Men's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Hayward Field | |||||||||
Dates | 16 July (heats) 17 July (semi-finals) 19 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:29.23 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2022 World Championships | ||
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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 |
mixed | ||
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
35 km 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 |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
The men's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 16 to 19 July 2022. [1]
Right from the start, Abel Kipsang went to the front to keep the pace honest. Josh Thompson moved in to follow until Stewart McSweyn took the second position. They completed the first lap in 55.5. When defending champion Timothy Cheruiyot moved up to join his Kenyan teammate, Olympic Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took that seriously and followed. The second time down the home stretch, Ingebrigtsen cruised past the Kenyans into the lead. Cheruiyot marked Ingebrigtsen, with British runners Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr moving toward the front. [2] By the bell the two Spaniards Mohamed Katir and Mario García Romo had come up to behind the Brits. Three teams cued up behind Ingebrigtsen. On the rail, Wightman traded elbows with Kipsang boxing him to the outside. With 300 to go, Wightman accelerated past Cheruiyot to Ingebrigtsen's shoulder. With 200 to go, Wightman went for it, passing Ingebrigtsen at the start of the turn. It opened into little more than a metre gap, but all the way down the homestretch, Ingebrigtsen was unable to close it. Behind them, Katir came through on the rail, also trading elbows with Cheruiyot before breaking free, drifting to the outside. Wightman beat Ingebrigtsen to the line to complete the upset. Katir trailed them by 3 metres in for bronze. [3]
Wightman's victory was called for the fans in attendance as usual by the stadium commentator. Uniquely, on this occasion that also happened to be the gold medalist's coach and father, Geoff Wightman.
Before the competition records were as follows: [4]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
Championship record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:27.65 | Seville, Spain | 24 August 1999 |
World Leading | Abel Kipsang (KEN) | 3:31.01 | Nairobi, Kenya | 7 May 2022 |
African Record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
Asian Record | Rashid Ramzi (BHR) | 3:29.14 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 2006 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | Bernard Lagat (USA) | 3:29.30 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 |
South American Record | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | 3:33.25 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 |
European Record | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 3:28.32 | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 |
Oceanian record | Stewart McSweyn (AUS) | 3:29.51 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 9 July 2021 |
The following records were set at the competition:
Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
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World Leading | 3:29.23 | Jake Wightman | GBR | 19 Jul 2022 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:35.00. [5]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date | Time | Round |
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16 July | 18:30 | Heats |
17 July | 19:00 | Semi-finals |
19 July | 19:30 | Final |
The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals. [6]
The first five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final. [7]
The final took place on 19 July at 19:30. [8] [9]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jake Wightman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:29.23 | ||
Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway (NOR) | 3:29.47 | ||
Mohamed Katir | Spain (ESP) | 3:29.90 | ||
4 | Mario García | Spain (ESP) | 3:30.20 | |
5 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:30.60 | |
6 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 3:30.69 | |
7 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya (KEN) | 3:31.21 | |
8 | Teddese Lemi | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:32.98 | |
9 | Stewart McSweyn | Australia (AUS) | 3:33.24 | |
10 | Michał Rozmys | Poland (POL) | 3:34.58 | |
11 | Ignacio Fontes | Spain (ESP) | 3:34.71 | |
12 | Joshua Thompson | United States (USA) | 3:35.57 |
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