List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
1500 metres

List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)

Section Title: 1500 metres
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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze

1896 Athens details	Edwin Flack Australia	Arthur Blake United States	Albin Lermusiaux France

1900 Paris details	Charles Bennett Great Britain	Henri Deloge France	John Bray United States

1904 St. Louis details	Jim Lightbody United States	Frank Verner United States	Lacey Hearn United States

1908 London details	Mel Sheppard United States	Harold Wilson Great Britain	Norman Hallows Great Britain

1912 Stockholm details	Arnold Jackson Great Britain	Abel Kiviat United States	Norman Taber United States

1920 Antwerp details	Albert Hill Great Britain	Philip Baker Great Britain	Lawrence Shields United States

1924 Paris details	Paavo Nurmi Finland	Willy Schärer Switzerland	H. B. Stallard Great Britain

1928 Amsterdam details	Harri Larva Finland	Jules Ladoumègue France	Eino Purje Finland

1932 Los Angeles details	Luigi Beccali Italy	Jerry Cornes Great Britain	Phil Edwards Canada

1936 Berlin details	Jack Lovelock New Zealand	Glenn Cunningham United States	Luigi Beccali Italy

1948 London details	Henry Eriksson Sweden	Lennart Strand Sweden	Willem Slijkhuis Netherlands

1952 Helsinki details	Josy Barthel Luxembourg	Bob McMillen United States	Werner Lueg Germany

1956 Melbourne details	Ron Delany Ireland	Klaus Richtzenhain United Team of Germany	John Landy Australia

1960 Rome details	Herb Elliott Australia	Michel Jazy France	István Rózsavölgyi Hungary

1964 Tokyo details	Peter Snell New Zealand	Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia	John Davies New Zealand

1968 Mexico City details	Kipchoge Keino Kenya	Jim Ryun United States	Bodo Tümmler West Germany

1972 Munich details	Pekka Vasala Finland	Kipchoge Keino Kenya	Rod Dixon New Zealand

1976 Montreal details	John Walker New Zealand	Ivo Van Damme Belgium	Paul-Heinz Wellmann West Germany

1980 Moscow details	Sebastian Coe Great Britain	Jürgen Straub East Germany	Steve Ovett Great Britain

1984 Los Angeles details	Sebastian Coe Great Britain	Steve Cram Great Britain	José Manuel Abascal Spain

1988 Seoul details	Peter Rono Kenya	Peter Elliott Great Britain	Jens-Peter Herold East Germany

1992 Barcelona details	Fermín Cacho Spain	Rachid El Basir Morocco	Mohamed Suleiman Qatar

1996 Atlanta details	Noureddine Morceli Algeria	Fermín Cacho Spain	Stephen Kipkorir Kenya

2000 Sydney details	Noah Ngeny Kenya	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	Bernard Lagat Kenya

2004 Athens details	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	Bernard Lagat Kenya	Rui Silva Portugal

2008 Beijing details	Asbel Kiprop Kenya	Nick Willis New Zealand	Mehdi Baala France

2012 London details	Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria	Leonel Manzano United States	Abdalaati Iguider Morocco

2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Matthew Centrowitz Jr. United States	Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria	Nick Willis New Zealand

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Coe became the only man to defend his Olympics title in the 1500 metres.

final_sentence: Coe became the only man to defend his Olympics title in the 1500 metres.