# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia on 26‑28 August 1994.
The winning margin was 0.08 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the men's 1500 metres at these games.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Reuben Chesang Kenya | Kevin Sullivan Canada | John Mayock England |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Julius Kipkoech Tanui | Kenya | 3:44.10 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kevin McKay | England | 3:44.39 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gareth Lough | Northern Ireland | 3:44.54 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Steve Green | Jamaica | 3:44.76 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Pat Scammell | Australia | 3:44.82 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Gareth Brown | Scotland | 3:45.03 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Whaddon Niewoudt | South Africa | 3:45.20 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Geoffrey Seurey | Kenya | 3:45.56 | q |
| 9 | 1 | John Mayock | England | 3:46.21 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Davey Wilson | Northern Ireland | 3:46.86 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Reuben Chesang | Kenya | 3:47.16 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Kenneth MacDonald | Canada | 3:47.36 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Passmore Furusa | Zimbabwe | 3:47.37 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:47.59 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Simon Doyle | Australia | 3:47.73 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:47.77 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | David Strang | Scotland | 3:47.80 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Andy Keith | England | 3:48.09 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Brian Treacy | Northern Ireland | 3:48.58 | q |
| 20 | 3 | Richard Potts | New Zealand | 3:48.67 | q |
| 21 | 1 | Johan Landsman | South Africa | 3:49.57 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | 3:49.66 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Graham Hood | Canada | 3:49.67 | Q |
| 24 | 1 | Desmond Hector | Guyana | 3:53.28 | q |
| 25 | 1 | Stephen Agar | Dominica | 3:54.17 | |
| 26 | 1 | Paea Funaki | Tonga | 4:10.55 | |
| 27 | 2 | Naseer Ismail | Maldives | 4:10.66 | |
| | 2 | Cedric Harris | Dominica | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | John Mayock | England | 3:42.59 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Julius Kipkoech Tanui | Kenya | 3:42.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kevin McKay | England | 3:43.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:43.69 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Gareth Brown | Scotland | 3:43.98 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Brian Treacy | Northern Ireland | 3:44.50 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Steve Green | Jamaica | 3:45.85 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Graham Hood | Canada | 3:45.95 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:46.16 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Reuben Chesang | Kenya | 3:46.29 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | David Strang | Scotland | 3:46.30 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Whaddon Niewoudt | South Africa | 3:46.42 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Andy Keith | England | 3:46.52 | |
| 14 | 2 | Geoffrey Seurey | Kenya | 3:46.93 | |
| 15 | 1 | Davey Wilson | Northern Ireland | 3:47.11 | |
| 16 | 1 | Simon Doyle | Australia | 3:48.22 | |
| 17 | 1 | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | 3:49.78 | |
| 18 | 2 | Passmore Furusa | Zimbabwe | 3:49.96 | |
| 19 | 1 | Kenneth MacDonald | Canada | 3:50.15 | |
| 20 | 1 | Desmond Hector | Guyana | 3:54.37 | |
| 21 | 1 | Richard Potts | New Zealand | 3:57.78 | |
| 22 | 2 | Pat Scammell | Australia | 4:01.95 | |
| | 2 | Johan Landsman | South Africa | DNF | |
| | 2 | Gareth Lough | Northern Ireland | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Reuben Chesang | Kenya | 3:36.70 | |
| | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:36.78 | |
| | John Mayock | England | 3:37.22 | |
| 4 | Whaddon Niewoudt | South Africa | 3:37.96 | |
| 5 | Julius Kipkoech Tanui | Kenya | 3:38.10 | |
| 6 | Brian Treacy | Northern Ireland | 3:38.93 | |
| 7 | Steve Green | Jamaica | 3:39.19 | NR |
| 8 | Kevin McKay | England | 3:39.72 | |
| 9 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:40.10 | |
| 10 | Graham Hood | Canada | 3:41.23 | |
| 11 | Gareth Brown | Scotland | 3:42.66 | |
| 12 | David Strang | Scotland | 3:48.70 | |