Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
2018 European Athletics Championships Day 5 (30) (cropped).jpg
Gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen (shown at 2018 European Championship)
Venue Japan National Stadium
Dates3 August 2021
(round 1)
5 August 2021
(semifinals)
7 August 2021
(final)
Competitors47 from 27 nations
Winning time3:28.32 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Josh Kerr Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately fifty athletes were expected to compete; the exact number depended on how many nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 45 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016). [2] 47 competitors from 27 nations competed. Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a new Olympic record on his way to the gold medal, Norway's first medal in the men's 1500 metres. Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya took silver, returning that nation to the podium for the first time since a four-Games medal streak ended in 2008. Josh Kerr earned bronze, Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1988.

The winning margin was 0.69 seconds.

Summary

Since 2018, Timothy Cheruiyot has been on top of the world leader board. A step behind him, both in the leader board and in major races was the name Ingebrigtsen, first Filip Ingebrigtsen in 2018, then replaced by his younger brother Jakob Ingebrigtsen still more than a month shy of his 21st birthday at these Olympics. Cheruiyot won the 2019 World Championships by breaking away to a two-second victory in an exceptionally fast race. 2019 was in sharp contrast to the slow, strategic race in Rio, won by Matthew Centrowitz more than 20 seconds slower. Centrowitz was back to defend his title, but was eliminated in the semi-final round along with defending bronze medalist Nick Willis and World Championship bronze medalist Marcin Lewandowski. Olympic silver medalist Taoufik Makhloufi was injured before he could race in Tokyo.

After the runners sorted themselves out at the start of the final, Jakob, the only Ingebrigtsen in the race, moved around the pack to take the lead and press the pace. Cheruiyot moved himself up from mid pack to mark Ingebrigtsen. The first lap was completed in 56.2. Then Cheruiyot moved to the front to press the pace further. The race was in a single file line, Stewart McSweyn and Olli Hoare next in line, Abel Kipsang on the outside trying to get past the two Australians. Second lap 1:51.8, a 55.6 by Cheruiyot. Hoare began moving backward, Jake Wightman came forward to race Kipsang. A gap formed between the lead group of Cheruiyot, Ingebrigtsen and McSweyn, with Kipsang leading the line of chasers. Through the penultimate turn, McSweyn couldn't keep up and the leaders were two. Lap 3 2:47.3, a 55.5. Ingebrigtsen glued to the back of Cheruiyot. Josh Kerr chasing Kipsang for bronze. Through the final turn, Ingebrigtsen moved up on Cheruiyot, then past. Cheruiyot looked back to see who else was going to try to pass him, an obvious sign he had nothing more to offer to chase Ingebrigtsen. Ingebrigtsen opened up a four metre gap before crossing the finish line. Kerr got past Kipsang and chased Cheruiyot to the finish, leaning at the line still didn't quite snatch silver. [3]

Ingebrigtsen's 3:28.32 new Olympic record beat the record set by Kipsang in the semi-finals of 3:31.65, as well as Noah Ngeny's Olympic record from 2000 by 3.75 seconds. Ngeny's final lap, 55.4. [4]

In a much publicized act of sportsmanship Cheruiyot gave a bracelet to Ingebrigtsen along with a congratulatory embrace; Cheruiyot had previously defeated Ingebrigtsen in 10 of their previous meetings over 1500m. [5]

Background

This was the 29th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

For the first time in Olympic history, no nations made their men's 1500 metres debut this Games. The United States made its 28th appearance, most of all nations (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 1500 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 3:35.00. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 45 is reached. [2] [6]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both indoor and outdoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [2] [7]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 1500 metres. [2]

Entry number: 45.

Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 3:35.003Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Jye Edwards
Ollie Hoare
Stewart McSweyn
3Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Samuel Abate
Teddese Lemi
Samuel Tefera
3Flag of France.svg  France Azeddine Habz
Alexis Miellet
Baptiste Mischler
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Jake Heyward
Josh Kerr
Jake Wightman
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Timothy Cheruiyot
Abel Kipsang
Charles Simotwo
3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Soufiane El Bakkali
Anass Essayi
Abdelatif Sadiki
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Matthew Centrowitz
Yared Nuguse
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ignacio Fontes
Adel Mechaal
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Filip Ingebrigtsen
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Marcin Lewandowski
Michał Rozmys
2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Abdirahman Saeed Hassan
Adam Ali Musab
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Taoufik Makhloufi
1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Sadik Mikhou
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ismael Debjani
1Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Ayanleh Souleiman
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Robert Farken
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sam Tanner
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Kalle Berglund
1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Ronald Musagala
World ranking1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Thiago André
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Amos Bartelsmeyer
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary István Szögi
1Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Andrew Coscoran
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Charles Grethen
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Nick Willis
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Jesús Gómez
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cole Hocker
Universality Places1Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Benjamín Enzema
Invitational Places1Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Paulo Amotun Lokoro
Total45

Competition format

The event continued to use the three-round format used previously in 1952 and since 1964. [8] There were 3 heats, with the top 6 in each heat and next 6 overall advancing to the semifinals (an additional 2 athletes advanced by ruling after being obstructed). There were 2 semifinals, with the top 5 in each semifinal and next 2 overall advancing (another obstruction ruling provided a 13th qualifier for the final).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows:

World recordFlag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)3:26.00 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Olympic recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Noah Ngeny  (KEN)3:32.07 Sydney, Australia 29 September 2000
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Timothy Cheruiyot  (KEN)3:28.28 Fontvieille, Monaco9 July 2021
Area
TimeAthleteNation
Africa ( records )3:26.00 WR Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Asia ( records )3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Europe ( records )3:28.68 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg Norway
North, Central American
and Caribbean
( records )
3:29.30 Bernard Lagat Flag of the United States.svg United States
Oceania ( records )3:29.66 Nick Willis Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
South America ( records )3:33.25 Hudson de Souza Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

The following records were established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundTimeNotes
East Timor Felisberto de Deus Heats3:51.03 NR
Luxembourg Charles Grethen Semifinals3:32.86 NR
Kenya Abel Kipsang Semifinals3:31.65 OR
Norway Jakob Ingebrigtsen Final3:28.32 NR, OR, ER

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's 1500 metres took place over three separate days. [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 3 August 20219:00Round 1
Thursday, 5 August 202119:00Semifinals
Saturday, 7 August 202118:50Final

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Ismael Debjani Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:36.00 Q
2 Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:36.01 Q
3 Ollie Hoare Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:36.09 Q
4 Cole Hocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:36.16 Q
5 Abdelatif Sadiki Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:36.23 Q
6 Michał Rozmys Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:36.28 Q
7 Josh Kerr Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:36.29 q
8 Ignacio Fontes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:36.95 q
9 Samuel Tefera Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:37.98
10 Filip Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:38.02
11 Amos Bartelsmeyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:38.36
12 István Szögi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:38.79
13 Abraham Guem Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 3:40.86 PB
14 Alexis Miellet Flag of France.svg  France 3:41.23
15 Adam Ali Musab Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3:42.55
16 Felisberto de Deus Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 3:51.03 NR

Heat 2

Marcin Lewandowski was pushed and fell, but got up again and finished his heat in last place. On appeal, he progressed to the semi-final. [9] Original 8th place finisher Sadik Mikhou was later disqualified on the 8th of August for blood doping after an out of competition test produced an abnormal result. [10]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Abel Kipsang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:40.68 Q
2 Matthew Centrowitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:41.12 Q
3 Jake Wightman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:41.18 Q
4 Azeddine Habz Flag of France.svg  France 3:41.24 Q
5 Samuel Abate Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:41.63 Q
6 Charles Grethen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:41.90 Q
7 Jye Edwards Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:42.62
Sadik Mikhou Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3:42.87 DSQ
8 Sam Tanner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:43.22
9 Ali Idow Hassan Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 3:43.96 PB
10 Anass Essayi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:45.92
11 Jesús Gómez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:47.27 qR
12 Thiago André Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:47.71
13 Benjamín Enzema Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 3:48.17
14 Marcin Lewandowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:43.96 qR
Abdirahman Saeed Hassan Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DNF

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jake Heyward Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:36.14 Q
2 Teddese Lemi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:36.26 Q
3 Stewart McSweyn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:36.39 Q
4 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:36.49 Q
5 Robert Farken Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:36.61 Q
6 Adel Mechaal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:36.74 Q, SB
7 Nick Willis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:36.88 q, SB
8 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:37.11 q
9 Ayanleh Souleiman Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 3:37.25 q, SB
10 Charles Simotwo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:37.26 q
11 Baptiste Mischler Flag of France.svg  France 3:37.53
12 Kalle Berglund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:49.43
13 Paulo Amotun Lokoro Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team 3:51.78 SB
Soufiane El Bakkali Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNF
Ronald Musagala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda DNF
Yared Nuguse Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS

Semifinals

Qualification Rules: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Source: [11]

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jake Wightman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:33.48 Q, SB
2 Cole Hocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:33.87 Q, PB
3 Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:33.95 Q
4 Ollie Hoare Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:34.35 Q
5 Ignacio Fontes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:34.49 Q
6 Charles Simotwo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:34.61
7 Teddese Lemi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:34.81
8 Robert Farken Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:35.21
9 Nick Willis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:35.41 SB
10 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:35.84
11 Ismael Debjani Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:42.18
Ayanleh Souleiman Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DNF
Marcin Lewandowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Abel Kipsang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:31.65 Q, OR
2 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:32.13 Q
3 Josh Kerr Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:32.18 Q
4 Adel Mechaal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:32.19 Q, PB
5 Stewart McSweyn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:32.54 Q
6 Jake Heyward Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:32.82 q, PB
7 Charles Grethen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:32.86 q, NR
8 Abdelatif Sadiki Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:33.59 PB
9 Matthew Centrowitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:33.69 SB
10 Azeddine Habz Flag of France.svg  France 3:35.12
11 Samuel Zeleke Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:37.66
12 Jesús Gómez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:44.46
13 Michał Rozmys Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:54.53 qR

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:28.32 NR, OR, ER [12]
Silver medal icon.svg Timothy Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:29.01
Bronze medal icon.svg Josh Kerr Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:29.05 PB
4 Abel Kipsang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:29.56 PB
5 Adel Mechaal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:30.77 PB
6 Cole Hocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:31.40 PB
7 Stewart McSweyn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:31.91
8 Michał Rozmys Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:32.67 PB
9 Jake Heyward Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:34.43
10 Jake Wightman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:35.09
11 Ollie Hoare Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:35.79
12 Charles Grethen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:36.80
13 Ignacio Fontes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:38.56

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