2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku   Kenya
Silver	Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti
Bronze	James Magut   Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
African record	Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
Championship record	Asbel Kiprop  (KEN)	3:36.19	Nairobi, Kenya	1 August 2010
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  (KEN)	3:35.71	Porto Novo, Benin	1 July 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	15:40	Round 1
1 July 2012	16:40	Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3:40.79	Q
1	2	James Magut	Kenya	3:40.79	Q
3	2	Imad Touil	Algeria	3:41.00	Q
4	2	Zebene Alemayehu	Ethiopia	3:41.19	Q
5	2	Juan van Deventer	South Africa	3:41.37	q
6	2	Fouad El Kam	Morocco	3:41.45	q
7	1	Abednego Miti Chesebe	Kenya	3:42.20	Q
8	1	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku	Kenya	3:42.21	Q
9	1	Abiyot Abinet	Ethiopia	3:42.34	Q
10	2	Yakdah Ousman	Sudan	3:42.42	q
11	1	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3:42.60	Q
12	1	Peter van der Westhuizen	South Africa	3:42.72	q
13	1	Flavio Seholhe	Mozambique	3:46.08
14	2	Daniel Gidey	Ethiopia	3:47.24
15	1	Daniel Nghipandula	Namibia	3:50.13
16	1	Jaida Khaled	Libya	3:50.72
17	2	Franck Ngouari Mouissi	Republic of the Congo	3:54.32
18	1	Aboubakr Ahmed	Uganda	3:57.93
19	1	Bachir Maman Moutari	Niger	3:58.02
20	1	Alassan Aboudou	Togo	4:00.40
21	1	Ali Ahmed Mohamed	Djibouti	4:08.58
	2	Omar Adam	Libya	DNF
	1	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	DNS
	1	Cornelus Bura	Tanzania	DNS
	2	Emile Zangre	Burkina Faso	DNS
	2	Senay Amlesom	Eritrea	DNS
	2	Abdoulaye Alassani	Togo	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku	Kenya	3:35.71	CR
	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3:36.34
	James Magut	Kenya	3:36.35
4	Abednego Miti Chesebe	Kenya	3:36.76
5	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3:38.27
6	Abiyot Abinet	Ethiopia	3:38.46
7	Fouad El Kam	Morocco	3:39.90
8	Juan van Deventer	South Africa	3:40.80
9	Imad Touil	Algeria	3:40.95
10	Zebene Alemayehu	Ethiopia	3:41.00
11	Peter van der Westhuizen	South Africa	3:43.40
12	Yakdah Ousman	Sudan	3:45.65

References

• Results