| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 20 to August 24 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The 1,500 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 20 to August 24.
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| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Olympic record | Noah Ngeny (KEN) | 3:32.07 | Sydney, Australia | 29 September 2000 |
The first round comprised three heats with the first five in each plus the next nine fastest losers progressing to the two semi-finals. Here the first five and the two fastest losers went to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | Michael East | Great Britain | 3:37.37 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Timothy Kiptanui | Kenya | 3:37.71 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:37.78 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:37.86 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:37.93 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:37.94 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:37.98 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Álvaro Fernández | Spain | 3:38.34 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:38.36 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Kamal Boulahfane | Algeria | 3:38.59 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:38.71 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Isaac Kiprono Songok | Kenya | 3:38.89 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:39.30 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Michal Sneberger | Czech Republic | 3:39.68 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Reyes Estevez | Spain | 3:39.71 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:39.80 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:39.80 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 3:39.88 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 3:39.94 | q |
| 20 | 2 | Mulugeta Wendimu | Ethiopia | 3:39.96 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:40.10 | q |
| 22 | 2 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:40.78 | q |
| 23 | 2 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:40.99 | q |
| 24 | 1 | James Nolan | Ireland | 3:41.14 | q |
| 25 | 2 | Alan Webb | United States | 3:41.25 | |
| 26 | 2 | Aleksandr Krivchonkov | Russia | 3:41.37 | |
| 27 | 3 | Charlie Gruber | United States | 3:41.73 | |
| 28 | 2 | Abdulrahman Suleiman | Qatar | 3:42.00 | |
| 29 | 2 | Mohamed Khaldi | Algeria | 3:42.47 | |
| 30 | 2 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3:46.06 | |
| 31 | 1 | Wolfram Mueller | Germany | 3:46.75 | |
| 32 | 3 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:48.28 | |
| 33 | 3 | Zhaobo Dou | China | 3:50.28 | |
| 34 | 1 | Mounir Yemmouni | France | 3:51.08 | |
| 35 | 1 | Grant Robison | United States | 3:53.66 | |
| 36 | 1 | Roberto Caraciolo Mandje | Equatorial Guinea | 4:03.37 | NR |
| 37 | 3 | Neil Weare | Guam | 4:05.86 | |
| 38 | 3 | Jimmy Anak Ahar | Brunei | 4:14.11 | |
| 1 | Peter Roko Ashak | Sudan | DNS | ||
| 3 | Mwera Samwel | Tanzania | DNS |
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 3:35.69 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:35.84 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:36.00 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Reyes Estevez | Spain | 3:36.05 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:36.20 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michael East | Great Britain | 3:36.46 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Isaac Kiprono Songok | Kenya | 3:37.10 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 3:37.16 | |
| 9 | 1 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:38.83 | |
| 10 | 2 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:40.87 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:40.99 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Timothy Kiptanui | Kenya | 3:41.04 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Mulugeta Wendimu | Ethiopia | 3:41.14 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Kamal Boulahfane | Algeria | 3:41.27 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:41.46 | |
| 16 | 2 | Álvaro Fernández | Spain | 3:42.01 | |
| 17 | 2 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:42.13 | |
| 18 | 1 | James Nolan | Ireland | 3:42.61 | |
| 19 | 2 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:42.86 | |
| 20 | 2 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:42.96 | |
| 21 | 2 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:44.41 | |
| 22 | 1 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:44.60 | |
| 23 | 1 | Grant Robison | United States | 3:47.03 | |
| 23 | 2 | Michal Sneberger | Czech Republic | 3:47.03 | |
| 1 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:34.19 | ||
| Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:34.30 | ||
| Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:34.68 | ||
| 4 | Timothy Kiptanui | Kenya | 3:35.61 | |
| 5 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:35.82 | |
| 6 | Michael East | Great Britain | 3:36.33 | |
| 7 | Reyes Estevez | Spain | 3:36.63 | |
| 8 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:37.17 | |
| 9 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 3:38.26 | |
| 10 | Mulugeta Wendimu | Ethiopia | 3:38.33 | |
| 11 | Kamal Boulahfane | Algeria | 3:39.02 | |
| 12 | Isaac Kiprono Songok | Kenya | 3:41.72 |
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