2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9 and 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Abdalaati Iguider (far right) en route to his victory.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Abdalaati Iguider
 Morocco
Ilham Tanui Özbilen
 Turkey
Mekonnen Gebremedhin
 Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:31.18 Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
Championship record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:33.77 Maebashi, Japan 7 March 1999
World Leading  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:34.10 Liévin, France 14 February 2012
African record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:31.18 Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
Asian record  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) 3:36.28 Stockholm, Sweden 20 February 2007
European record  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) 3:33.32 Piraeus, Greece 24 February 1999
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
 Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:35.23 Birmingham, Great Britain 16 February 2008
Oceanian Record  Nick Willis (NZL) 3:35.80 Birmingham, Great Britain 20 February 2010
South American record  Agberto Guimarães (BRA) 3:42.70 Piraeus, Greece 8 March 1989

Qualification standards

Indoor Outdoor
3:42.00 or 3:59.00 (Mile) 3:34.25 or 3:52.00 (Mile)

Schedule

Date Time Round
March 9, 201212:55Heats
March 10, 201219:00Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times qualified (q). The qualification round started at 12:59 and ended at 13:10.[1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Abdalaati Iguider Morocco3:38.41Q
22Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia3:39.16Q
32Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti3:39.51Q, NR
42Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States3:39.54q
52Silas Kiplagat Kenya3:39.59q
62Francisco Javier Abad Spain3:40.55q
71Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey3:41.93Q
81Aman Wote Ethiopia3:42.24Q
91Amine Laâlou Morocco3:42.36Q
101Bethwell Birgen Kenya3:42.72
112Yegor Nikolayev Russia3:43.33
121Galen Rupp United States3:43.39PB
131David Bustos Spain3:43.66
141Gregory Beugnet France3:44.20
151Oleksandr Borysiuk Ukraine3:44.28
161Lewis Moses Great Britain3:45.04
DQ2Mohammed Shaween Saudi Arabia3:45.12 [[List of Saudi Arabian records in athletics</s>|NR]], Doping
172Kemal Koyuncu Turkey3:45.33SB
182Ryan Foster Australia3:46.26PB
192James Brewer Great Britain3:47.58
201Mohamad Al-Garni Qatar3:47.63
211Ciaran O'Lionaird Ireland3:50.12PB
221Abdallahi Cheikh Mauritania4:47.24NR

Final

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.[2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Abdalaati Iguider Morocco3:45.21
Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey3:45.35
Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia3:45.90
4Aman Wote Ethiopia3:47.02
5Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti3:47.35
6Silas Kiplagat Kenya3:47.42
7Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States3:47.42
8Francisco Javier Abad Spain3:48.14
9Amine Laâlou Morocco3:49.14

References

  1. "2012 World Indoor Championships – 1500 Metres Men (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  2. "2012 World Indoor Championships – 1500 Metres Men (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
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