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Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Para-athletics
100 m blind	men
800 m wheelchair		women
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30–31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael East  England	William Chirchir  Kenya	Youcef Abdi  Australia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Anthony Whiteman	England	3:43.25	Q, SB
2	2	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:43.32	Q
3	2	David Kiplak	Kenya	3:43.56	Q
4	2	Graham Hood	Canada	3:44.88	Q
5	2	Thomas Mayo	England	3:45.56	q
6	2	Colm McLean	Northern Ireland	3:45.72	q
7	2	Francis Munthali	Malawi	3:45.81	q, NR
8	1	William Chirchir	Kenya	3:46.75	Q
9	1	Youcef Abdi	Australia	3:46.79	Q
10	1	Michael East	England	3:46.90	Q
11	1	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:47.21	Q
12	1	Jonathan McCallum	Scotland	3:47.37	q
13	2	Lee Merrien	Guernsey	3:47.68
14	1	Matthew Shone	Wales	3:47.83
15	1	Nickie Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3:53.09	PB
16	1	Michael Tomlin	Jamaica	3:54.50
17	1	Jimmy Sandy Sam	Vanuatu	4:13.15
18	2	Henry Foufaka	Solomon Islands	4:18.39

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael East	England	3:37.35	PB
	William Chirchir	Kenya	3:37.70
	Youcef Abdi	Australia	3:37.77
4	Anthony Whiteman	England	3:38.04	SB
5	Graham Hood	Canada	3:38.08	SB
6	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:38.33	SB
7	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:40.95	SB
8	Thomas Mayo	England	3:41.70
9	David Kiplak	Kenya	3:42.87
10	Francis Munthali	Malawi	3:43.50	NR
11	Jonathan McCallum	Scotland	3:48.02
12	Colm McLean	Northern Ireland	3:51.90

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC

• Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• 1500 metres at the Commonwealth Games