Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

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.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the mile.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kipchoge Keino  Kenya	Dick Quax  New Zealand	Brendan Foster  England

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	3:40.4	Q
2	1	Brendan Foster	England	3:43.8	Q
3	1	Ian McCafferty	Scotland	3:44.1	Q
4	1	Dick Tayler	New Zealand	3:44.3	Q
5	1	Norm Trerise	Canada	3:44.7
6	1	Jaiye Abidoye	Nigeria	3:48.3
7	1	Benson Mulomba	Zambia	3:52.4
8	1	Bob Maplestone	Wales	3:57.2
9	1	Peter Njera	Malawi	4:01.3
1	2	Dick Quax	New Zealand	3:44.2	Q
2	2	John Kirkbride	England	3:44.9	Q
3	2	Bill Smart	Canada	3:45.5	Q
4	2	Phillip Thomas	Wales	3:45.5	Q
5	2	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	3:45.6
6	2	Norman Morrison	Scotland	3:47.3
7	2	Muhammed Younis	Pakistan	3:48.4
8	2	Richard Nandolo	Malawi	3:49.2
9	2	Bernard Banda	Zambia	3:58.0
1	3	John Whetton	England	3:50.2	Q
2	3	Peter Stewart	Scotland	3:50.2	Q
3	3	Chris Fisher	Australia	3:50.6	Q
4	3	Ergas Leps	Canada	3:51.4	Q
5	3	David Mungai	Kenya	3:52.5
6	3	Gwynn Davis	Wales	3:52.8
7	3	Keith Falla	Guernsey	3:54.4
8	3	Abdul Karim	Pakistan	4:03.0
9	3	Dandison Moore	Sierra Leone	4:32.0

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	3:36.68	GR
	Dick Quax	New Zealand	3:38.19
	Brendan Foster	England	3:40.63
4	Peter Stewart	Scotland	3:40.6
5	John Whetton	England	3:41.2
6	Ian McCafferty	Scotland	3:42.2
7	Phillip Thomas	Wales	3:42.6
8	Chris Fisher	Australia	3:43.6
9	John Kirkbride	England	3:44.2
10	Dick Tayler	New Zealand	3:45.0
11	Bill Smart	Canada	3:48.6
12	Ergas Leps	Canada	3:54.0

References

• Heats results (p9)
• Australian results