1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 59 athletes from 40 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 9, 1984 (preliminary round) August 10, 1984 (semi-finals) August 11, 1984 (final) |
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The men's 1,500-meter run at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 9, 10 and 11, 1984 . 59 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Briton Sebastian Coe . He won ahead of his compatriot Steve Cram and the Spaniard José Manuel Abascal .
The Federal Republic of Germany was represented by Uwe Becker , who was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Pierre Délèze and Peter Wirz started for Switzerland. Délèze had to cancel his advance. Wirz qualified for the final and finished sixth there.
Runners from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1980 |
Sebastian Coe ( Great Britain )
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3: 38.40 min | Moscow 1980 |
World Champion 1983 |
Steve Cram ( Great Britain )
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3: 41.59 min | Helsinki 1983 |
European Champion 1982 | 3: 36.49 min | Athens 1982 | |
Pan American Champion 1983 |
Agberto Guimarães ( Brazil )
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3: 42.91 min | Caracas 1983 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1983 | Ignacio Melecio ( Mexico )
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3: 46.66 min | Havana 1983 |
South America Champion 1983 |
Emilio Ulloa ( Chile )
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3: 48.3 min | Santa Fe 1983 |
Asian champion 1983 | Suresh Yadav ( India )
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3: 44.74 min | Kuwait City 1983 |
African champions 1982 |
Kipkoech Cheruiyot ( Kenya )
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3: 42.2 min | Cairo 1982 |
Existing records
World record | 3: 30.77 min |
Steve Ovett ( Great Britain )
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Rieti , Italy | 4th September 1983 |
Olympic record | 3: 34.91 min |
Kipchoge Keino ( Kenya )
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Mexico City Final , Mexico | 20th October 1968 |
Preliminary round
Date: August 9, 1984
In the preliminary round, 59 participants were drawn in six runs. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. Furthermore, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
The Spaniard José Manuel Abascal achieved the fastest lead time with 3: 37.68 minutes in race 5. The slowest directly qualified athlete was Marcus O'Sullivan from Ireland in run 3 with 3: 49.65 min. The fastest athlete who could not qualify was his compatriot Frank O'Mara, who retired in the fourth run with 3: 41.76 minutes.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Joseph Chesire |
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3: 38.51 min | |
2 | Omer Khalifa |
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3: 38.93 min | |
3 | Stefano Mei |
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3: 39.25 min | |
4th | Tony Rogers |
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3: 39.78 min | |
5 | José Luis González |
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3: 47.01 min | |
6th | Faouzi Lahbi |
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3: 47.54 min | |
7th | Paul Ceesay |
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3: 59.14 min | |
8th | Amour Masoud Al-Sharji |
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4: 12.76 min | |
DNF | Antti Loikkanen |
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DNS | Charles Oliver |
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Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Pascal Thiébaut |
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3: 45.18 min | |
2 | Sebastian Coe |
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3: 45.30 min | |
3 | Andrés Vera |
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3: 45.44 min | |
4th | Paul Donovan |
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3: 45.70 min | |
5 | Jama Mohamed Aden |
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3: 46.80 min | |
6th | Mohamed Alouini |
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3: 49.78 min | |
7th | Dale Jones |
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3: 55.65 min | |
8th | Kgomotso Balotthanyi |
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3: 58.69 min | |
DNF | Oslen Barr |
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DNS | Abdulrab Al-Gadi |
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Sydney Maree |
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Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Ovett |
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3: 49.23 min | |
2 | Agberto Guimarães |
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3: 49.26 min | |
3 | Marcus O'Sullivan |
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3: 49.65 min | |
4th | Josephat Muraya |
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3: 51.61 min | |
5 | Gawain Guy |
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3: 52.04 min | |
6th | Claudio Patrignani |
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3: 52.63 min | |
7th | Mehdi Aidet |
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3: 53.92 min | |
8th | Mouteb Al-Faouri |
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3: 59.85 min | |
DNF | Pierre Délèze |
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DNS | William Wuycke |
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Francisco Figueredo |
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Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Joaquim Cruz |
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3: 41.01 min | |
2 | Steve Scott |
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3: 41.02 min | |
3 | Michael Hillardt |
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3: 41.18 min | |
4th | Frank O'Mara |
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3: 41.76 min | |
5 | Alex Gonzalez |
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3: 42.84 min | |
6th | Mark Handelsman |
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3: 45.05 min | |
7th | Abderrahmane Morceli |
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3: 45.09 min | |
8th | Archfell Musango |
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3: 46.99 min | |
9 | Adamou Allassane |
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3: 56.43 min | |
10 | Tito Rodrigues |
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4: 02.87 min |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | José Manuel Abascal |
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3: 37.68 min | |
2 | Peter Wirz |
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3: 37.75 min | |
3 | Uwe Becker |
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3: 37.76 min | |
4th | Riccardo Materazzi |
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3: 37.95 min | |
5 | Patrick Scammell |
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3: 39.18 min | |
6th | James Igohe |
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3: 39.62 min | |
7th | Tapfumaneyi Jonga |
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3: 40.42 min | |
8th | Isaac Ganunga |
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3: 53.86 min | |
9 | Hugo Allan Garcia |
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3: 57.59 min | |
10 | Kim Bok-joo |
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4: 02.63 min | |
DNF | Ibrahim Aziz |
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Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Cram |
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3: 40.33 min | |
2 | Jim Spivey |
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3: 40.58 min | |
3 | Peter O'Donoghue |
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3: 40.69 min | |
4th | Abdi Bile |
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3: 40.72 min | |
5 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot |
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3: 41.69 min | |
6th | Zakaria Namonge |
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3: 45.55 min | |
7th | Batulamai Rajakumar |
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3: 55.19 min | |
8th | Jean-Marie Rudasingwa |
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3: 57.62 min | |
9 | Philip Sinon |
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4: 25.80 min | |
10 | Diosdato Lozano |
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4: 34.71 min | |
DNF | Omar Ortega |
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Semifinals
Date: August 10, 1984
In the two semi-finals, the first four athletes qualified for each run. Furthermore, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
In the first run, Peter Wirz and Joseph Chesire finished in fourth place at exactly the same time. Since, according to the regulations, only the first four places were intended for direct qualification, but now five runners had qualified directly, only three lucky losers progressed , contrary to what was planned .
The best time in the semifinals was achieved by the Spaniard José Manuel Abascal with 3: 35.70 min in run 1.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | José Manuel Abascal |
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3: 35.70 min | |
2 | Steve Scott |
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3: 35.71 min | |
3 | Sebastian Coe |
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3: 35.81 min | |
4th | Joseph Chesire |
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3: 35.83 min | |
Peter Wirz |
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6th | Tony Rogers |
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3: 36.48 min | |
7th | Riccardo Materazzi |
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3: 36.51 min | |
8th | Michael Hillardt |
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3: 38.12 min | |
9 | Pascal Thiébaut |
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3: 40.96 min | |
10 | James Igohe |
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3: 41.57 min | |
DNF | Agberto Guimarães |
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DSQ | Abdi Bile |
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Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Steve Cram |
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3: 36.30 min | |
2 | Jim Spivey |
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3: 36.53 min | |
3 | Andrés Vera |
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3: 36.55 min | |
Steve Ovett |
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5 | Omer Khalifa |
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3: 36.76 min | |
6th | Uwe Becker |
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3: 37.28 min | |
7th | Stefano Mei |
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3: 37.96 min | |
8th | Peter O'Donoghue |
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3: 38.71 min | |
9 | Marcus O'Sullivan |
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3: 39.40 min | |
10 | Patrick Scammell |
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3: 40.83 min | |
11 | Tapfumaneyi Jonga |
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3: 41.80 min | |
DNS | Joaquim Cruz |
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final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sebastian Coe |
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3: 32.53 min | OR |
2 | Steve Cram |
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3: 33.40 min | |
3 | José Manuel Abascal |
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3: 34.30 min | |
4th | Joseph Chesire |
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3: 34.52 min | |
5 | Jim Spivey |
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3: 36.07 min | |
6th | Peter Wirz |
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3: 36.97 min | |
7th | Andrés Vera |
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3: 37.02 min | |
8th | Omer Khalifa |
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3: 37.11 min | |
9 | Tony Rogers |
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3: 38.98 min | |
10 | Steve Scott |
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3: 39.86 min | |
11 | Riccardo Materazzi |
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3: 40.74 min | |
DNF | Steve Ovett |
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Date: August 11, 1984
For the final on August 11, 1984, all three Britons as well as two Americans and two Spaniards had qualified. There was also one runner each from Kenya, Italy, Switzerland, Sudan and New Zealand.
The three British were the favorites. In addition to Steve Ovett and world record holder Sebastian Coe , there was also world and European champion Steve Cram . The audience paid special attention to the local California hero, Vice World Champion Steve Scott .
The first five hundred meters in which the field stayed together was led by Sudanese Omer Khalifa . On the back straight on lap two, Scott moved forward and increased the pace. The field now stretched a little. On this lap, Coe was third behind Khalifa at the end of the target curve, followed by Cram, the Spaniard José Manuel Abascal and the Kenyan Joseph Chesire . On lap three, Khalifa and Chesire continued to lose ground, Abascal and Coe overtook Scott. At the beginning of the last lap, Abascal was ahead of Coe and Cram, with Ovett ahead of Scott and his compatriot Jim Spivey . Ovett, who was suffering from breathing problems, gave up the race in the current corner. On the back straight Abascal, Coe and Cram accelerated the pace, Chesire tried to keep up. Coe and Cram passed Abascal before the last corner. On the home straight, the two Brits increased the pace again and sprinted for the Olympic victory, Abascal could no longer hold back and now had to fight off the attacks of the Kenyan. Coe finally won the race in a new Olympic record before Cram. Abascal brought the bronze medal to the finish just before Chesire. Behind the Kenyan, Spivey had moved up to 5th place in front of the Swiss Peter Wirz . The second Spaniard Andrés Vera followed in 7th place. The other places were occupied by Khalifa, New Zealander Tony Rogers, Scott and in 11th place the Italian Riccardo Materazzi.
Sebastian Coe was the first athlete to repeat his Olympic victory in this discipline.
José Manuel Abascal won the first Spanish medal in the 1500 meters .
literature
- Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , p. 19
Web links
- SportsReference 1500m , accessed January 6, 2018
- Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , pp. 276f, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 6, 2018
Video
- Olympics - 1984 Los Angeles - Track - Mens 1500m Finals - Gold GBR Sebastian Coe imasportsphile , published April 27, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed January 6, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 670 , accessed on January 6, 2018
- ↑ a b Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 276, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 6, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 277, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 6, 2018
- ↑ SportsReference 1500 m , accessed January 6, 2018