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{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's 1500 metres |games = 1952 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = |dates = July 24 (heats) July 25 (semifinals) July 26 (final) |competitors = |nations = |longnames = yes |gold = Josy Barthel |goldNOC = LUX |silver = Bob McMillen |silverNOC = USA |bronze = Werner Lueg |bronzeNOC = GER |prev=1948 |next=1956 }}{{AthleticsAt1952SummerOlympics}}The men's 1500 metres event at the 1952 Olympics took place between July 24 and July 26.[1] The early leaders of the final were Audun Boysen followed by Warren Druetzler. Towards the end of the first lap, Werner Lueg began to move up to take the lead, with Rolf Lamers on his shoulder to place a wall to control the pack. Patrick El Mabrouk was next in line but unable to get by. On the third lap Lamers was unable to maintain the pace as Josy Barthel and Roger Bannister exchanging elbows with El Mabrouk lined up behind Leug. With 300 metres to go, Leug accelerated, opening up a 5-metre gap down the backstretch but through the final turn, Leug was unable to hold the pace allowing Barthel to catch back up. Bob McMillen moved up from eighth place to catch the group of leaders at the head of the final straight. Barthel went around Leug and sprinted to victory. McMillen ran the long way around El Mabrouk and Bannister and was chasing Barthel down the straight. Leug maintained his gap on Bannister and El Mabrouk, but looked helplessly as McMillen sprinted past, but he didn't have enough race left to catch Barthel, finishing half a metre behind but being credited with the same time, the new Olympic record. To date, this was the only Olympic gold medal won by a Luxembourger, though Luxembourg born Michel Théato is credited for winning the 1900 Marathon for France. ResultsHeatsThe first round was held on July 24. The fastest four runners in each heat advanced to the final round. Heat 1 Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Josy Barthel | {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.6 | 2 | Günter Dohrow | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.8 | 3 | Ingvar Ericsson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.0 | 4 | Don MacMillan | {{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.0 | 5 | Sándor Iharos | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.0 | 6 | Mieczysław Długoborski | {{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}} | 3:57.8 | 7 | Filemón Camacho | {{flagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}} | 4:18.0 | 8 | Pierre Gillet | {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 4:26.6 | 9 | Hans Harting | {{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}} | DNF | Heat 2 Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Warren Druetzler | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.4 | 2 | Sture Landqvist | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.2 | 3 | Stanislav Jungwirth | {{flagIOC|TCH|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.4 | 4 | Mihail Velsvebel | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.6 | 5 | Aulis Pystynen | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.0 | 6 | Len Eyre | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.2 | 7 | Fred Lüthi | {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.4 | 8 | Turhan Göker | {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 4:00.6 | Heat 3 Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Olle Åberg | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.0 | 2 | Denis Johansson | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.2 | 3 | Rolf Lamers | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.4 | 4 | Bill Parnell | {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.4 | 5 | Fritz Prossinag | {{flagIOC|AUT|1952 Summer}} | 3:54.2 | 6 | Athol Jennings | {{flagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.4 | 7 | Daniel Janssens | {{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.8 | 8 | Cahit Önel | {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 3:58.4 | Willem Slijkhuis | {{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}} | DNF | Heat 4 Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Patrick El Mabrouk | {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.8 | 2 | Bob McMillen | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.8 | 3 | Roger Bannister | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.0 | 4 | Vilmos Tölgyesi | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.0 | 5 | John Landy | {{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}} | 3:57.0 | 6 | Andrija Otenhajmer | {{flagIOC|YUG|1952 Summer}} | 4:57.8 | 7 | Maurice Marshall | {{flagIOC|NZL|1952 Summer}} | 4:01.0 | 8 | Nikolay Kuchurin | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 4:03.6 | 9 | Vasilios Mavroidis | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} | 4:07.8 | Heat 5 Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Hoskins | {{flagIOC|NZL|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.2 | 2 | Frans Herman | {{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.2 | 3 | Bill Nankeville | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.4 | 4 | Mykola Belokurov | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.4 | 5 | Urpo Vähäranta | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.8 | 6 | Javier Montez | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:58.2 | 7 | Stefan Lewandowski | {{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}} | 4:00.8 | Heat 6 Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Werner Lueg | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.0 | 2 | Václav Čevona | {{flagIOC|TCH|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.4 | 3 | Audun Boysen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.0 | 4 | John Ross | {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.2 | 5 | Jean Vernier | {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.8 | 6 | Edmund Potrzebowski | {{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.8 | 7 | Sándor Garay | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 4:01.2 | 8 | Ekrem Koçak | {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 4:01.4 | 9 | William Fahmy Hanna | {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} | 4:11.2 | 10 | Satid Leangtanom | {{flagIOC|THA|1952 Summer}} | 4:32.6 |
SemifinalsThe fastest six runners in each heat advanced to the final round. Heat one Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Denis Johansson | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3:49.4 | 2 | Werner Lueg | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:49.8 | 3 | Don MacMillan | {{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.8 | 4 | Warren Druetzler | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.8 | 5 | Patrick El Mabrouk | {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.0 | 6 | Audun Boysen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.0 | 7 | Václav Čevona | {{flagIOC|TCH|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.4 | 8 | Sture Landqvist | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.4 | 9 | Bill Nankeville | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.0 | 10 | Bill Parnell | {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.4 | 11 | Mihail Velsvebel | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3:52.6 | 12 | George Hoskins | {{flagIOC|NZL|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.0 | |
Heat two Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Josy Barthel | {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.4 | 2 | Olle Åberg | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.6 | 3 | Ingvar Ericsson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.6 | 4 | Bob McMillen | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.6 | 5 | Roger Bannister | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.6 | 6 | Rolf Lamers | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:50.8 | 7 | Stanislav Jungwirth | {{flagIOC|TCH|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.0 | 8 | Vilmos Tölgyesi | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.2 | 9 | Frans Herman | {{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} | 3:53.8 | 10 | Günter Dohrow | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.2 | 11 | Nikolay Belokurov | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3:55.6 | 12 | John Ross | {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}} | 4:00.6 | |
Final Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{gold1}} | Josy Barthel | {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 3:45.2 | OR | {{silver2}} | Bob McMillen | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:45.2 | {{Bronze3}} | Werner Lueg | {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:45.4 | 4 | Roger Bannister | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 3:46.0 | 5 | Patrick El Mabrouk | {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 3:46.0 | 6 | Rolf Lamers | {{FlagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3:46.8 | 7 | Olle Åberg | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:47.0 | 8 | Ingvar Ericsson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 3:47.6 | 9 | Don MacMillan | {{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}} | 3:49.6 | 10 | Denis Johansson | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3:49.8 | 11 | Audun Boysen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} | 3:51.4 | 12 | Warren Druetzler | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3:56.0 |
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-1500-metres.html |title=Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Games: Men's 1500 metres |accessdate=28 October 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
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