2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9 and 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.Medalists
Records
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat plus 3 fastest times qualified. The qualification round started at 12:59 and ended at 13:10.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | | 3:38.41 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | | 3:39.16 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ayanleh Souleiman | | 3:39.51 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | | 3:39.54 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Silas Kiplagat | | 3:39.59 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Francisco Javier Abad | | 3:40.55 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | | 3:41.93 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Aman Wote | | 3:42.24 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Amine Laâlou | | 3:42.36 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Bethwell Birgen | | 3:42.72 | |
| 11 | 2 | Yegor Nikolayev | | 3:43.33 | |
| 12 | 1 | Galen Rupp | | 3:43.39 | PB |
| 13 | 1 | David Bustos | | 3:43.66 | |
| 14 | 1 | Gregory Beugnet | | 3:44.20 | |
| 15 | 1 | Oleksandr Borysiuk | | 3:44.28 | |
| 16 | 1 | Lewis Moses | | 3:45.04 | |
| 2 | Mohammed Shaween | | 3:45.12 | NR, Doping |
| 17 | 2 | Kemal Koyuncu | | 3:45.33 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Ryan Foster | | 3:46.26 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | James Brewer | | 3:47.58 | |
| 20 | 1 | Mohamad Al-Garni | | 3:47.63 | |
| 21 | 1 | Ciaran O'Lionaird | | 3:50.12 | PB |
| 22 | 1 | Abdallahi Cheikh | | 4:47.24 | NR''' |
Final
9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Abdalaati Iguider | | 3:45.21 | |
| Ilham Tanui Özbilen | | 3:45.35 | |
| Mekonnen Gebremedhin | | 3:45.90 | |
| 4 | Aman Wote | | 3:47.02 | |
| 5 | Ayanleh Souleiman | | 3:47.35 | |
| 6 | Silas Kiplagat | | 3:47.42 | |
| 7 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | | 3:47.42 | |
| 8 | Francisco Javier Abad | | 3:48.14 | |
| 9 | Amine Laâlou | | 3:49.14 | |
