Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August and 2 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Dyrol Burleson United States | Jim Grelle United States | Ed Moran United States |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Randy Mason | Canada | 3:58.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ralph Gomes | British Guiana | 3:59.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | José Manuel Luna | Mexico | 4:00.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ricardo Vidal | Chile | 4:00.7 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Dyrol Burleson | United States | 4:02.6 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | José Pérez | Mexico | 4:10.2 | |
| 7 | 1 | François Ducarmel | Haiti | ?:??.? | |
| 1 | 2 | David Drybrough | Canada | 3:59.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ramón Sandoval | Chile | 3:59.8 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ed Moran | United States | 4:00.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jim Grelle | United States | 4:02.4 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Alfonso Tinoco | Mexico | 4:03.4 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Alejandro Arroyo | Ecuador | 4:12.8 | |
| | 2 | Jossué Delgado | Puerto Rico | DNS | |
| | 2 | Sebastião Mendes | Brazil | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Dyrol Burleson | United States | 3:49.1 |
| | Jim Grelle | United States | 3:49.9 |
| | Ed Moran | United States | 3:50.1 |
| 4 | Ramón Sandoval | Chile | 3:51.9 |
| 5 | Randy Mason | Canada | 3:54.0 |
| 6 | José Manuel Luna | Mexico | 3:58.1 |
| 7 | Ralph Gomes | British Guiana | 4:00.5 |
| 8 | Alfonso Tinoco | Mexico | 4:01.1 |
| 9 | Ricardo Vidal | Chile | ?:??.? |
| | David Drybrough | Canada | DNF |
