2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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2015 World Championships
1500 m men final Beijing 2015.jpg
The blanket finish
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (heats)
28 August (semifinals)
30 August (final)
Competitors41 from 23 nations
Winning time3:34.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
  2013
2017  

The men's 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August. [1] [2] The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

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Summary

The process of running rounds in the 1500m tends to select strategic experts because nobody would want to run hard three times in four days as this schedule would require. Since 2008 (excepting that bad race at the 2012 Olympics), the expert in this has been two-time defending champion Asbel Kiprop. But in case anybody wanted to run fast, Kiprop also left a message at the fastest race of the year in Monaco, where he blew away many of the members of this field by almost 2 seconds in his near miss of the world record. What makes Kiprop so dangerous is his ability to accelerate from the back of the field and in the final that is exactly where he went. Was he hiding or just waiting to pounce? With three other Kenyan teammates making it to the final, there was talk about a potential sweep. Timothy Cheruiyot and Elijah Motonei Manangoi took the race through an honest first two laps in 1:58.62. Only Aman Wote ran aggressively with them at the front, the other tacticians lining themselves up for the finish. Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. was the first to move forward as they came through for the bell. With 300 metres to go, Olympic champion Taoufik Makhloufi made his move, identical to the Olympics, Kiprop near the back of the pack beating only two Americans and boxed by Wote. Over the next 100 metres, Makhloufi opened a lead chase by Abdalaati Iguider. Kiprop slowed down to get out of the box, then ran around Wote out to lane 3. The tall Kenyan was now clearly moving faster than the rest of the field he was passing on the outside. As Kiprop swept past the field after the North African duo, only Silas Kiplagat came with him, these four breaking from the rest. As Kiprop caught Iguider, he reacted and ran even with Kiprop up to Makhloufi. With 50 metres to go, it was three abreast across the track with Kiplagat chasing Kiprop on the outside less than two metres back. Kiprop broke past the two North Africans and ran on to victory, while Iguider edged ahead of a spent Makhloufi. Out of nowhere (actually a distant fifth place) came sprinting Manangoi, faster than any of the leaders, drifting out to lane 3 for clear sailing. Passing three people in the last 10 metres, Manangoi crossed the finish line just ahead of a desperately diving Iguider to take silver, Iguider doing a full face plant to the track across the finish line holding on to bronze. [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)3:26.00 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Championship record Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)3:27.65 Sevilla, Spain 24 August 1999
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Asbel Kiprop  (KEN)3:26.69 Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015
African Record Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998
Asian Record Flag of Bahrain.svg  Rashid Ramzi  (BHR)3:29.14Rome, Italy14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Bernard Lagat  (USA)3:29.30 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Hudson de Souza  (BRA)3:33.25Rieti, Italy28 August 2005
European Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)3:28.81Fontvieille, Monaco19 July 2013
Oceanian record Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nick Willis  (NZL)3:29.66Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
3:36.20 (mile: 3:53.30)

Schedule

DateTimeRound
27 August 201510:35 Heats
28 August 201519:55 Semifinals
30 August 201519:45 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

2015 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 1500 metres - heats.JPG

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. [6]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Silas Kiplagat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:38.13 Q
23 Abdalaati Iguider Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:38.14 Q
33 Nick Willis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:38.27 Q
43 İlham Tanui Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)3:38.28 Q
53 Chris O'Hare Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)3:38.43 Q
63 Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:38.50 Q
73 Robby Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:38.52 q
83 Mekonnen Gebremedhin Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)3:38.66 q
83 Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)3:38.66 q
103 David Bustos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:38.75 q
112 Asbel Kiprop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:38.97 Q
122 Aman Wote Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)3:39.05 Q
132 Leonel Manzano Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:39.22 Q
142 Pieter-Jan Hannes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)3:39.31 Q
152 Morhad Amdouni Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3:39.38 Q
162 Julian Matthews Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:39.55 Q
172 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3:39.72 q
183 Carlos Díaz Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)3:39.75 q
192 Fouad Elkaam Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:40.12
203 Yassine Hathat Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:40.16
212 Dumisane Hlaselo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)3:40.25
222 Ronald Musagala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)3:42.12
231 Elijah Motonei Manangoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:42.57 Q
241 Taoufik Makhloufi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:42.72 Q
251 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:43.17 Q
261 Charlie Grice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)3:43.21 Q
271 Yassine Bensghir Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:43.22 Q (Later DQ for doping) [7]
281 Johan Cronje Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)3:43.29 Q
291 Ryan Gregson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:43.54
301 Jakub Holuša Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)3:43.66
311 Henrik Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)3:43.97
321 Youssouf Hiss Bachir Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)3:44.48
332 Víctor Corrales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:44.76
342 Salim Keddar Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:44.81
351 Dawit Wolde Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)3:44.90
361 Benson Seurei Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)3:45.70
371 Adel Mechaal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:46.05
383 Hélio Gomes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)3:46.32
393 Erick Rodríguez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua  (NCA)3:49.64 NR
401 Awwad Al-Sharafat Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)4:07.72
2 Ayanleh Souleiman Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI) DNF

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. [8]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Elijah Motonei Manangoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:35.00 Q
22 Taoufik Makhloufi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:35.05 Q
32 Abdalaati Iguider Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:35.20 Q
42 Charlie Grice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)3:35.58 Q
52 Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:35.74 Q
62 Robby Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:35.88 q
72 Aman Wote Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)3:35.97 q
82 Johan Cronje Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)3:36.59
92 Morhad Amdouni Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3:37.79
102 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3:39.62
112 Julian Matthews Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:40.45
122 David Bustos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:42.48
131 Asbel Kiprop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:43.48 Q
141 Nick Willis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:43.57 Q
151 Silas Kiplagat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:43.64 Q
161 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:43.97 Q
171 Leonel Manzano Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:44.28 Q
181 Mekonnen Gebremedhin Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)3:44.31
191 Chris O'Hare Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)3:44.36
201 Pieter-Jan Hannes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)3:44.38
211 Yassine Bensghir Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:44.95(Later DQ for doping [9] )
221 İlham Tanui Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)3:45.70
231 Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)3:46.82
241 Carlos Díaz Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)3:47.48

Final

The final was held on 30 August at 19:45. [10]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Asbel Kiprop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:34.40
Silver medal icon.svg Elijah Motonei Manangoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:34.63
Bronze medal icon.svg Abdalaati Iguider Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:34.67
4 Taoufik Makhloufi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:34.76
5 Silas Kiplagat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:34.81
6 Nick Willis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:35.46
7 Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:36.05
8 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:36.13
9 Charlie Grice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)3:36.21
10 Leonel Manzano Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:37.26
11 Robby Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3:38.29
Aman Wote Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH) DNF

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