Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 24
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	3:41.41
Medalists
Andrew Wheating    United States   Nathan Brannen    Canada   Charles Philibert-Thiboutot    Canada
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The men's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 23 and 24 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Leandro de Oliveira of Brazil.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	July 14, 1998
Pan American Games record	Hudson de Souza  (BRA)	3:36.32	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 25, 2007

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (3.49.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015). ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 24, 2015	18:05	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Andrew Wheating	United States	3:41.41
	Nathan Brannen	Canada	3:41.66
	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada	3:41.79
4	Carlos Díaz	Chile	3:42.09
5	José Juan Esparza	Mexico	3:42.52
6	Federico Bruno	Argentina	3:42.88
7	Kyle Merber	United States	3:43.60
8	Thiago André	Brazil	3:43.71
9	Carlos dos Santos	Brazil	3:44.36
10	Iván López	Chile	3:48.54
11	Andy González	Cuba	3:49.06
12	Georman Rivas	Costa Rica	3:51.46	PB
13	Marvin Blanco	Venezuela	3:54.05
14	Gerard Giraldo	Colombia	3:56.13
15	Lamont Marshall	Bermuda	4:00.28

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.