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

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 26, 27 and 28 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## 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 | |
