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 record3:26.00 Rome, Italy14 July 1998
Championship record3:27.65 Sevilla, Spain24 August 1999
World Leading3:27.72 Monaco19 July 2013
African Record3:26.00 Rome, Italy14 July 1998
Asian Record3:29.14 Rome, Italy14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record3:29.30 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005
South American Record3:33.25 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005
European Record3:28.81 Monaco19 July 2013
Oceanian record3:30.35 Monaco20 July 2012

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Asbel Kiprop3:38.15Q
23Nixon Chepseba3:38.37Q
31Abdalaati Iguider3:38.41Q
41Lopez Lomong3:38.48Q
53Nathan Brannen3:38.49Q
63Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:38.55Q
73Bethwell Birgen3:38.60Q
83Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.3:38.62Q
91Ayanleh Souleiman3:38.63Q
103Homiyu Tesfaye3:38.66Q
111Florian Carvalho3:38.70Q
121Henrik Ingebrigtsen3:38.78Q
133Bouabdellah Tahri3:38.82q
143Chris O'Hare3:38.86q
151Aman Wote3:38.89q
163Mohamed Moustaoui3:39.20q
171Valentin Smirnov3:39.21q
182Silas Kiplagat3:39.31Q
192Leonel Manzano3:39.39Q
202İlham Tanui Özbilen3:39.31Q
211Nick Willis3:39.89q
222Johan Cronje3:39.95Q
231Mohamad Al-Garni3:40.01
242Carsten Schlangen3:40.31Q
253Pieter-Jan Hannes3:40.39
262Zakaria Mazouzi3:40.76Q
272Zebene Alemayehu3:41.28
282Andreas Vojta3:41.51
292Emad Noor3:41.68
301David Bustos3:41.69
312Simon Denissel3:42.06
323Flavio Seholhe3:53.18
333Nabil Al-Garbi3:59.95SB
342Omar Mohamed Abdi4:00.00
353Omar Bachir4:00.18PB
361Mamadou Barry4:16.38SB
371Thinley Tenzin4:24.54PB
2Imed Touil

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba3:35.88Q
22Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.3:35.95Q
32Mohamed Moustaoui3:36.12Q
42Florian Carvalho3:36.26Q
52Henrik Ingebrigtsen3:36.33Q, SB
62Homiyu Tesfaye3:36.51q
72Nathan Brannen3:36.59q
82Aman Wote3:36.94
92Ilham Tanui Özbilen3:37.07
102Bethwell Birgen3:37.34
112Ayanleh Souleiman3:37.96
121Asbel Kiprop3:43.30Q
131Silas Kiplagat3:43.52Q
141Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:43.54Q
151Chris O'Hare3:43.58Q
161Johan Cronje3:43.71Q
171Lopez Lomong3:43.79
181Nicholas Willis3:43.80
191Leonel Manzano3:44.00
201Bouabdellah Tahri3:44.24
212Abdalaati Iguider3:44.36
221Carsten Schlangen3:44.44
231Zakaria Mazouzi3:45.54
241Valentin Smirnov3:46.03

Final

The final was started at 17:25.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Asbel Kiprop3:36.28
5Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.3:36.78
9Johan Cronje3:36.83
4Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba3:36.87
1Homiyu Tesfaye3:37.03
11Silas Kiplagat3:37.11
8Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:37.21
6Henrik Ingebrigtsen3:37.52
12Mohamed Moustaoui3:38.08
107Nathan Brannen3:38.09
1110Florian Carvalho3:39.17
123Chris O'Hare3:46.04