The 1500 metres at the
2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the
athletics programme were held at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday 24 March 2006 and Saturday 25 March 2006.
The top four runners in each of the two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 12 runners competed in the final.
Records
Medals
Qualification
Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the
International Association of Athletics Federations
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were:
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Craig Mottram
Craig Mottram (born 18 June 1980) is a former Australian long and middle-distance runner who specialised in the 5000 meter event.
Early years
Mottram was born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria. He attended Geelong Grammar School.
Car ...
's 9th in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 17th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth.
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Nick Willis
Nicholas Ian Willis (born 25 April 1983) is a New Zealand middle distance runner and the country's only two-time Olympic medalist in the 1500 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and bronze at the 2016 Olympics in R ...
' gold in this event took him from 28th to 21st in the world, and from 12th to ninth in the Commonwealth.
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Mark Fountain
Mark Fountain (born 10 March 1982) is an Australian middle distance runner.
Fountain currently lives and trains in Geelong, Victoria and is married to former University of Arkansas
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's bronze in this event took him from equal 37th to 25th in the world, and from 15th to 12th in the Commonwealth.
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Nathan Brannen
Nathan "Nate" Brannen (born 8 September 1982) is a Canadian retired middle-distance runner from Cambridge, Ontario, who competed at three Summer Olympics: 2008, 2012 and 2016. Brannen is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
He is affiliated ...
's silver in this event took him from 31st to equal 26th in the world, and from outright 13th to equal 13th in the Commonwealth.
Results
All times shown are in minutes.
* Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
* q denotes qualification by overall place.
* DNS denotes did not start.
* DNF denotes did not finish.
* DQ denotes disqualification.
* NR denotes national record.
* GR denotes Games record.
* WR denotes world record.
* PB denotes personal best.
* SB denotes season best.
Heats
Final
References
Results
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