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Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:
Men's 1,500 metres Round One
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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Location: Melbourne Cricket Club Stadium
Date Started: November 29, 1956
Date Finished: November 29, 1956
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: |  Ronnie Delany |
| Silver: |  Klaus Richtzenhain |
| Bronze: |  John Landy |
Round One Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaus Richtzenhain | 22 | Germany | GER | 3:46.6 | 3:46.76 | QU |
| 2 | Stanislav Jungwirth | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 3:46.6 | 3:46.79 | QU |
| 3 | Ian Boyd | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:47.0 | 3:47.13 | QU |
| 4 | Murray Halberg | 23 | New Zealand | NZL | 3:47.2 | 3:47.39 | QU |
| 5 | István Rózsavölgyi | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 3:49.4 | 3:49.54 | |
| 6 | André Ballieux | 23 | Belgium | BEL | 3:49.8 | 3:49.94 | |
| 7 | Michel Jazy | 20 | France | FRA | 3:50.0 | 3:49.95 | |
| 8 | Ted Wheeler | 25 | United States | USA | 3:50,1 | 3:50.02 | |
| 9 | Jonas Pipynė | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:50,6 | 3:50.86 | |
| 10 | Josy Barthel | 29 | Luxembourg | LUX | 3:50,6 | 3:50.64 | |
| 11 | Mamo Wolde | 24 | Ethiopia | ETH | 3:51.0 |
Round One Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merv Lincoln | 23 | Australia | AUS | 3:45.4 | 3:45.63 | QU |
| 2 | Ken Wood | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:46.6 | 3:46.90 | QU |
| 3 | Ronnie Delany | 21 | Ireland | IRL | 3:47.4 | 3:47.48 | QU |
| 4 | László Tábori | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 3:48.0 | 3:48.21 | QU |
| 5 | Ingvar Ericsson | 29 | Sweden | SWE | 3:49.0 | 3:49.20 | |
| 6 | Yevgeny Sokolov | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:49.2 | 3:49.27 | |
| 7 | Evangelos Depastas | 24 | Greece | GRE | 3:52.0 | 3:51.79 | |
| 8 | Olavi Salsola | 22 | Finland | FIN | 3:55.0 | ||
| 9 | Günter Dohrow | 29 | Germany | GER | 3:58.0 | ||
| 10 | Ramón Sandoval | 25 | Chile | CHI | 3:58,1 | ||
| 11 | Don Bowden | 20 | United States | USA | 3:59,7 | ||
| 12 | Émile Leva | 24 | Belgium | BEL | 4:06.0 | ||
| 13 | Sim Sang-Ok | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 4:09.0 | ||
| 14 | Mahmoud Jan | Pakistan | PAK | 4:15.0 | |||
| 15 | Somnuek Srisombati | 24 | Thailand | THA | 4:30.0 |
Round One Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neville Scott | 21 | New Zealand | NZL | 3:48.0 | 3:48.09 | QU |
| 2 | Brian Hewson | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:48.0 | 3:48.10 | QU |
| 3 | John Landy | 26 | Australia | AUS | 3:48.6 | 3:48.67 | QU |
| 4 | Gunnar Nielsen | 28 | Denmark | DEN | 3:48.6 | 3:48.80 | QU |
| 5 | Dan Waern | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 3:48.8 | 3:48.84 | |
| 6 | Gianfranco Baraldi | 21 | Italy | ITA | 3:52.0 | 3:52.20 | |
| 7 | Sergey Sukhanov | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:53.0 | 3:52.96 | |
| 8 | Jerome Walters | 26 | United States | USA | 3:55,7 | 3:55.60 | |
| 9 | Georgios Papavasileiou | 25 | Greece | GRE | 3:57.0 | 3:57.57 | |
| 10 | Eduardo Fontecilla | 27 | Chile | CHI | 3:58,6 | 3:58.45 | |
| AC | Siegfried Herrmann | 24 | Germany | GER | DNF |
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