Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon 1,500 metres

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Events:

Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 9, 1984
Date Finished: August 9, 1984

Gold:	Daley Thompson
Silver:	Jürgen Hingsen
Bronze:	Siggi Wentz

1,500 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Georg Werthner	28	Austria	AUT	4:16.41	685	836
2	Dave Steen	24	Canada	CAN	4:17.70	676	827
3	Jürgen Hingsen	26	West Germany	FRG	4:22.60	641	794
4	John Crist	29	United States	USA	4:23.78	632	786
5	Douglas Fernández	24	Venezuela	VEN	4:23.96	631	785
6	Brad McStravick	28	Great Britain	GBR	4:25.15	623	777
7	Peter Hadfield	29	Australia	AUS	4:25.90	617	772
8	Ángel Díaz	22	Guatemala	GUA	4:26.11	615	770
9	Vivian Coralie	22	Mauritius	MRI	4:26.26	614	769
10	Jim Wooding	30	United States	USA	4:28.31	600	756
11	Colin Boreham	30	Great Britain	GBR	4:32.50	573	728
12	Siggi Wentz	24	West Germany	FRG	4:33.96	563	719
13	Weng Kangqiang	25	China	CHN	4:34.10	562	718
14	Daley Thompson	25	Great Britain	GBR	4:35.00	556	712
15	William Motti	20	France	FRA	4:35.15	555	711
16	Mohamed Mansour Salah		Qatar	QAT	4:35.64	552	708
17	Michele Rüfenacht	24	Switzerland	SUI	4:39.47	527	684
18	Trond Skramstad	23	Norway	NOR	4:43.02	506	661
19	Lee Fu-An	20	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:45.87	489	644
20	Guido Kratschmer	31	West Germany	FRG	4:47.99	476	631
21	Tim Bright	24	United States	USA	4:49.27	469	623
22	Guu Jin-Shoei	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:50.75	460	614
23	Patrick Vetterli	22	Switzerland	SUI	4:55.06	435	589
24	Fidel Solórzano	22	Ecuador	ECU	5:07.38	369	518
AC	Claudio Escauriza	26	Paraguay	PAR		0	0	DNF

1,500 metres Heat One

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Douglas Fernández	24	Venezuela	VEN	4:23.96	631	785
2	Brad McStravick	28	Great Britain	GBR	4:25.15	623	777
3	Peter Hadfield	29	Australia	AUS	4:25.90	617	772
4	Ángel Díaz	22	Guatemala	GUA	4:26.11	615	770
5	Vivian Coralie	22	Mauritius	MRI	4:26.26	614	769
6	Colin Boreham	30	Great Britain	GBR	4:32.50	573	728
7	Weng Kangqiang	25	China	CHN	4:34.10	562	718
8	Mohamed Mansour Salah		Qatar	QAT	4:35.64	552	708
9	Trond Skramstad	23	Norway	NOR	4:43.02	506	661
10	Lee Fu-An	20	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:45.87	489	644
11	Guu Jin-Shoei	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:50.75	460	614
12	Fidel Solórzano	22	Ecuador	ECU	5:07.38	369	518
AC	Claudio Escauriza	26	Paraguay	PAR		0	0	DNF

1,500 metres Heat Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Georg Werthner	28	Austria	AUT	4:16.41	685	836
2	Dave Steen	24	Canada	CAN	4:17.70	676	827
3	Jürgen Hingsen	26	West Germany	FRG	4:22.60	641	794
4	John Crist	29	United States	USA	4:23.78	632	786
5	Jim Wooding	30	United States	USA	4:28.31	600	756
6	Siggi Wentz	24	West Germany	FRG	4:33.96	563	719
7	Daley Thompson	25	Great Britain	GBR	4:35.00	556	712
8	William Motti	20	France	FRA	4:35.15	555	711
9	Michele Rüfenacht	24	Switzerland	SUI	4:39.47	527	684
10	Guido Kratschmer	31	West Germany	FRG	4:47.99	476	631
11	Tim Bright	24	United States	USA	4:49.27	469	623
12	Patrick Vetterli	22	Switzerland	SUI	4:55.06	435	589

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