8 3 Abdul Karim 4:03.0 9 3 Dandison Moore 4:32.0
Final + Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kipchoge Keino 3:36.68 GR Dick Quax 3:38.19 Brendan Foster 3:40.63 Peter Stewart 3:40.6 John Whetton 3:41.2 Ian McCafferty 3:42.2 Phillip Thomas 3:42.6 Chris Fisher 3:43.6 John Kirkbride 3:44.2 10 Dick Tayler 3:45.0 11 Bill Smart 3:48.6 12 Ergas Leps 3:54.0
References
Heats results (p9) Australian results