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prearranged that he would wave a yellow towel if
Elliott was in danger of being caught from behind or close to the world record. A confused Elliott saw the towel and accelerated, pushing hard to the finish. Elliott's three second victory took an additional half second out of his own
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Iraq, Israel, Liechtenstein, Rhodesia, Romania, and
Tunisia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 14th appearance, the only nation to have competed in the men's 1500 metres at each Games to that point.
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was the "overwhelming favorite" in the race; he had taken the world records in both the 1500 metres and the mile in 1958 and never lost a race at either distance. Lincoln, as well as
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was the last to drop off with Jazy close behind Rózsavölgyi. But
Elliott was gone, cleanly ahead going into the final lap. Waiting on the final backstretch, his coach
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This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer
Olympics. Twelfth-place finisher
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broke his own world record by 0.4 seconds, running 3:35.6. The top six men in the final all surpassed the old
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of France took silver, the third time a French athlete had achieved that mark. Hungary won its first 1500 metres medal with
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Hungary (who had both competed in 1956 without making the final), were expected to compete for silver.
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The 1500 final was much more of an endurance race than contemporary strategic races.
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These were the standing world and
Olympic records prior to the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Australia, the nation's second victory in the 1500 metres and first since 1896.
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took the lead from the beginning and dared the field to stay with him.
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struggled as the pack strung out quickly. With two laps to go,
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versions of the competition which used a 12-man final.
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upped the ante, taking the lead and pushing the pace.
2443:"Athletics at the 1960 Rome Games: Men's 1500 metres"
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3610:1500 metres at the Olympics
2471:Official Report, pp. 84–87.
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1264:Abdul Ghafar Ghafoori
818:Central European Time
2447:sports-reference.com
1587:Dhira Phiphobmongkol
606:1960 Summer Olympics
604:was an event at the
206:1960 Summer Olympics
55:September 6 (final)
3552:Jakob Ingebrigtsen
3460:Hicham El Guerrouj
3414:Noureddine Morceli
2418:"1500 metres, Men"
2219:István Rózsavölgyi
2014:Stefan Lewandowski
1936:Evangelos Depastas
1457:Siegfried Valentin
944:István Rózsavölgyi
803:During the final,
693:Competition format
683:István Rózsavölgyi
646:István Rózsavölgyi
618:István Rózsavölgyi
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369:4 × 100 m relay
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3391:Fermín Cacho
3276:Pekka Vasala
3207:Herb Elliott
3196:
3161:Josy Barthel
2977:Mel Sheppard
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2455:. Retrieved
2451:the original
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2437:
2425:. Retrieved
2421:
2271:Zoltan Vamoș
2168:
2150:Herb Elliott
1910:Merv Lincoln
1858:Lajos Kovács
1803:Zoltan Vamoș
1613:Péter Parsch
1431:Albie Thomas
1184:Tomás Barris
1039:Soviet Union
915:Herb Elliott
882:
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726:Herb Elliott
713:World record
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675:Herb Elliott
671:Merv Lincoln
668:
655:world record
642:Herb Elliott
627:
610:Herb Elliott
601:
599:
541:Hammer throw
511:Discus throw
437:Field events
357:steeplechase
319:80 m hurdles
286:
221:Track events
102:Herb Elliott
72:
68:Winning time
3575:Cole Hocker
3299:John Walker
3230:Peter Snell
3069:Harri Larva
3046:Paavo Nurmi
3023:Albert Hill
2908:Edwin Flack
2509:1500 metres
2187:Michel Jazy
2101:Switzerland
1774:Michel Jazy
1717:Semifinal 3
1691:Roger Moens
1666:Ralph Gomes
1290:Semifinal 2
1275:Afghanistan
1158:Joe Mullins
1132:Laurie Reed
887:Semifinal 1
679:Michel Jazy
620:'s bronze.
614:Michel Jazy
457:Triple jump
396:Road events
130:Michel Jazy
60:Competitors
3599:Categories
3437:Noah Ngeny
3368:Peter Rono
3184:Ron Delany
2457:28 October
2399:References
2349:Jim Grelle
1962:Pete Close
1884:Mike Wiggs
1638:Egon Oehri
1347:Jim Grelle
879:Semifinals
851:Semifinals
771:Ron Delany
744:Gothenburg
665:Background
638:Jim Grelle
484:Pole vault
425:50 km walk
413:20 km walk
3253:Kip Keino
2427:14 August
2422:Olympedia
2245:Dan Waern
2161:Australia
1921:Australia
1745:Dan Waern
1442:Australia
926:Australia
793:Australia
789:Melbourne
558:Decathlon
469:High jump
442:Long jump
201:Athletics
112:Australia
81:Medalists
1598:Thailand
1013:Rhodesia
811:Schedule
659:Jim Ryun
496:Shot put
401:Marathon
307:10,000 m
2523:Summary
2511:at the
2282:Romania
2230:Hungary
2126:Athlete
2081:4:00.33
2055:4:00.14
2029:3:59.75
2003:3:52.68
1999:Finland
1977:3:50.69
1951:3:48.77
1925:3:47.18
1899:3:46.61
1873:3:46.20
1869:Hungary
1847:3:45.46
1818:3:45.07
1814:Romania
1789:3:45.03
1760:3:44.18
1727:Athlete
1702:Belgium
1624:Hungary
1576:3:47.18
1550:3:47.71
1546:Romania
1524:3:47.56
1498:3:47.20
1494:Iceland
1472:3:46.99
1446:3:46.95
1420:3:46.21
1391:3:44.63
1362:3:43.65
1333:3:42.34
1300:Athlete
1225:3:58.52
1221:Tunisia
1199:3:56.10
1173:3:53.45
1147:3:48.24
1121:3:47.57
1095:3:47.24
1091:Austria
1069:3:46.57
1065:Finland
1043:3:43.80
1017:3:42.96
988:3:42.40
959:3:42.15
955:Hungary
930:3:41.50
897:Athlete
874:Results
784:3:41.2
739:3:36.0
702:Records
624:Summary
168:Hungary
71:3:35.6
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3504:
3485:
3481:
3462:
3458:
3439:
3435:
3416:
3412:
3393:
3389:
3370:
3366:
3347:
3343:
3324:
3320:
3301:
3297:
3278:
3274:
3255:
3251:
3232:
3228:
3209:
3205:
3186:
3182:
3163:
3159:
3140:
3136:
3117:
3113:
3094:
3090:
3071:
3067:
3048:
3044:
3025:
3021:
3002:
2998:
2979:
2975:
2956:
2952:
2933:
2929:
2910:
2906:
2390:3:45.0
2386:Norway
2384:
2364:3:45.0
2358:
2338:3:41.5
2334:France
2332:
2312:3:40.9
2306:
2286:3:40.8
2280:
2260:3:40.0
2256:Sweden
2254:
2234:3:39.2
2228:
2202:3:38.4
2198:France
2196:
2165:3:35.6
2159:
2135:Notes
2129:Nation
2099:
2075:
2051:Israel
2049:
2025:Poland
2023:
1997:
1971:
1947:Greece
1945:
1919:
1893:
1867:
1841:
1812:
1785:France
1783:
1756:Sweden
1754:
1736:Notes
1730:Nation
1700:
1677:Guyana
1675:
1647:
1622:
1602:4:24.4
1596:
1572:Turkey
1570:
1544:
1518:
1492:
1466:
1440:
1414:
1387:Norway
1385:
1356:
1329:France
1327:
1309:Notes
1303:Nation
1273:
1247:Poland
1245:
1219:
1193:
1169:Canada
1167:
1141:
1115:
1089:
1063:
1037:
1011:
982:
953:
924:
906:Notes
900:Nation
837:Round
773:
768:
748:Sweden
728:
723:
355:3000 m
295:5000 m
283:1500 m
203:at the
166:
140:France
138:
110:
2692:Women
2116:Final
1520:Italy
1195:Spain
866:Final
861:16:15
846:17:15
834:Time
831:Date
822:UTC+1
535:women
520:women
505:women
478:women
451:women
378:women
325:women
277:women
268:800 m
256:400 m
250:women
241:200 m
235:women
226:100 m
50:Dates
40:Venue
3565:2024
3542:2020
3519:2016
3496:2012
3473:2008
3450:2004
3427:2000
3404:1996
3381:1992
3358:1988
3335:1984
3312:1980
3289:1976
3266:1972
3243:1968
3220:1964
3197:1960
3174:1956
3151:1952
3128:1948
3105:1936
3082:1932
3059:1928
3036:1924
3013:1920
2990:1912
2967:1908
2944:1904
2921:1900
2898:1896
2844:2024
2839:2020
2834:2016
2829:2012
2824:2008
2819:2004
2814:2000
2809:1996
2804:1992
2799:1988
2794:1984
2789:1980
2784:1976
2779:1972
2774:1968
2769:1964
2764:1960
2759:1956
2754:1952
2749:1948
2744:1936
2739:1932
2734:1928
2729:1924
2724:1920
2719:1912
2714:1908
2709:1904
2704:1900
2699:1896
2683:2024
2678:2020
2673:2016
2668:2012
2663:2008
2658:2004
2653:2000
2648:1996
2643:1992
2638:1988
2633:1984
2628:1980
2623:1976
2618:1972
2613:1968
2608:1964
2603:1960
2598:1956
2593:1952
2588:1948
2583:1936
2578:1932
2573:1928
2568:1924
2563:1920
2558:1912
2553:1908
2548:1904
2543:1900
2538:1896
2459:2017
2429:2020
2132:Time
2123:Rank
2077:Iraq
1733:Time
1724:Rank
1306:Time
1297:Rank
903:Time
894:Rank
636:and
600:The
187:1964
182:1956
3581:USA
3558:NOR
3535:USA
3512:ALG
3489:KEN
3466:MAR
3443:KEN
3420:ALG
3397:ESP
3374:KEN
3351:GBR
3328:GBR
3305:NZL
3282:FIN
3259:KEN
3236:NZL
3213:AUS
3190:IRL
3167:LUX
3144:SWE
3121:NZL
3098:ITA
3075:FIN
3052:FIN
3029:GBR
3006:GBR
2983:USA
2960:USA
2937:GBR
2914:AUS
2531:Men
2106:DNS
1707:DNS
1682:DNS
1654:DNF
1629:DNF
1280:DNS
1252:DNF
777:IRL
732:AUS
562:men
545:men
530:men
515:men
500:men
488:men
473:men
461:men
446:men
429:men
417:men
405:men
388:men
373:men
361:men
347:men
335:men
311:men
299:men
287:men
272:men
260:men
245:men
230:men
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3567::
3544::
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3498::
3475::
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3337::
3314::
3291::
3268::
3245::
3222::
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3176::
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3130::
3107::
3084::
3061::
3038::
3015::
2992::
2969::
2946::
2923::
2900::
2445:.
2420:.
2407:^
2170:WR
2062:13
2036:12
2010:11
1984:10
1583:11
1557:10
1206:12
1180:11
1154:10
791:,
746:,
74:WR
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3579:(
3560:)
3556:(
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3533:(
3514:)
3510:(
3491:)
3487:(
3468:)
3464:(
3445:)
3441:(
3422:)
3418:(
3399:)
3395:(
3376:)
3372:(
3353:)
3349:(
3330:)
3326:(
3307:)
3303:(
3284:)
3280:(
3261:)
3257:(
3238:)
3234:(
3215:)
3211:(
3192:)
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3169:)
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3142:(
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3119:(
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3050:(
3031:)
3027:(
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2461:.
2431:.
2371:9
2345:8
2319:7
2293:6
2267:5
2241:4
2088:—
1958:9
1932:8
1906:7
1880:6
1854:5
1828:4
1822:Q
1799:3
1793:Q
1770:2
1764:Q
1741:1
1662:—
1609:—
1531:9
1505:8
1479:7
1453:6
1427:5
1401:4
1395:Q
1372:3
1366:Q
1343:2
1337:Q
1314:1
1260:—
1232:—
1128:9
1102:8
1076:7
1050:6
1024:5
998:4
992:Q
969:3
963:Q
940:2
934:Q
911:1
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