Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the final held on Saturday December 1, 1956. There were a total number of 37 participants from 22 nations.

Final classification

Rank	Athlete	Heat	Final
	Ron Delaney (IRL)	3:47.4	3:41.2
	Klaus Richtzenhain (EUA)	3:46.6	3:42.0
	John Landy (AUS)	3:48.6	3:42.0
4.	Laszlo Tabori (HUN)	3:48.0	3:42.4
5.	Brian Hewson (GBR)	3:48:0	3:42.6
6.	Stanislav Jungwirth (TCH)	3:46.6	3:42.6
7.	Neville Scott (NZL)	3:48:0	3:42.8
8.	Ian Boyd (GBR)	3:47.0	3:43.0
9.	Kenneth Wood (GBR)	3:46:6	3:44.3
10.	Gunnar Nielsen (DEN)	3:48.6	3:45.0
11.	Murray Halberg (NZL)	3:47:2	3:45.2
12.	Mervyn Lincoln (AUS)	3:45:4	3:51.9
—	Dan Waern (SWE)	3:48:8	DNQ
—	Ingvar Ericsson (SWE)	3:49:0	DNQ
—	Yevgeny Sokolov (URS)	3:49:2	DNQ
—	István Rozsavolgyi (HUN)	3:49:4	DNQ
—	André Ballieux (BEL)	3:49:8	DNQ
—	Michel Jazy (FRA)	3:50:0	DNQ
—	Theodore Wheeler (USA)	3:50:0	DNQ
—	Piatras-Ionas Pipine (URS)	3:50:0	DNQ
—	Josy Barthel (LUX)	3:50:0	DNQ
—	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	3:51:0	DNQ
—	Gianfranco Baraldi (ITA)	3:52:0	DNQ
—	Evangelos Depastas (GRE)	3:52:0	DNQ
—	Sergey Soukhanov (URS)	3:53:0	DNQ
—	Jerome Walters (USA)	3:55:0	DNQ
—	Olavi Salsola (FIN)	3:55:0	DNQ
—	Georgios Papavassiliou (GRE)	3:57:0	DNQ
—	Günther Dohrow (EUA)	3:58:0	DNQ
—	Ramón Sandoval (CHI)	3:58:0	DNQ
—	Eduardo Fontecilla (CHI)	3:58:0	DNQ
—	Donald Bowden (USA)	4:00:0	DNQ
—	Emile Leva (BEL)	4:06:0	DNQ
—	Sank Ok-Sim (KOR)	4:09:0	DNQ
—	Jan Mahmud (PAK)	4:15:0	DNQ
—	Somnuek Srisombati (THA)	4:30:0	DNQ
—	Siegfried Herrmann (EUA)	DNF	DNQ

References

• Official Report
• Results