Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 18 and 20 October.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tony Waldrop United States	Carlos Martínez Mexico	Luis Medina Cuba

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Carlos Martínez	Mexico	3:55.55	Q
2	1	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	3:55.99	Q
3	1	Jesús Barrero	Colombia	3:57.65	Q
4	1	Luis Medina	Cuba	3:58.70	Q
5	1	Scott Daggett	United States	3:59.39	Q
6	2	Tony Waldrop	United States	4:01.18	Q
7	2	Carlos Báez	Puerto Rico	4:01.20	Q
8	2	José Cobo	Cuba	4:01.23	Q
9	2	Paul Pearson	Canada	4:02.37	Q
10	2	Carlos Villar	Argentina	4:02.41	Q
11	2	Javier Chávez	Mexico	4:02.69	Q
12	1	Modesto Comprés	Dominican Republic	4:03.11	Q
13	2	Darcy Pereira	Brazil	4:05.04
14	1	Michael Watson	Bermuda	4:09.85
15	1	Olmeus Charles	Haiti	4:48.49
	1	Sylvan Barrett	Jamaica	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Tony Waldrop	United States	3:45.09
	Carlos Martínez	Mexico	3:45.98
	Luis Medina	Cuba	3:49.84
4	Modesto Comprés	Dominican Republic	3:52.14
5	Javier Chávez	Mexico	3:52.35
6	José Cobo	Cuba	3:52.37
7	Carlos Báez	Puerto Rico	3:54.81
8	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	3:55.00
9	Carlos Villar	Argentina	4:03.35
10	Scott Daggett	United States	4:07.34
11	Paul Pearson	Canada	4:15.90
	Jesús Barrero	Colombia	DNF

↑ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
↑ "Summaries of Pan‐American Games". The New York Times. 16 October 1975. p. 43. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
↑ "Final results". Tampa Bay Times. 21 October 1965. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
↑ Full results
↑ "Atletismo" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 19 October 1975. p. 32. Retrieved 10 December 2019.