| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:32.72 | John Walker | NZL | 12Jan1952 | 1 | VDM | Bruxelles | 16Aug1977 | 183/74 | 1500 | ||
| 2 | 3:34.14 | John Walker | 1 | GBR-POL-SWE | Stockholm | 26Jul1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 3 | 3:34.31 | John Walker | 1 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 3Aug1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 3:34.45 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 9Oct1955 | 1 | WCp | Düsseldorf | 3Sep1977 | 183/70 | 1500 | ||
| 5 | 3:34.6a | John Walker | 1 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 3:35.98 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 22Feb1952 | 2 | WCp | Düsseldorf | 3Sep1977 | 182/75 | 1500 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 3:36.1m | Harald Hudak | FRG | 28Jan1957 | 1 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 179/65 | 1500 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 3:36.13 | Steve Scott | USA | 5May1956 | 1 | WPT | Tunis | 12Aug1977 | 186/73 | 1500 | ||
| 6 | 9 | 3:36.2m | Karl Fleschen | FRG | 28Jun1955 | 2 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 177/60 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 10 | 3:36.2m | John Walker | 1 | Belfast | 1Aug1977 | 1500 | |||||||
| 7 | 11 | 3:36.26 | Abderrahmane Morceli | ALG | 1Jan1957 | 2 | WPT | Tunis | 12Aug1977 | 174/67 | PB | 1500 | |
| 12 | 3:36.6m | Abderrahmane Morceli | 1 | Saint-Maur | 7Sep1977 | 1500 | |||||||
| 8 | 13 | 3:36.8m | Michael Lederer | FRG | 26Jun1955 | 3 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 179/59 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 9 | 14 | 3:36.81 | Mike Kearns | GBR | 27Feb1954 | 2 | GBR-POL-SWE | Stockholm | 26Jul1977 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 15 | 3:37.0a | Thomas Wessinghage | 1 | NC | Hamburg | 6Aug1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 10 | 16 | 3:37.04 | Jozef Plachý | CZE | 28Feb1949 | 1 | Pravda Televizia Slovnaft | Bratislava | 10Jun1977 | 182/73 | PB | 1500 | |
| 17 | 3:37.1m | John Walker | 1 | Lausanne | 8Jul1977 | 1500 | |||||||
| 11 | 18 | 3:37.1a | Francis Gonzalez | FRA | 6Feb1952 | 1 | NC | Nevers | 23Jul1977 | 170/60 | 1500 | ||
| 19 | 3:37.2m | John Walker | 1 | vsAUS | Auckland | 20Mar1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 20 | 3:37.29 | Steve Scott | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 11Jun1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 21 | 3:37.3m | Thomas Wessinghage | 4 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 1500 | |||||||
| 12 | 22 | 3:37.3a | Henryk Wasilewski | POL | 19Dec1953 | 2 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 178/72 | PB | 1500 | |
| 13 | 23 | 3:37.31 | Wilson Waigwa | KEN | 9Jul1953 | 2 | Westwood CA | 2Apr1977 | 172/64 | 1500 | |||
| 24 | 3:37.37 | Thomas Wessinghage | 1 | WK | Zürich | 24Aug1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 25 | 3:37.4m | Henryk Wasilewski | 1 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 31Jul1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 26 | 3:37.4a | Karl Fleschen | 2 | NC | Hamburg | 6Aug1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 14 | 27 | 3:37.4a | Filbert Bayi | TAN | 23Jun1953 | 1 | Rieti | 28Aug1977 | 183/59 | 1500 | |||
| 28 | 3:37.41 | John Walker | 2 | WK | Zürich | 24Aug1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 15 | 29 | 3:37.46 | Mike Slack | USA | 18Aug1951 | 3 | AAU | Westwood CA | 11Jun1977 | 177/61 | PB | 1500 | |
| 30 | 3:37.5m | Steve Ovett | 1 | NC | Cwmbran | 12Jun1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 31 | 3:37.5a | Francis Gonzalez | 1 | vsHUN | Budapest | 3Sep1977 | 1500 | ||||||
| 16 | 3:37.52 | Jürgen Straub | GDR | 3Nov1953 | 3 | WCp | Düsseldorf | 3Sep1977 | 180/63 | 1500 | |||
| 17 | 3:37.6a | Michael Boit | KEN | 6Jan1949 | 1 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 19Jun1977 | 180/68 | 1500 | |||
| 18 | 3:37.7a | Omer Khalifa | SUD | 18Dec1956 | 2 | Rieti | 28Aug1977 | 177/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 19 | 3:38.07 | Ari Paunonen | FIN | 10Mar1958 | 1 | NC | Tampere | 31Jul1977 | 187/69 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 20 | 3:38.1m | Jim McGuinness | GBR | 21Sep1951 | 2 | Belfast | 1Aug1977 | 173/66 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 21 | 3:38.2m | José Manuel Abascal | ESP | 17Mar1958 | 1 | Barcelona | 10Sep1977 | 182/67 | 1500 | ||||
| 22 | 3:38.24 | Takashi Ishii | JPN | 27Aug1954 | 5 | WCp | Düsseldorf | 3Sep1977 | 169/61 | NR | 1500 | ||
| 23 | 3:38.4a | Bernhard Vifian | SUI | 8Oct1955 | 2 | VDM | Bruxelles | 16Aug1977 | 176/56 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 24 | 3:38.6a | Klaus-Peter Justus | GDR | 1Jul1951 | 1 | OD | Est Berlin | 16Jun1977 | 173/62 | 1500 | |||
| 25 | 3:38.6a | Martin Liquori | USA | 11Sep1949 | 1 | Nikaia | Nice | 21Aug1977 | 183/70 | 1500 | |||
| 26 | 3:38.63 | Suleiman Nyambui | TAN | 13Feb1953 | 1 | Stockholm | 14Jun1977 | 182/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 27 | 3:38.8m | Paul Lawther | GBR | 22Dec1955 | 2 | NC | Cwmbran | 12Jun1977 | 183/64 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 28 | 3:38.85 | Ahmar Brahmia | ALG | 2Sep1954 | 3 | WPT | Tunis | 12Aug1977 | 178/65 | 1500 | |||
| 29 | 3:38.9m | Laurent Rutton | FRA | 20Nov1955 | 2 | Saint-Maur | 7Sep1977 | 178/61 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 30 | 3:38.95 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 24Nov1952 | 1 | ASV | Köln | 22Jun1977 | 177/63 | 1500 | |||
| 31 | 3:39.0m | Luis Medina | CUB | 21Jun1952 | 1 | La Habana | 14May1977 | 176/63 | NR | 1500 | |||
| 32 | 3:39.0m | Frank Förster | GDR | 3Dec1957 | 2 | NC | Dresden | 2Jul1977 | 178/60 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 33 | 3:39.1a | Alexandre Gonzalez | FRA | 16Mar1951 | 2 | NC | Nevers | 23Jul1977 | 182/69 | 1500 | |||
| 34 | 3:39.1a | Siegfried Arndt | GDR | 11Feb1953 | 1 | Potsdam | 10Aug1977 | 176/65 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 35 | 3:39.1a | János Zemen | HUN | 29Aug1950 | 2 | vsFRA | Budapest | 3Sep1977 | 174/65 | 1500 | |||
| 36 | 3:39.2a | David Hill | CAN | 26Dec1952 | 6 | WCp | Düsseldorf | 3Sep1977 | 180/68 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 37 | 3:39.37 | Phil Kane | USA | 5Mar1955 | 4 | AAU | Westwood CA | 11Jun1977 | 178/68 | 1500 | |||
| 38 | 3:39.4a | Wlodzimierz Matosz | POL | 26Oct1953 | 2 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 31Jul1977 | 171/64 | 1500 | |||
| 39 | 3:39.41 | Jozef Lencés | CZE | 29Jan1957 | 1 | Athína | 26Jun1977 | 182/70 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 40 | 3:39.5a | János Hrenek | HUN | 9Sep1954 | 3 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 190/75 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 41 | 3:39.6a | Kipsubai Koskei | KEN | 1Feb1951 | 2 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 19Jun1977 | 172/57 | 1500 | |||
| 42 | 3:39.7a | Jerzy Kowol | POL | 15Feb1951 | 4 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 171/62 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 43 | 3:39.7a | Klaus-Peter Weippert | GDR | 6Jul1954 | 2 | Potsdam | 10Aug1977 | 174/60 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 44 | 3:39.8a | David Moorcroft | GBR | 10Apr1953 | 1 | Christchurch | 22Jan1977 | 180/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 45 | 3:39.8a | Vladimir Kanev | BUL | 6Feb1954 | 2 | Leipzig | 27Jul1977 | 177/69 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 46 | 3:39.88 | Steve Lacy | USA | 17Jan1956 | 5 | AAU | Westwood CA | 11Jun1977 | 186/68 | 1500 | |||
| 47 | 3:40.0a | Günther Ruth | GDR | 21Dec1952 | 3 | OD | Est Berlin | 16Jun1977 | 183/69 | 1500 | |||
| 48 | 3:40.0a | Paul Craig | CAN | 2Sep1953 | 3 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 19Jun1977 | 178/66 | 1500 | |||
| 49 | 3:40.0m | Klaas Lok | NED | 12Jan1955 | 5 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 181/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 50 | 3:40.0m | Vladimir Abramov | URS | 7May1949 | 1 | Petrazavodsk | 3Jul1977 | 175/56 | 1500 | ||||
| 51 | 3:40.0a | Zbigniew Szwedowski | POL | 26Feb1952 | 5 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 182/67 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 52 | 3:40.00 | Marc Nevens | BEL | 6Nov1954 | 2 | ECp/sf | London | 16Jul1977 | 187/69 | 1500 | |||
| 53 | 3:40.0a | Imre Ötvös | HUN | 20Dec1957 | 3 | vsFRA | Budapest | 3Sep1977 | 190/76 | 1500 | |||
| 54 | 3:40.0m | José Marajo | FRA | 10Aug1954 | 3 | Luxembourg | 10Sep1977 | 177/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 55 | 3:40.1m | Samuel Kipkurgat | KEN | 4Dec1949 | 3 | Belfast | 1Aug1977 | 175/60 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 56 | 3:40.1a | Frank Clement | GBR | 26Apr1952 | 3 | VDM | Bruxelles | 16Aug1977 | 180/66 | 1500 | |||
| 57 | 3:40.2m | Reiner Burmester | FRG | 9Feb1949 | 7 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 189/78 | PB | 1500 | |||
| 58 | 3:40.2m | Vladimir Ponomaryev | URS | 10Aug1952 | 1 | NC | Moskva | 29Jul1977 | 188/72 | 1500 | |||
| 59 | 3:40.2m | Piotr Mankowski | POL | 4Jan1953 | 3 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 31Jul1977 | 180/72 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 60 | 3:40.2a | Peter Belger | FRG | 17Jul1955 | 5 | NC | Hamburg | 6Aug1977 | 183/63 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 61 | 3:40.3m | Tom Duits | USA | 24Jun1956 | 1 | Kalamazoo MI | 14May1977 | 188/66 | 1500 | ||||
| 62 | 3:40.3m | Anatoliy Mamontov | URS | 1Jan1949 | 1 | Prav | Sochi | 29May1977 | 180/65 | 1500 | |||
| 63 | 3:40.4m | Dick Quax | NZL | 1Jan1948 | 3 | Bislett | Oslo | 28Jun1977 | 187/73 | 1500 | |||
| 64 | 3:40.4a | Jerzy Mydlarz | POL | 23Aug1954 | 6 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 174/74 | 1500 | |||
| 65 | 3:40.5m | Mehdi Aidet | ALG | 3Nov1953 | 2 | Al Jazair | 17Jun1977 | 172/65 | 1500 | ||||
| 66 | 3:40.5m | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 4Jun1951 | 4 | Bislett | Oslo | 28Jun1977 | 181/70 | 1500 | |||
| 67 | 3:40.6m | Juhani Sams | FIN | 4Sep1956 | 1h1 | WUG | Sofia | 22Aug1977 | 185/61 | PB | 1500 | ||
| 68 | 3:40.63 | Hillary Tuwei | KEN | 20Mar1956 | 2 | DNG | Stockholm | 5Jul1977 | 173/59 | 1500 | |||
| 69 | 3:40.7m | Valeriy Abramov | URS | 22Aug1956 | 2 | Prav | Sochi | 29May1977 | 174/62 | 1500 | |||
| 70 | 3:40.7m | Michael Karst | FRG | 28Jan1952 | 8 | Düsseldorf | 1Jul1977 | 173/61 | 1500 | ||||
| 71 | 3:40.7m | Sergey Kultishev | URS | 4Jul1953 | 1 | Angarsk | 23Jul1977 | 178/61 | 1500 | ||||
| 72 | 3:40.7a | Dieter Truschzinski | GDR | 28Jul1957 | 4 | Leipzig | 27Jul1977 | 1500 | |||||
| 73 | 3:40.8m | Eugeniusz Frackowiak | POL | 23Dec1949 | Spala | 14Jun1977 | 182/64 | 1500 | |||||
| 74 | 3:40.80 | Nicholas Rose | GBR | 30Dec1951 | 2h1 | AAA | London (CP) | 22Jul1977 | 174/60 | 1500 | |||
| 75 | 3:40.8a | Herman Mignon | BEL | 21Mar1951 | 4 | VDM | Bruxelles | 16Aug1977 | 180/68 | 1500 | |||
| 76 | 3:40.9m | Graham Crouch | AUS | 11Jan1948 | 1 | Melbourne | 19Mar1977 | 170/58 | 1500 | ||||
| 77 | 3:40.9m | Raymond Flynn | IRL | 22Jan1957 | 1 | Ali | Norwalk CA | 30May1977 | 182/65 | 1500 | |||
| 78 | 3:40.9m | Vladimir Yerokhin | URS | 4Nov1954 | 3 | NC | Moskva | 29Jul1977 | 181/69 | 1500 | |||
| 79 | 3:41.0m | Pekka Päivärinta | FIN | 4May1949 | 1 | Lappeenranta | 12Jun1977 | 186/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 80 | 3:41.0m | Nicholas Serem | KEN | 1Jan1953 | 2 | Mombasa | 16Jul1977 | 173/60 | 1500 | ||||
| 81 | 3:41.0m | Antti Loikkanen | FIN | 15Apr1955 | 2 | Juva | 4Aug1977 | 177/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 82 | 3:41.1m | Anthony Simmons | GBR | 6Oct1948 | 5 | NC | Cwmbran | 12Jun1977 | 174/59 | 1500 | |||
| 83 | 3:41.1m | Vladimir Krivoruchko | URS | 6Nov1950 | 5 | NC | Moskva | 29Jul1977 | 178/63 | 1500 | |||
| 84 | 3:41.1m | Tamás Szanto | HUN | 23May1951 | 4 | NC | Budapest | 27Aug1977 | 182/69 | 1500 | |||
| 85 | 3:41.1m | Philippe Cousin | FRA | 27Oct1954 | 3 | Saint-Maur | 7Sep1977 | 178/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 86 | 3:41.11 | John Robson | GBR | 31Jan1957 | 3h1 | AAA | London (CP) | 22Jul1977 | 175/61 | 1500 | |||
| 87 | 3:41.12 | Björn Nilsson | SWE | 11Jan1956 | 2 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 27Aug1977 | 179/64 | 1500 | |||
| 88 | 3:41.14 | Evert Hoving | NED | 14Jan1953 | 7 | WG | Helsinki | 30Jun1977 | 187/70 | 1500 | |||
| 89 | 3:41.2m | Gheorghe Ghipu | ROM | 30Sep1954 | 1 | Bucuresti | 4Jun1977 | 183/63 | 1500 | ||||
| 90 | 3:41.2m | Rodney Dixon | NZL | 13Jul1950 | 2 | Lausanne | 8Jul1977 | 188/77 | 1500 | ||||
| 91 | 3:41.2m | Sydney Maree | RSA | 9Sep1956 | 1977 | 180/66 | 1500 | ||||||
| 92 | 3:41.25 | Mike Manke | USA | 15Mar1952 | 6 | AAU | Westwood CA | 11Jun1977 | 186/70 | 1500 | |||
| 93 | 3:41.27 | Franco Fava | ITA | 3Sep1952 | 2 | vsHUN | Trieste | 13Sep1977 | 172/56 | 1500 | |||
| 94 | 3:41.3m | Guy Bourban | FRA | 18May1955 | 1 | Saint-Maur | 24Aug1977 | 165/57 | 1500 | ||||
| 95 | 3:41.4m | Bruce Fischer | USA | 25May1951 | 3 | Minneapolis MN | 8May1977 | 172/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 96 | 3:41.4m | Nicolae Onescu | ROM | 10Jan1954 | 2 | Bucuresti | 4Jun1977 | 178/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 97 | 3:41.4m | Helmut Stechemesser | GDR | 14Aug1953 | 3 | Al Jazair | 16Jun1977 | 181/64 | 1500 | ||||
| 98 | 3:41.4a | Jacques Boxberger | FRA | 16Apr1949 | 4 | vsHUN | Budapest | 3Sep1977 | 180/70 | 1500 | |||
| 99 | 3:41.43 | Rolf Kårevik | SWE | 6Feb1952 | 4 | Stockholm | 14Jun1977 | 185/68 | 1500 | ||||
| 100 | 3:41.5m | Niall O'Shaughnessy | IRL | 23Nov1955 | 3 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 4Jun1977 | 1500 | ||||
| 101 | 3:41.5a | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 28Dec1959 | 6 | NC | Dresden | 3Jul1977 | 178/61 | 1500 | |||
| 102 | 3:41.5m | Gabriel Kabza | POL | 26Jul1953 | 4 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 31Jul1977 | 178/65 | 1500 | |||
| 103 | 3:41.59 | Chris Sly | GBR | 24Jan1958 | 4h1 | AAA | London (CP) | 22Jul1977 | 172/60 | 1500 | |||
| 104 | 3:41.6m | Takao Nakamura | JPN | 22Jan1958 | Tokyo | 28Oct1977 | 178/60 | 1500 |