| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:32.16 | Filbert Bayi | TAN | 23Jun1953 | 1 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 183/59 | NR | 1500 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3:32.52 | John Walker | NZL | 12Jan1952 | 2 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 183/74 | 1500 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3:33.16 | Benjamin Jipcho | KEN | 1Mar1943 | 3 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 178/67 | PB | 1500 | |
| 4 | 4 | 3:33.89 | Rodney Dixon | NZL | 13Jul1950 | 4 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 188/77 | PB | 1500 | |
| 5 | 3:33.89 | John Walker | 1 | Top Games | Helsinki | 27Jun1974 | 1500 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 3:34.22 | Graham Crouch | AUS | 11Jan1948 | 5 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 170/58 | PB | 1500 | |
| 7 | 3:34.3m | John Walker | 1 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 8 | 3:35.40 | John Walker | 1 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 9 | 3:35.7m | John Walker | 1 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 6 | 10 | 3:36.4m | Len Hilton | USA | 28Sep1947 | 2 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 181/73 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 7 | 11 | 3:36.56 | Ulf Högberg | SWE | 21Jan1946 | 1 | GBR-SWE | Stockholm | 30Jul1974 | 180/65 | PB | 1500 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3:36.73 | Anders Gärderud | SWE | 28Aug1946 | 2 | GBR-SWE | Stockholm | 30Jul1974 | 185/70 | PB | 1500 | |
| 13 | 3:36.8m | Len Hilton | 2 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 9 | 14 | 3:36.84 | Michael Boit | KEN | 6Jan1949 | 6 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 180/68 | 1500 | ||
| 10 | 15 | 3:36.95 | Tom Birger Hansen | DEN | 25Feb1948 | 2 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 180/69 | 1500 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 3:37.2m | Fanie van Zijl | RSA | 7Jul1948 | 1 | NC | Port Elizabeth | 13Apr1974 | 176/63 | PB | 1500 | |
| 17 | 3:37.20 | Filbert Bayi | 2 | Top Games | Helsinki | 27Jun1974 | 1500 | ||||||
| 12 | 18 | 3:37.3m | Danie Malan | RSA | 26Jun1950 | 2 | NC | Port Elizabeth | 13Apr1974 | 183/72 | 1500 | ||
| 13 | 19 | 3:37.38 | Frank Clement | GBR | 26Apr1952 | 3 | GBR-SWE | Stockholm | 30Jul1974 | 180/66 | 1500 | ||
| 20 | 3:37.4m+ | Filbert Bayi | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1974 | 1500 | ||||||
| 21 | 3:37.45 | Ulf Högberg | 3 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 22 | 3:37.47 | Anders Gärderud | 4 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 23 | 3:37.5m | Rodney Dixon | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 1500 | ||||||
| 14 | 24 | 3:37.5m | Thomas Byers | USA | 12May1955 | 3 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 185/71 | 1500 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 3:37.64 | Brendan Foster | GBR | 12Jan1948 | 7 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 183/66 | PB | 1500 | |
| 26 | 3:37.68 | Len Hilton | 5 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 16 | 27 | 3:37.7m | Luigi Zarcone | ITA | 18Jun1950 | 3 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 175/60 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 28 | 3:37.9m | Thomas Byers | 2 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 1500 | ||||||
| 17 | 29 | 3:37.90 | Marcel Philippe | FRA | 16Sep1951 | 6 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 178/68 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 18 | 30 | 3:38.0m | Francesco Arese | ITA | 13Apr1944 | 4 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 187/69 | 1500 | |||
| 31 | 3:38.06 | Graham Crouch | 7 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 19 | 32 | 3:38.1m | John Hartnett | IRL | 7Jul1950 | 3 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 178/63 | PB | 1500 | |
| 33 | 3:38.1m | Graham Crouch | 4 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 1500 | |||||||
| 20 | 3:38.5m | Mike Slack | USA | 18Aug1951 | 4 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 177/61 | 1500 | |||
| 21 | 3:38.6m | Bruce Fischer | USA | 25May1951 | 5 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 172/64 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 22 | 3:38.6m | Rolf Gysin | SUI | 29Jan1952 | 1 | Århus | 12Sep1974 | 180/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 23 | 3:39.0a | Klaus-Peter Justus | GDR | 1Jul1951 | 1 | vsGBR | London (CP) | 20Jun1974 | 173/62 | 1500 | |||
| 24 | 3:39.0m | Jürgen Hemmerling | GDR | 22Sep1951 | 5 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 180/67 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 25 | 3:39.30 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 22Feb1952 | 4 | Top Games | Helsinki | 27Jun1974 | 182/75 | 1500 | |||
| 26 | 3:39.3m | Giulio Riga | ITA | 25Jan1952 | 5 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 176/64 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 27 | 3:39.4m | Ivan Kovác | CZE | 25Dec1948 | 2 | Pravda Televizia Slovnaft | Bratislava | 30May1974 | 178/68 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 28 | 3:39.4m | Pekka Vasala | FIN | 17Apr1948 | 2 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 17Aug1974 | 185/66 | 1500 | |||
| 29 | 3:39.55 | Raymond Smedley | GBR | 3Sep1951 | 4 | GBR-SWE | Stockholm | 30Jul1974 | 183/70 | 1500 | |||
| 30 | 3:39.57 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 4Jun1951 | 5 | Top Games | Helsinki | 27Jun1974 | 181/70 | 1500 | |||
| 31 | 3:39.6a | Suleiman Nyambui | TAN | 13Feb1953 | 8 | BCG | Christchurch | 2Feb1974 | 182/68 | 1500 | |||
| 32 | 3:39.7m+ | Richard Wohlhuter | USA | 23Dec1948 | 1 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 1Jun1974 | 173/59 | 1500 | |||
| 33 | 3:39.7m | Mansour Guettaya | TUN | 26Dec1949 | 6 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 178/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 34 | 3:39.7m | Roberto Gervasini | ITA | 25Jun1947 | 7 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 170/58 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 35 | 3:39.8a | John Kirkbride | GBR | 24Mar1947 | 2h2 | BCG | Christchurch | 31Jan1974 | 174/62 | 1500 | |||
| 36 | 3:39.8m+ | i | Tony Waldrop | USA | 29Dec1951 | 1 | San Diego CA | 17Feb1974 | 178/63 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 37 | 3:39.8m | Fernando Mamede Pacheco | POR | 1Nov1951 | 1 | Lisboa | 25May1974 | 175/59 | 1500 | ||||
| 38 | 3:39.8m | Pyotr Anisim | URS | 6Apr1952 | 1 | Podolsk | 17Aug1974 | 172/70 | 1500 | ||||
| 39 | 3:39.8m | Jürgen Straub | GDR | 3Nov1953 | 1 | Budapest | 28Sep1974 | 180/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 40 | 3:39.83 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | 31Mar1952 | 1 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 179/69 | 1500 | |||
| 41 | 3:39.9m | Paul Craig | CAN | 2Sep1953 | 1 | vsGBR,POL | Warszawa | 29Jun1974 | 178/66 | 1500 | |||
| 42 | 3:39.91 | Werner Meier | SUI | 31May1949 | 6 | Top Games | Helsinki | 27Jun1974 | 172/57 | 1500 | |||
| 43 | 3:39.92 | David Fitzsimons | AUS | 23Apr1950 | 3h2 | BCG | Christchurch | 31Jan1974 | 178/67 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 44 | 3:40.0m | Vladimir Abramov | URS | 7May1949 | 2 | Prav | Moskva | 22Jun1974 | 175/56 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 45 | 3:40.0m | Henryk Wasilewski | POL | 19Dec1953 | 1 | Warszawa | 14Sep1974 | 178/72 | 1500 | ||||
| 46 | 3:40.0m | Anatoliy Mamontov | URS | 1Jan1949 | 2 | Budapest | 28Sep1974 | 180/65 | 1500 | ||||
| 47 | 3:40.1m | Boris Kuznyetsov | URS | 11Apr1947 | 3 | Prav | Moskva | 22Jun1974 | 175/63 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 48 | 3:40.1m | Eddy Van Mullen | BEL | 28Feb1951 | 8 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 182/68 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 49 | 3:40.1m | Yevgeniy Volkov | URS | 25May1948 | 2 | Podolsk | 17Aug1974 | 177/66 | 1500 | ||||
| 50 | 3:40.2m | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3Jun1944 | 1 | NC | Warszawa | 20Jul1974 | 180/67 | 1500 | |||
| 51 | 3:40.2m | Gunnar Ekman | SWE | 18Jun1943 | 3 | vsFIN | Helsinki | 17Aug1974 | 190/75 | 1500 | |||
| 52 | 3:40.3a | Tony Polhill | NZL | 15Dec1947 | 4h2 | BCG | Christchurch | 31Jan1974 | 187/77 | 1500 | |||
| 53 | 3:40.4m | Bosko Bozinovic | YUG | 27Sep1949 | 1 | NCp | Skopje | 22Jun1974 | 194/76 | 1500 | |||
| 54 | 3:40.4m | Tom Fulton | USA | 31Oct1951 | 7 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 188/70 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 55 | 3:40.4m | Arne Kvalheim | NOR | 25Apr1945 | 2 | Västerås | 28Jun1974 | 182/66 | 1500 | ||||
| 56 | 3:40.48+ | Byron Dyce | JAM | 27Mar1948 | 5 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 178/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 57 | 3:40.5m | Gheorghe Ghipu | ROM | 30Sep1954 | 1 | Athína | 10Jul1974 | 183/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 58 | 3:40.5m | Siegfried Arndt | GDR | 11Feb1953 | 2 | Potsdam | 17Aug1974 | 176/65 | 1500 | ||||
| 59 | 3:40.6m | Randall Markey | AUS | 14Feb1955 | 1 | NC | Melbourne | 30Mar1974 | 186/68 | 1500 | |||
| 60 | 3:40.6m | Josip Medjimurec | YUG | 6Aug1945 | 2 | NCp | Skopje | 22Jun1974 | 176/69 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 61 | 3:40.6m | Bernd Exner | GDR | 29Aug1949 | 2 | NC | Leipzig | 6Jul1974 | 176/63 | 1500 | |||
| 62 | 3:40.6m | Klaus-Peter Weippert | GDR | 6Jul1954 | 3 | NC | Leipzig | 6Jul1974 | 174/60 | 1500 | |||
| 63 | 3:40.6m | Daniel Janczuk | POL | 3Jun1952 | 3 | NC | Warszawa | 20Jul1974 | 178/70 | 1500 | |||
| 64 | 3:40.76 | Valeriy Abramov | URS | 22Aug1956 | 2 | vsUSA-j | Austin TX | 30Jun1974 | 174/62 | 1500 | |||
| 65 | 3:40.8m | Haico Scharn | NED | 18Jun1945 | 2 | Athína | 10Jul1974 | 179/66 | 1500 | ||||
| 66 | 3:40.8m | Henryk Sapko | POL | 4Jan1952 | 4 | NC | Warszawa | 20Jul1974 | 172/65 | 1500 | |||
| 67 | 3:40.89 | Fotios Kourtis | GRE | 27Mar1954 | 8 | Top Games | Helsinki | 27Jun1974 | 169/55 | 1500 | |||
| 68 | 3:40.9m | Vladimir Dobvenko | URS | 25Jan1948 | 1r2 | Prav | Moskva | 22Jun1974 | 189/75 | 1500 | |||
| 69 | 3:41.0m | Knut Kvalheim | NOR | 14Jun1950 | 1 | Nalde | 5Jul1974 | 191/78 | 1500 | ||||
| 70 | 3:41.0m | Anatoliy Nedybalyuk | URS | 4May1951 | 3 | Podolsk | 17Aug1974 | 178/65 | 1500 | ||||
| 71 | 3:41.1m | Milisav Andjelov | YUG | 18Sep1950 | 3 | NCp | Skopje | 22Jun1974 | 178/69 | 1500 | |||
| 72 | 3:41.1m | Jerzy Witkowski | POL | 11May1947 | 5 | NC | Warszawa | 20Jul1974 | 181/64 | 1500 | |||
| 73 | 3:41.1m | Aleksandr Andrusenko | URS | 16Sep1953 | 4 | Podolsk | 17Aug1974 | 187/80 | 1500 | ||||
| 74 | 3:41.2m | Petre Lupan | ROM | 12Jun1950 | 3 | Athína | 10Jul1974 | 167/54 | 1500 | ||||
| 75 | 3:41.20 | Christoph Engel | FRG | 8Mar1950 | 3 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 184/71 | 1500 | |||
| 76 | 3:41.2m | Jouko Niskanen | FIN | 10May1943 | 4 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 17Aug1974 | 182/70 | 1500 | |||
| 77 | 3:41.2m | Leszek Zajac | POL | 10Oct1950 | 1 | Z Gora | Zielona Góra | 22Sep1974 | 177/64 | 1500 | |||
| 78 | 3:41.3m | Dave Wottle | USA | 7Aug1950 | 2 | ITA | Tokyo | 6Apr1974 | 185/66 | 1500 | |||
| 79 | 3:41.37 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | GDR | 23Sep1952 | 2 | vsGBR | London (CP) | 20Jun1974 | 180/66 | 1500 | |||
| 80 | 3:41.4m+ | Howell Michael | USA | 31Aug1949 | 1 | Williamsburg VA | 11May1974 | 178/66 | 1500 | ||||
| 81 | 3:41.4m | Nikolay Andreyev | URS | 5Mar1948 | 5 | Prav | Moskva | 22Jun1974 | 176/63 | 1500 | |||
| 82 | 3:41.4m | Philip Banning | GBR | 10Oct1950 | 4 | vsCAN,POL | Warszawa | 29Jun1974 | 169/59 | 1500 | |||
| 83 | 3:41.4m | Aleksandr Gerenko | URS | 16Apr1951 | 5 | Podolsk | 17Aug1974 | 177/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 84 | 3:41.4a | Vladimir Panteley | URS | 3May1945 | 5 | EC | Roma (SO) | 8Sep1974 | 173/63 | 1500 | |||
| 85 | 3:41.5m | Reggie McAfee | USA | 19Feb1951 | 8 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 170/59 | 1500 | |||
| 86 | 3:41.5m | Grant McLaren | CAN | 19Aug1948 | 4 | Athína | 10Jul1974 | 172/70 | 1500 | ||||
| 87 | 3:41.5m+ | Martin Liquori | USA | 11Sep1949 | 2 | King | Oslo | 30Jul1974 | 183/70 | 1500 | |||
| 88 | 3:41.53 | Stavros Mermingis | GRE | 5Nov1952 | 2 | Genève | 25Aug1974 | 175/67 | 1500 | ||||
| 89 | 3:41.6m | John Kipkurgat | KEN | 16Mar1944 | 1 | Christchurch | 20Jan1974 | 185/66 | 1500 | ||||
| 90 | 3:41.6m | José Cobo | CUB | 28Jan1951 | 3 | Pravda Televizia Slovnaft | Bratislava | 30May1974 | 171/58 | 1500 | |||
| 91 | 3:41.6m | Stefan Polak | CZE | 26Dec1951 | 3 | Ros | Praha | 20Jun1974 | 180/70 | 1500 | |||
| 92 | 3:41.6m | Pavel Penkava | CZE | 26Dec1944 | 4 | Ros | Praha | 20Jun1974 | 177/67 | 1500 | |||
| 93 | 3:41.6m | Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 8Oct1947 | 1 | Bruxelles | 29Jun1974 | 171/58 | 1500 | ||||
| 94 | 3:41.6m | Lars Martin Kaupang | NOR | 18Aug1952 | 4 | Bislett | Oslo | 4Jul1974 | 189/70 | 1500 | |||
| 95 | 3:41.7m | Charlie McMullen | USA | 23Jun1951 | 9 | AAU | Westwood CA | 21Jun1974 | 183/70 | 1500 | |||
| 96 | 3:41.7m | Nicolae Onescu | ROM | 10Jan1954 | 3 | Bruxelles | 29Jun1974 | 178/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 97 | 3:41.7m | Spilios Zacharopoulos | GRE | 2Feb1950 | 7 | Athína | 10Jul1974 | 180/69 | 1500 | ||||
| 98 | 3:41.70 | Bernhard Vifian | SUI | 8Oct1955 | 3 | Genève | 25Aug1974 | 176/56 | 1500 | ||||
| 99 | 3:41.8m | Francesco Dal Corso | ITA | 31Oct1948 | 2 | Napoli | 16Jun1974 | 177/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 100 | 3:41.9m | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 24Nov1952 | 2 | Belfield | 24Jul1974 | 177/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 101 | 3:41.9m | Mikhail Mazin | URS | 27Oct1951 | 6 | Podolsk | 17Aug1974 | 1500 |