2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	14 September (heats) 15 September (semi-finals) 17 September (final)
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The men's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14, 15 and 17 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
Championship record		3:27.65	Seville, Spain	24 August 1999
World Leading	Azeddine Habz  (FRA)	3:27.49	Paris, France	20 June 2025
African Record	Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
Asian Record	Rashid Ramzi  (BHR)	3:29.14		14 July 2006
European Record	Jakob Ingebrigtsen  (NOR)	3:26.73	Fontvieille, Monaco	12 July 2024
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Cole Hocker  (USA)	3:27.65	Paris, France	6 August 2024
Oceanian record	Olli Hoare  (AUS)	3:29.41	Oslo, Norway	15 June 2023
South American Record	Hudson Santos de Souza  (BRA)	3:33.25	Rieti, Italy	28 August 2005

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:33.00. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
14 September	09:35	Heats
15 September	21:30	Semi-finals
17 September	22:20	Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 14 September. The first six athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Narve Gilje Nordås	Norway  (NOR)	3:35.90	Q
2	Josh Kerr	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	3:35.98	Q
3	Ethan Strand	United States  (USA)	3:36.27	Q
4	Federico Riva	Italy  (ITA)	3:36.28 [.275]	Q
5	Stefan Nillessen	Netherlands  (NED)	3:36.28 [.279]	Q
6	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa  (RSA)	3:36.36	Q
7	Azeddine Habz	France  (FRA)	3:36.62
8	Jochem Vermeulen	Belgium  (BEL)	3:37.33
9	Pol Oriach	Spain  (ESP)	3:37.43
10	Fouad Messaoudi	Morocco  (MAR)	3:37.83
11	Jude Thomas	Australia  (AUS)	3:38.19
12	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg  (LUX)	3:41.18
13	Kazuto Iizawa	Japan  (JPN)	3:41.76
14	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	Denmark  (DEN)	3:47.58
15	Hugh Kent	Guam  (GUM)	4:03.84
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pietro Arese	Italy  (ITA)	3:40.91	Q
1	Isaac Nader	Portugal  (POR)	3:40.91	Q
3	Niels Laros	Netherlands  (NED)	3:41.00	Q
4	Reynold Cheruiyot	Kenya  (KEN)	3:40.91	Q
5	Ruben Verheyden	Belgium  (BEL)	3:41.45	Q
6	Foster Malleck	Canada  (CAN)	3:41.53	Q
7	Hafid Rizqy	Morocco  (MAR)	3:41.55
8	Elliot Giles	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	3:41.60
9	Paul Anselmini	France  (FRA)	3:41.84
10	Adam Spencer	Australia  (AUS)	3:42.17
11	Håkon Moe Berg	Norway  (NOR)	3:42.24
12	Cathal Doyle	Ireland  (IRL)	3:42.60
13	Heithem Chenitef	Algeria  (ALG)	3:45.13
14	Ermias Girma	Ethiopia  (ETH)	3:46.62
15	Yeshnil Karan	Fiji  (FIJ)	3:50.77	PB
[4]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Cole Hocker	United States  (USA)	3:41.88	Q
2	Robert Farken	Germany  (GER)	3:42.06	Q
3	Neil Gourley	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	3:42.13	Q
4	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya  (KEN)	3:42.20	Q
5	Adrián Ben	Spain  (ESP)	3:42.27	Q
6	Raphael Pallitsch	Austria  (AUT)	3:42.40	Q
7	Nuno Pereira  [ pt; de ]	Portugal  (POR)	3:42.63
8	Cameron Myers	Australia  (AUS)	3:42.75
9	Filip Sasínek	Czech Republic  (CZE)	3:43.17
10	Sam Tanner	New Zealand  (NZL)	3:43.37
11	Pieter Sisk	Belgium  (BEL)	3:43.50
12	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada  (CAN)	3:44.82
13	Ryan Mphahlele	South Africa  (RSA)	3:45.22
14	Diego Lacamoire	Argentina  (ARG)	3:57.42
15	Filip Rak	Poland  (POL)	4:14.93
[4]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jake Wightman	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	3:36.90	Q
2	José Carlos Pinto	Portugal  (POR)	3:37.09	Q
3	Jonah Koech	United States  (USA)	3:37.11	Q
4	Romain Mornet	France  (FRA)	3:37.19	Q
5	Samuel Pihlström	Sweden  (SWE)	3:37.25	Q
6	Andrew Coscoran	Ireland  (IRL)	3:37.32	Q
7	Anass Essayi	Morocco  (MAR)	3:37.70
8	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway  (NOR)	3:37.84
9	Joao Bussotti	Italy  (ITA)	3:38.38
10	Carlos Saez	Spain  (ESP)	3:40.61
11	Melese Nberet	Ethiopia  (ETH)	3:41.54
12	Phanuel Koech	Kenya  (KEN)	3:42.77
13	Yervand Mkrtchyan	Armenia  (ARM)	3:48.21
14	Mukesh Pal	Nepal  (NEP)	3:53.99
15	Kieran Lumb	Canada  (CAN)	3:55.04
[4]

Semi-finals

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Ruben Verheyden	Belgium  (BEL)
	Andrew Coscoran	Ireland  (IRL)
	Romain Mornet	France  (FRA)
	Ethan Strand	United States  (USA)
	José Carlos Pinto	Portugal  (POR)
	Jake Wightman	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
	Pietro Arese	Italy  (ITA)
	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya  (KEN)
	Narve Gilje Nordås	Norway  (NOR)
	Niels Laros	Netherlands  (NED)
	Josh Kerr	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
	Samuel Pihlström	Sweden  (SWE)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Cole Hocker	United States  (USA)
	Raphael Pallitsch	Austria  (AUT)
	Jonah Koech	United States  (USA)
	Foster Malleck	Canada  (CAN)
	Adrián Ben	Spain  (ESP)
	Reynold Cheruiyot	Kenya  (KEN)
	Robert Farken	Germany  (GER)
	Stefan Nillessen	Netherlands  (NED)
	Federico Riva	Italy  (ITA)
	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa  (RSA)
	Isaac Nader	Portugal  (POR)
	Neil Gourley	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 1500 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "1500 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "RESULTS / リザルト 1500m Men - Round 1" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.