Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the mile.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Kipchoge Keino Kenya | Dick Quax New Zealand | Brendan Foster England |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 3:40.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Brendan Foster | England | 3:43.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | 3:44.1 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Dick Tayler | New Zealand | 3:44.3 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Norm Trerise | Canada | 3:44.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jaiye Abidoye | Nigeria | 3:48.3 | |
| 7 | 1 | Benson Mulomba | Zambia | 3:52.4 | |
| 8 | 1 | Bob Maplestone | Wales | 3:57.2 | |
| 9 | 1 | Peter Njera | Malawi | 4:01.3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Dick Quax | New Zealand | 3:44.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | John Kirkbride | England | 3:44.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bill Smart | Canada | 3:45.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Phillip Thomas | Wales | 3:45.5 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ben Jipcho | Kenya | 3:45.6 | |
| 6 | 2 | Norman Morrison | Scotland | 3:47.3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Muhammed Younis | Pakistan | 3:48.4 | |
| 8 | 2 | Richard Nandolo | Malawi | 3:49.2 | |
| 9 | 2 | Bernard Banda | Zambia | 3:58.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | John Whetton | England | 3:50.2 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Peter Stewart | Scotland | 3:50.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Chris Fisher | Australia | 3:50.6 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ergas Leps | Canada | 3:51.4 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | David Mungai | Kenya | 3:52.5 | |
| 6 | 3 | Gwynn Davis | Wales | 3:52.8 | |
| 7 | 3 | Keith Falla | Guernsey | 3:54.4 | |
| 8 | 3 | Abdul Karim | Pakistan | 4:03.0 | |
| 9 | 3 | Dandison Moore | Sierra Leone | 4:32.0 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 3:36.68 | GR |
| | Dick Quax | New Zealand | 3:38.19 | |
| | Brendan Foster | England | 3:40.63 | |
| 4 | Peter Stewart | Scotland | 3:40.6 | |
| 5 | John Whetton | England | 3:41.2 | |
| 6 | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | 3:42.2 | |
| 7 | Phillip Thomas | Wales | 3:42.6 | |
| 8 | Chris Fisher | Australia | 3:43.6 | |
| 9 | John Kirkbride | England | 3:44.2 | |
| 10 | Dick Tayler | New Zealand | 3:45.0 | |
| 11 | Bill Smart | Canada | 3:48.6 | |
| 12 | Ergas Leps | Canada | 3:54.0 | |
