2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

None August 2015 2015 World Championships 1500 m men final Beijing 2015.jpg The blanket finish Beijing National Stadium 27 August (heats)28 August (semifinals)30 August (final) 41 23 3:34.40 Asbel Kiprop KEN Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2013 2017 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.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list The winning margin was 0.23 seconds. Summary The process of running rounds in the 1500m tends to select strategic experts because nobody would want to run hard three times in four days as this schedule would require. Since 2008 (excepting that bad race at the 2012 Olympics), 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 (actually a distant fifth place) 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. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beijing-2015-mens-1500m-final REPORT: MEN'S 1500M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 30 August 2015 iaaf.org 2 September 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/1500-metres/outdoor/men Records & Lists – 1500 meters IAAF 18 August 2015 World recordHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:26.00 Rome, Italy14 July 1998Championship recordHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:27.65 Sevilla, Spain24 August 1999World LeadingAsbel Kiprop KEN3:26.69 Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015African RecordHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:26.00 Rome, Italy14 July 1998Asian RecordRashid Ramzi BHR3:29.14 Rome, Italy14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean recordBernard Lagat USA3:29.30 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005South American RecordHudson de Souza BRA3:33.25 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005European RecordMo Farah GBR3:28.81 Fontvieille, Monaco19 July 2013Oceanian recordNick Willis NZL3:29.66 Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 17 August 2015 3:36.20 (mile: 3:53.30) Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 10:35 Heats28 August 2015 19:55 Semifinals30 August 2015 19:45 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats thumb Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2015 World 3:38.13 Q 2 3 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2015 World 3:38.14 Q 3 3 Nick Willis NZL 2015 World 3:38.27 Q 4 3 İlham Tanui Özbilen TUR 2015 World 3:38.28 Q 5 3 Chris O'Hare GBR 2015 World 3:38.43 Q 6 3 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 2015 World 3:38.50 Q 7 3 Robby Andrews USA 2015 World 3:38.52 q 8 3 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2015 World 3:38.66 q 8 3 Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin DJI 2015 World 3:38.66 q 10 3 David Bustos ESP 2015 World 3:38.75 q 11 2 Asbel Kiprop KEN 2015 World 3:38.97 Q 12 2 Aman Wote ETH 2015 World 3:39.05 Q 13 2 Leonel Manzano USA 2015 World 3:39.22 Q 14 2 Pieter-Jan Hannes BEL 2015 World 3:39.31 Q 15 2 Morhad Amdouni FRA 2015 World 3:39.38 Q 16 2 Julian Matthews NZL 2015 World 3:39.55 Q 17 2 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot CAN 2015 World 3:39.72 q 18 3 Carlos Díaz CHI 2015 World 3:39.75 q 19 2 Fouad Elkaam MAR 2015 World 3:40.12 20 3 Yassine Hathat ALG 2015 World 3:40.16 21 2 Dumisane Hlaselo RSA 2015 World 3:40.25 22 2 Ronald Musagala UGA 2015 World 3:42.12 23 1 Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 2015 World 3:42.57 Q 24 1 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2015 World 3:42.72 Q 25 1 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. USA 2015 World 3:43.17 Q 26 1 Charlie Grice GBR 2015 World 3:43.21 Q 27 1 Yassine Bensghir MAR 2015 World 3:43.22 Q (Later DQ for doping)IAAF: Doping sanctions - News 175 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221042519/https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=7b10b376-7b56-4999-b9f9-a10291c49e96.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20175 21 December 2016 , 28 July 2016] 28 1 Johan Cronje RSA 2015 World 3:43.29 Q 29 1 Ryan Gregson AUS 2015 World 3:43.54 30 1 Jakub Holuša CZE 2015 World 3:43.66 31 1 Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR 2015 World 3:43.97 32 1 Youssouf Hiss Bachir DJI 2015 World 3:44.48 33 2 Víctor Corrales ESP 2015 World 3:44.76 34 2 Salim Keddar ALG 2015 World 3:44.81 35 1 Dawit Wolde ETH 2015 World 3:44.90 36 1 Benson Seurei BHR 2015 World 3:45.70 37 1 Adel Mechaal ESP 2015 World 3:46.05 38 3 Hélio Gomes POR 2015 World 3:46.32 39 3 Erick Rodríguez NCA 2015 World 3:49.64 NR Nicaraguan 40 1 Awwad Al-Sharafat JOR 2015 World 4:07.72 41 2 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 2015 World 9:99.99 DNF Semifinals Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 2015 World 3:35.00 Q 2 2 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2015 World 3:35.05 Q 3 2 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2015 World 3:35.20 Q 4 2 Charlie Grice GBR 2015 World 3:35.58 Q 5 2 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 2015 World 3:35.74Q 6 2 Robby Andrews USA 2015 World 3:35.88 q 7 2 Aman Wote ETH 2015 World 3:35.97 q 8 2 Johan Cronje RSA 2015 World 3:36.59 9 2 Morhad Amdouni FRA 2015 World 3:37.79 10 2 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot CAN 2015 World 3:39.62 11 2 Julian Matthews NZL 2015 World 3:40.45 12 2 David Bustos ESP 2015 World 3:42.48 13 1 Asbel Kiprop KEN 2015 World 3:43.48 Q 14 1 Nick Willis NZL 2015 World 3:43.57 Q 15 1 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2015 World 3:43.64 Q 16 1 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. USA 2015 World 3:43.97 Q 17 1 Leonel Manzano USA 2015 World 3:44.28 Q 18 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2015 World 3:44.31 19 1 Chris O'Hare GBR 2015 World 3:44.36 20 1 Pieter-Jan Hannes BEL 2015 World 3:44.38 21 1 Yassine Bensghir MAR 2015 World 3:44.95 (Later DQ for dopingIAAF: Doping sanctions - News 175 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221042519/https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=7b10b376-7b56-4999-b9f9-a10291c49e96.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20175 21 December 2016 , 28 July 2016]) 22 1 İlham Tanui Özbilen TUR 2015 World 3:45.70 23 1 Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin DJI 2015 World 3:46.82 24 1 Carlos Díaz CHI 2015 World 3:47.48 Final The final was held on 30 August at 19:45.Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Asbel Kiprop KEN 2015 World 3:34.40 Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 2015 World 3:34.63 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2015 World 3:34.67 04 4 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2015 World 3:34.76 05 5 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2015 World 3:34.81 06 6 Nick Willis NZL 2015 World 3:35.46 07 7 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 2015 World 3:36.05 08 8 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. USA 2015 World 3:36.13 09 9 Charlie Grice GBR 2015 World 3:36.21 10 Leonel Manzano USA 2015 World 3:37.26 11 Robby Andrews USA 2015 World 3:38.29 12 Aman Wote ETH 2015 World 9:99.99 DNF References 1500 Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships