Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 1500 metres

The Men's 1,500m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 22 at 18:10.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Iván López Chile | Marvin Blanco Venezuela | José Mauricio González Colombia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:35.42 | Sydney, Australia | 27 February 2010 |
| South American record | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:33.25 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 |
| South American U23 record | Joaquim Cruz | Brazil | 3:35.70 | Eugene, United States | 1 June 1985 |

## Results

Results were published.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Iván López | Chile | 3:38.04 |
| | Marvin Blanco | Venezuela | 3:49.65 |
| | José Mauricio González | Colombia | 3:50.09 |
| 4 | Fabio Queiroz | Brazil | 3:52.62 |
| 5 | Luciano Almirón | Argentina | 3:56.12 |
| 6 | Franco Díaz | Argentina | 3:56.26 |
| 7 | Alex Cisneros | Ecuador | 3:59.49 |
| 8 | Eduardo Gregorio | Uruguay | 4:07.28 |
| 9 | Patrick Machado | Brazil | 4:10.61 |
| 10 | Dennis Horatio | Guyana | 4:13.53 |
| – | José Alarcón | Chile | DNF |

Intermediate times:

| 400m | 59.92 | José Alarcón (CHI) |
| - | - | - |
| 800m | 2:01.42 | José Alarcón (CHI) |
| 1200m | 3:03.87 | Iván López (CHI) |
