2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–18 August.
For those competitors lucky enough to get into semifinal 1, they were treated to a rather pedestrian tactical race controlled by defending champion, Olympic champion and world leader Asbel Kiprop. If you can't kick with him, you go home. Semifinal 2 was a different story with a much faster pace all the time qualifiers came from this race, with several also rans left out with times faster than Kiprop.
With three Kenyans qualified, rumors were out that there would be a fast pace for the final. That wasn't the case, first Kiprop looked around for his teammates and they weren't there. On the second lap Nixon Chepseba took off into the lead, but all eyes were on Kiprop and nobody followed. Matthew Centrowitz took up the position directly behind Kiprop on the rail, Mekonnen Gebremedhin on his shoulder. For the next two laps Chipseba ran on his own, opening up as much as a 10-meter lead. But when the running got serious everybody jockeyed for position behind Kiprop, Chipseba acting more like a blockade. Kiprop didn't really unleash his kick until 90 meters from the finish. Centrowitz moved right with him following Kiprop to the line for silver, with Johan Cronje squeezing past Chipseba on the inside to take bronze.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:| World record | 3:26.00 |  Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 | |
| Championship record | 3:27.65 |  Sevilla, Spain | 24 August 1999 | |
| World Leading | 3:27.72 |  Monaco | 19 July 2013 | |
| African Record | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 | |
| Asian Record | 3:29.14 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 2006 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 3:29.30 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 | |
| South American Record | 3:33.25 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 | |
| European Record | 3:28.81 | Monaco | 19 July 2013 | |
| Oceanian record | 3:30.35 | Monaco | 20 July 2012 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Asbel Kiprop | 3:38.15 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Nixon Chepseba | 3:38.37 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:38.41 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Lopez Lomong | 3:38.48 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | Nathan Brannen | 3:38.49 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:38.55 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | Bethwell Birgen | 3:38.60 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 3:38.62 | Q | |
| 9 | 1 | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:38.63 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:38.66 | Q | |
| 11 | 1 | Florian Carvalho | 3:38.70 | Q | |
| 12 | 1 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:38.78 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | Bouabdellah Tahri | 3:38.82 | q | |
| 14 | 3 | Chris O'Hare | 3:38.86 | q | |
| 15 | 1 | Aman Wote | 3:38.89 | q | |
| 16 | 3 | Mohamed Moustaoui | 3:39.20 | q | |
| 17 | 1 | Valentin Smirnov | 3:39.21 | q | |
| 18 | 2 | Silas Kiplagat | 3:39.31 | Q | |
| 19 | 2 | Leonel Manzano | 3:39.39 | Q | |
| 20 | 2 | İlham Tanui Özbilen | 3:39.31 | Q | |
| 21 | 1 | Nick Willis | 3:39.89 | q | |
| 22 | 2 | Johan Cronje | 3:39.95 | Q | |
| 23 | 1 | Mohamad Al-Garni | 3:40.01 | ||
| 24 | 2 | Carsten Schlangen | 3:40.31 | Q | |
| 25 | 3 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | 3:40.39 | ||
| 26 | 2 | Zakaria Mazouzi | 3:40.76 | Q | |
| 27 | 2 | Zebene Alemayehu | 3:41.28 | ||
| 28 | 2 | Andreas Vojta | 3:41.51 | ||
| 29 | 2 | Emad Noor | 3:41.68 | ||
| 30 | 1 | David Bustos | 3:41.69 | ||
| 31 | 2 | Simon Denissel | 3:42.06 | ||
| 32 | 3 | Flavio Seholhe | 3:53.18 | ||
| 33 | 3 | Nabil Al-Garbi | 3:59.95 | SB | |
| 34 | 2 | Omar Mohamed Abdi | 4:00.00 | ||
| 35 | 3 | Omar Bachir | 4:00.18 | PB | |
| 36 | 1 | Mamadou Barry | 4:16.38 | SB | |
| 37 | 1 | Thinley Tenzin | 4:24.54 | PB | |
| 2 | Imed Touil |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | 3:35.88 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 3:35.95 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Mohamed Moustaoui | 3:36.12 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Florian Carvalho | 3:36.26 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:36.33 | Q, SB | |
| 6 | 2 | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:36.51 | q | |
| 7 | 2 | Nathan Brannen | 3:36.59 | q | |
| 8 | 2 | Aman Wote | 3:36.94 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | 3:37.07 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Bethwell Birgen | 3:37.34 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:37.96 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Asbel Kiprop | 3:43.30 | Q | |
| 13 | 1 | Silas Kiplagat | 3:43.52 | Q | |
| 14 | 1 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:43.54 | Q | |
| 15 | 1 | Chris O'Hare | 3:43.58 | Q | |
| 16 | 1 | Johan Cronje | 3:43.71 | Q | |
| 17 | 1 | Lopez Lomong | 3:43.79 | ||
| 18 | 1 | Nicholas Willis | 3:43.80 | ||
| 19 | 1 | Leonel Manzano | 3:44.00 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | 3:44.24 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:44.36 | ||
| 22 | 1 | Carsten Schlangen | 3:44.44 | ||
| 23 | 1 | Zakaria Mazouzi | 3:45.54 | ||
| 24 | 1 | Valentin Smirnov | 3:46.03 |
Final
The final was started at 17:25.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Asbel Kiprop | 3:36.28 | |||
| 5 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 3:36.78 | |||
| 9 | Johan Cronje | 3:36.83 | |||
| 4 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | 3:36.87 | |||
| 1 | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:37.03 | |||
| 11 | Silas Kiplagat | 3:37.11 | |||
| 8 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:37.21 | |||
| 6 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:37.52 | |||
| 12 | Mohamed Moustaoui | 3:38.08 | |||
| 10 | 7 | Nathan Brannen | 3:38.09 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Florian Carvalho | 3:39.17 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Chris O'Hare | 3:46.04 |