Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the 2010 South American 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	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
20,000m walk	men	women
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
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's 1,500m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 22 at 18:10.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Iván López Chile	Marvin Blanco Venezuela	José Mauricio González Colombia

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
World Leading	Ryan Gregson	Australia	3:35.42	Sydney, Australia	27 February 2010
South American record	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:33.25	Rieti, Italy	28 August 2005
South American U23 record	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	3:35.70	Eugene, USA	1 June 1985

Results were published.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result
	Iván López	Chile	3:38.04
	Marvin Blanco	Venezuela	3:49.65
	José Mauricio González	Colombia	3:50.09
4	Fabio Queiroz	Brazil	3:52.62
5	Luciano Almirón	Argentina	3:56.12
6	Franco Díaz	Argentina	3:56.26
7	Alex Cisneros	Ecuador	3:59.49
8	Eduardo Gregorio	Uruguay	4:07.28
9	Patrick Machado	Brazil	4:10.61
10	Dennis Horatio	Guyana	4:13.53
–	José Alarcón	Chile	DNF