Melbourne Olympics 1956 1500 metres

Ronnie Delany (1935-2026) from county Wicklow, a student at Villanova university, wins the 1500 meters for Ireland at 21 years of age during the Melbourne Olympics 1956. Silver medalist was Berlin-born Klaus Richtzenhain of the united German team (1934-2025), later East Germany. Bronze medalst was John Landy (1930-2022), Melbourne born pre-race favourite who later became governor of Victoria. Delany's winning time of 3:41.2 was an Olympic record at the time but would not make the qualification standard for today's Olympic games. Footage from the Olympics official film of the games.