2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

None thumb|110px|Official video The Men's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1 & 3. The winning margin was 0.23 seconds. In the heats, Mehdi Baala, who has a history of this sort of incident, fell flat on his face as the final sprint began.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/826661-track-field-world-championships-winners-and-losers-from-day-4 Track and Field World Championships: Winners and Losers from Day 4 Bleacher Report He was eventually advanced by the referees to the semi-finals, where he qualified for the final. The first semi-final went out slowly and was a strategic race with a bunch finish. Defending champion Yusuf Saad Kamel finished 6th in that semi and failed to make the time qualifier. The second semi went out on a decidedly faster pace bringing the time qualifiers along with the automatic qualifiers. Previous silver medalist Deresse Mekonnen was left behind in the final kick. With Bernard Lagat opting to run the 5,000 metres, no returning medalists made the final, though all current Olympic medalists did make the final. The final went out at 4 minute mile pace, with Nick Willis leading Matthew Centrowitz and the pack through a 60-second 400, slowing to almost 2:02 by 800. Shortly after that, the Kenyans Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat moved to the front, chased by Mekonnen Gebremedhin and much of the pack swallowed the early leaders. Centrowitz stepped to the side and followed. As the pack tried to jockey for position, Kiprop refused to relinquish the lead along the rail, even as teammate Kiplagat took the lead on the outside during the backstretch. Kiprop and then Kiplagat continued that way to the finish. Abdalaati Iguider stayed a step behind Kiprop and was in third coming down the home stretch. As he faded, Centrowitz, who had come around the outside followed by Manuel Olmedo moved back up to finish third. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAsbel KipropKenya 2011 WorldSilas KiplagatKenya 2011 WorldMatthew CentrowitzUSA 2011 World Records World recordHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:26.00Rome, Italy 14 July 1998Championship recordHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:27.65Seville, Spain14 August 1999World LeadingSilas Kiplagat KEN3:30.47Monaco22 July 2011African recordHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:26.00Rome, Italy 14 July 1998Asian recordRashid Ramzi BHR3:29.14Rome, Italy 14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean recordBernard Lagat USA3:29.30Rieti, Italy28 August 2005South American recordHudson de Souza BRA3:33.25Rieti, Italy28 August 2005European recordFermín Cacho ESP3:28.95Zürich, Switzerland13 August 1997Oceanian recordRyan Gregson AUS3:31.06Monaco22 July 2010 Qualification standards A timeB time 3:35.00 3:38.00 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 30, 2011 11:20 HeatsSeptember 1, 2011 19:55 SemifinalsSeptember 3, 2011 20:15 Final Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 2011 World 3:38.54 Q 2 1 Nick Willis NZL 2011 World 3:39.24 Q 3 1 Yoann Kowal FRA 2011 World 3:39.33 Q 4 1 Diego Ruiz ESP 2011 World 3:39.33 Q 5 1 Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 2011 World 3:39.35 Q 6 1 Matthew Centrowitz USA 2011 World 3:39.46 Q 7 1 Chaminda Wijekoon SRI 2011 World 3:39.61 q, NR 8 3 Amine Laâlou MAR 2011 World 3:39.86 Q 9 1 Ryan Gregson AUS 2011 World 3:40.01 q 10 3 Deresse Mekonnen ETH 2011 World 3:40.08Q 11 3 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2011 World 3:40.13Q 12 3 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2011 World 3:40.15Q 13 3 Yusuf Saad Kamel BHR 2011 World 3:40.27 Q, SB 14 3 Ciaran O'Lionaird IRL 2011 World 3:40.41 Q 15 3 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 2011 World 3:40.71 q 16 3 Leonel Manzano USA 2011 World 3:40.77 q 17 3 Geoffrey Martinson CAN 2011 World 3:40.98 q 18 1 Zebene Alemayehu ETH 2011 World 3:41.08 q 19 1 James Shane GBR 2011 World 3:41.17 20 2 Asbel Kiprop KEN 2011 World 3:41.22 Q 21 2 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2011 World 3:41.28 Q 22 3 Andreas Vojta AUT 2011 World 3:41.34 23 2 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2011 World 3:41.41 Q 24 2 Manuel Olmedo ESP 2011 World 3:41.78Q 25 2 Tarek Boukensa ALG 2011 World 3:41.87Q 26 2 Eduard Villanueva VEN 2011 World 3:41.89Q 27 3 Hamza Driouch QAT 2011 World 3:42.09 28 2 Jeffrey Riseley AUS 2011 World 3:42.22 29 2 Andrew Wheating USA 2011 World 3:42.68 30 2 Dmitrijs Jurkevičs LAT 2011 World 3:42.69 31 2 Jeroen D'Hoedt BEL 2011 World 3:45.54 32 3 Nabil Mohammed Al-Garbi YEM 2011 World 3:50.17 PB 33 2 Charles Delys PYF 2011 World 3:51.36 SB 34 3 Florian Carvalho FRA 2011 World 3:53.88 35 1 Sin Sang-min KOR 2011 World 3:55.02 36 2 Mehdi Baala FRA 2011 World 4:13.10 q by Referees 37 2 Ribeiro Pinto De Carvalho TLS 2011 World 4:30.56 PB 99 1 Mohammed Shaween KSA 2011 World 9:99.99 DNF Semifinals Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Asbel Kiprop KEN 2011 World 3:36.75 Q 2 2 Tarek Boukensa ALG 2011 World 3:36.84 Q 3 2 Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 2011 World 3:36.87 Q 4 2 Manuel Olmedo ESP 2011 World 3:36.91 Q 5 2 Eduar Villanueva VEN 2011 World 3:36.96 Q, NR 6 2 Ciaran O'Lionaird IRL 2011 World 3:36.96 q 7 2 Nick Willis NZL 2011 World 3:37.39 q 8 2 Yoann Kowal FRA 2011 World 3:37.44 9 2 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 2011 World 3:37.58 10 2 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 2011 World 3:37.92 11 2 Deresse Mekonnen ETH 2011 World 3:44.65 12 2 Chaminda Wijekoon SRI 2011 World 3:44.81 13 1 Matthew Centrowitz USA 2011 World 3:46.66 Q 14 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2011 World 3:46.71 Q 15 1 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2011 World 3:46.75 Q 16 1 Mehdi Baala FRA 2011 World 3:46.87 Q 17 1 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2011 World 3:46.89 Q 18 1 Yusuf Saad Kamel BHR 2011 World 3:47.18 19 1 Amine Laâlou MAR 2011 World 3:47.65 20 1 Ryan Gregson AUS 2011 World 3:47.89 21 2 Leonel Manzano USA 2011 World 3:47.98 22 1 Geoffrey Martinson CAN 2011 World 3:48.83 23 1 Diego Ruiz ESP 2011 World 3:49.26 24 1 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2011 World 3:50.86 25 1 Zebene Alemayehu ETH 2011 World 3:51.19 Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Asbel Kiprop KEN 2011 World 3:35.69 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2011 World 3:35.92 Matthew Centrowitz USA 2011 World 3:36.08 04 4 Manuel Olmedo ESP 2011 World 3:36.33 05 5 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2011 World 3:36.56 06 6 Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 2011 World 3:36.80 07 7 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2011 World 3:36.81 08 8 Eduar Villanueva VEN 2011 World 3:37.31 09 9 Mehdi Baala FRA 2011 World 3:37.46 10 Ciaran O'Lionaird IRL 2011 World 3:37.81 11 Tarek Boukensa ALG 2011 World 3:38.05 12 Nick Willis NZL 2011 World 3:38.69 References External links 1500 metres results at IAAF website 1500 Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships