2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres


The men's 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August.

Summary

The process of running rounds in the 1500 tends to select strategic experts because nobody would want to run hard three times in four days as this schedule would require. Since 2008, the expert in this has been two-time defending champion Asbel Kiprop. But in case anybody wanted to run fast, Kiprop also left a message at the fastest race of the year in Monaco, where he blew away many of the members of this field by almost 2 seconds in his near miss of the world record. What makes Kiprop so dangerous is his ability to accelerate from the back of the field and in the [|final] that is exactly where he went. Was he hiding or just waiting to pounce? With three other Kenyan teammates making it to the final, there was talk about a potential sweep. Timothy Cheruiyot and Elijah Motonei Manangoi took the race through an honest first two laps in 1:58.62. Only Aman Wote ran aggressively with them at the front, the other tacticians lining themselves up for the finish. Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. was the first to move forward as they came through for the bell. With 300 metres to go, Olympic champion Taoufik Makhloufi made his move, identical to the Olympics, Kiprop near the back of the pack beating only two Americans and boxed by Wote. Over the next 100 metres, Makhloufi opened a lead chase by Abdalaati Iguider. Kiprop slowed down to get out of the box, then ran around Wote out to lane 3. The tall Kenyan was now clearly moving faster than the rest of the field he was passing on the outside. As Kiprop swept past the field after the North African duo, only Silas Kiplagat came with him, these four breaking from the rest. As Kiprop caught Iguider, he reacted and ran even with Kiprop up to Makhloufi. With 50 metres to go, it was three abreast across the track with Kiplagat chasing Kiprop on the outside less than two metres back. Kiprop broke past the two North Africans and ran on to victory, while Iguider edged ahead of a spent Makhloufi. Out of nowhere came sprinting Manangoi, faster than any of the leaders, drifting out to lane 3 for clear sailing. Passing three people in the last 10 metres, Manangoi crossed the finish line just ahead of a desperately diving Iguider to take silver, Iguider doing a full face plant to the track across the finish line holding on to bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998
Championship record3:27.65Sevilla, Spain24 August 1999
World Leading3:26.69Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015
African Record3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998
Asian Record3:29.14Rome, Italy14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record3:29.30Rieti, Italy28 August 2005
South American Record3:33.25Rieti, Italy28 August 2005
European Record3:28.81Fontvieille, Monaco19 July 2013
Oceanian record3:29.66Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Silas Kiplagat3:38.13
23Abdalaati Iguider3:38.14
33Nick Willis3:38.27
43İlham Tanui Özbilen3:38.28
53Chris O'Hare3:38.43
63Timothy Cheruiyot3:38.50
73Robby Andrews3:38.52
83Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:38.66
83Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin3:38.66
103David Bustos3:38.75
112Asbel Kiprop3:38.97
122Aman Wote3:39.05
132Leonel Manzano3:39.22
142Pieter-Jan Hannes3:39.31
152Morhad Amdouni3:39.38
162Julian Matthews3:39.55
172Charles Philibert-Thiboutot3:39.72
183Carlos Díaz3:39.75
192Fouad Elkaam3:40.12
203Yassine Hathat3:40.16
212Dumisane Hlaselo3:40.25
222Ronald Musagala3:42.12
231Elijah Motonei Manangoi3:42.57
241Taoufik Makhloufi3:42.72
251Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.3:43.17
261Charlie Grice3:43.21
271Yassine Bensghir3:43.22
281Johan Cronje3:43.29
291Ryan Gregson3:43.54
301Jakub Holuša3:43.66
311Henrik Ingebrigtsen3:43.97
321Youssouf Hiss Bachir3:44.48
332Víctor Corrales3:44.76
342Salim Keddar3:44.81
351Dawit Wolde3:44.90
361Benson Seurei3:45.70
371Adel Mechaal3:46.05
383Hélio Gomes3:46.32
393Erick Rodríguez3:49.64
401Awwad Al-Sharafat4:07.72
2Ayanleh Souleiman

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Elijah Motonei Manangoi3:35.00
22Taoufik Makhloufi3:35.05
32Abdalaati Iguider3:35.20
42Charlie Grice3:35.58
52Timothy Cheruiyot3:35.74
62Robby Andrews3:35.88
72Aman Wote3:35.97
82Johan Cronje3:36.59
92Morhad Amdouni3:37.79
102Charles Philibert-Thiboutot3:39.62
112Julian Matthews3:40.45
122David Bustos3:42.48
131Asbel Kiprop3:43.48
141Nick Willis3:43.57
151Silas Kiplagat3:43.64
161Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.3:43.97
171Leonel Manzano3:44.28
181Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:44.31
191Chris O'Hare3:44.36
201Pieter-Jan Hannes3:44.38
211Yassine Bensghir3:44.95
221İlham Tanui Özbilen3:45.70
231Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin3:46.82
241Carlos Díaz3:47.48

Final

The final was held on 30 August at 19:45.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Asbel Kiprop3:34.40
Elijah Motonei Manangoi3:34.63
Abdalaati Iguider3:34.67
Taoufik Makhloufi3:34.76
Silas Kiplagat3:34.81
Nick Willis3:35.46
Timothy Cheruiyot3:36.05
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.3:36.13
Charlie Grice3:36.21
10Leonel Manzano3:37.26
11Robby Andrews3:38.29
Aman Wote