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Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:
Men's 1,500 metres Round One
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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Location: Olympic Stadium
Date Started: July 24, 1952
Date Finished: July 24, 1952
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: |  Josy Barthel |
| Silver: |  Bob McMillen |
| Bronze: |  Werner Lueg |
Round One Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josy Barthel | 25 | Luxembourg | LUX | 3:51.6 | 3:51.75 | QU |
| 2 | Günter Dohrow | 24 | Germany | GER | 3:51.8 | 3:51.90 | QU |
| 3 | Ingvar Ericsson | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 3:52.0 | 3:52.14 | QU |
| 4 | Don MacMillan | 24 | Australia | AUS | 3:52.0 | 3:52.30 | QU |
| 5 | Sándor Iharos | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 3:56.0 | 3:56.85 | |
| 6 | Mieczysław Długoborski | 21 | Poland | POL | 3:57.8 | 3:57.70 | |
| 7 | Filemón Camacho | 25 | Venezuela | VEN | 4:18.0 | ||
| 8 | Pierre Gillet | 22 | France | FRA | 4:26.6 | ||
| AC | Hans Harting | 26 | Netherlands | NED | DNF |
Round One Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Druetzler | 23 | United States | USA | 3:51.4 | 3:51.66 | QU |
| 2 | Sture Landqvist | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 3:52.2 | 3:52.31 | QU |
| 3 | Stanislav Jungwirth | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 3:52.4 | 3:52.58 | QU |
| 4 | Mihail Velsvebel | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:52.6 | 3:52.72 | QU |
| 5 | Aulis Pystynen | 24 | Finland | FIN | 3:53.0 | 3:53.33 | |
| 6 | Len Eyre | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:53.2 | 3:53.34 | |
| 7 | Fred Lüthi | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 3:56.4 | 3:56.52 | |
| 8 | Turhan Göker | 22 | Turkey | TUR | 4:00.6 | 4:01.02 |
Round One Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olle Åberg | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 3:51.0 | 3:51.14 | QU |
| 2 | Denis Johansson | 24 | Finland | FIN | 3:51.2 | 3:51.22 | QU |
| 3 | Rolf Lamers | 25 | Germany | GER | 3:52.4 | 3:52.72 | QU |
| 4 | Bill Parnell | 24 | Canada | CAN | 3:53.4 | 3:53.75 | QU |
| 5 | Fritz Prossinag | 21 | Austria | AUT | 3:54.2 | 3:54.76 | |
| 6 | Athol Jennings | 21 | South Africa | RSA | 3:55.4 | 3:55.69 | |
| 7 | Daniel Janssens | 26 | Belgium | BEL | 3:55.8 | 3:55.98 | |
| 8 | Cahit Önel | 24 | Turkey | TUR | 3:58.4 | 3:58.42 | |
| AC | Wim Slijkhuis | 29 | Netherlands | NED | DNF |
Round One Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick El Mabrouk | 23 | France | FRA | 3:55.8 | 3:55.77 | QU |
| 2 | Bob McMillen | 24 | United States | USA | 3:55.8 | 3:55.82 | QU |
| 3 | Roger Bannister | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:56.0 | 3:56.13 | QU |
| 4 | Vilmos Tölgyesi | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 3:56.0 | 3:56.20 | QU |
| 5 | John Landy | 22 | Australia | AUS | 3:57.0 | 3:57.14 | |
| 6 | Andrija Otenhajmer | 25 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 3:57.8 | 3:58.20 | |
| 7 | Maurice Marshall | 25 | New Zealand | NZL | 4:01.0 | 4:01.03 | |
| 8 | Nikolay Kuchurin | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:03.6 | 4:01.80 | |
| 9 | Vasilios Mavroidis | 25 | Greece | GRE | 4:07.8 |
Round One Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Hoskins | 23 | New Zealand | NZL | 3:56.2 | 3:56.33 | QU |
| 2 | Frans Herman | 25 | Belgium | BEL | 3:56.2 | 3:56.37 | QU |
| 3 | Bill Nankeville | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:56.4 | 3:56.48 | QU |
| 4 | Nikolay Belokurov | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:56.4 | 3:56.47 | QU |
| 5 | Urpo Vähäranta | 26 | Finland | FIN | 3:56.8 | 3:56.85 | |
| 6 | Javier Montez | 22 | United States | USA | 3:58.2 | 3:58.10 | |
| 7 | Stefan Lewandowski | 22 | Poland | POL | 4:00.8 | 4:00.87 |
Round One Heat Six
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Lueg | 20 | Germany | GER | 3:52.0 | 3:52.31 | QU |
| 2 | Václav Čevona | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 3:53.4 | 3:53.45 | QU |
| 3 | Audun Boysen | 23 | Norway | NOR | 3:55.0 | 3:55.15 | QU |
| 4 | John Ross | 20 | Canada | CAN | 3:55.2 | 3:55.60 | QU |
| 5 | Jean Vernier | 28 | France | FRA | 3:56.8 | 3:56.61 | |
| 6 | Edmund Potrzebowski | 26 | Poland | POL | 3:56.8 | 3:56.91 | |
| 7 | Sándor Garay | 32 | Hungary | HUN | 4:01.2 | 4:01.53 | |
| 8 | Ekrem Koçak | 21 | Turkey | TUR | 4:01.4 | 4:01.77 | |
| 9 | William Fahmy Hanna | 24 | Egypt | EGY | 4:11.2 | ||
| 10 | Stit Leangtanom | 23 | Thailand | THA | 4:32.6 |
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