2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver Ayanleh Souleiman
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
Bronze James Magut
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Records

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

Schedule

DateTimeRound
30 June 201215:40 Round 1
1 July 201216:40 Final

Results

Round 1

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNote
12 Ayanleh Souleiman Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 3:40.79Q
12 James Magut Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:40.79Q
32 Imad Touil Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3:41.00Q
42 Zebene Alemayehu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:41.19Q
52 Juan van Deventer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:41.37q
62 Fouad El Kam Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:41.45q
71 Abednego Miti Chesebe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:42.20Q
81 Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:42.21Q
91 Abiyot Abinet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:42.34Q
102 Yakdah Ousman Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 3:42.42q
111 Johan Cronje Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:42.60Q
121 Peter van der Westhuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:42.72q
131 Flavio Seholhe Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3:46.08
142 Daniel Gidey Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:47.24
151 Daniel Nghipandula Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 3:50.13
161 Jaida Khaled Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 3:50.72
172 Franck Ngouari Mouissi Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 3:54.32
181 Aboubakr Ahmed Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3:57.93
191 Bachir Maman Moutari Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 3:58.02
201 Alassan Aboudou Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 4:00.40
211 Ali Ahmed Mohamed Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 4:08.58
2 Omar Adam Flag of Libya.svg  Libya DNF
1 Taoufik Makhloufi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNS
1 Cornelus Bura Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania DNS
2 Emile Zangre Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso DNS
2 Senay Amlesom Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea DNS
2 Abdoulaye Alassani Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo DNS

Final

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

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