2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 6 October 2019.[1]

Men's 1500 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates3 October (heats)
4 October (semi-finals)
6 October (final)
Competitors43 from 24 nations
Winning time3:29.26
Medalists
    Kenya
    Algeria
    Poland
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

In modern history, championship races are slow strategic affairs where fast athletes are unwilling to sacrifice their medals by running a fast pace. Fast races happen in more controlled environments with planned pace setters at major European meets.

Timothy Cheruiyot didn't get the memo. From the gun, Cheruiyot and his Kenyan teammate Ronald Kwemoi went out hard, breaking away by 2 metres in the first 200. The guys who usually drop to the back realized this was serious and started scrambling to the front. Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and silver medalist Taoufik Makhloufi formed a chase group 5 metres back, Jakob Ingebrigtsen leading the peloton another 5 metres back. Over the next lap, the chasers fell back to the peloton, the breakaway now 10 metres. Cheruiyot kept up the pressure, over the next half lap, Kwemoi fell off his back. By the bell, Kwemoi was back to the peloton, again led by Makhloufi. The next on the front were Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr. It appeared a more mature 23 year old Cheruiyot had learned from his fast early pace at the 2015 World Relays where he fell apart on the last lap. Here, there was no sign of letting up. Down the backstretch, coming from 9th place, Marcin Lewandowski ran around the outside of the pack, hitting Makhloufi's shoulder by the beginning of the final turn. The other competitors were already fully extended and couldn't make any dramatic moves. Cheruiyot crossed the finish line 17 metres ahead of Makhloufi. Lewandowski was able to stay a metre behind Makhloufi, trying to nudge ahead in vain at the finish line. The others fell off the back with only Ingebrigtsen remaining two metres behind Lewandowski and Jake Wightman yet another metre back.

While 3:29.26 was "only" the 57th best performance ever, it was the third fastest Olympic or World Championship performance, only bettered by the 1999 championships when the number 2 miler ever, Noah Ngeny chased world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj to the championship record,[2] and unlike that race, this was done off the front, solo.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

World record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Championship record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 Sevilla, Spain 24 August 1999
World Leading  Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:28.77 Lausanne, Switzerland 5 July 2019
African Record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Asian Record  Rashid Ramzi (BHR) 3:29.14 Rome, Italy 14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:29.30 Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
South American Record  Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) 3:33.25 Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
European Record  Mo Farah (GBR) 3:28.81 Monaco 19 July 2013
Oceanian record  Nick Willis (NZL) 3:29.66 Monaco 17 July 2015

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Polish 3:31.46 Marcin Lewandowski  POL 6 Oct 2019
Swedish 3:33.70 Kalle Berglund  SWE

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:36.00 or 3:53.10 for the mile.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
3 October22:00Heats
4 October20:10Semi-finals
6 October19:40Final

Results

Heats

The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.[6]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti (DJI)3:36.16Q
23Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria (ALG)3:36.18Q
33Kalle Berglund Sweden (SWE)3:36.19Q
43Neil Gourley Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:36.31Q
53Craig Engels United States (USA)3:36.35Q
63Ronald Musagala Uganda (UGA)3:36.54Q
73Ronald Kwemoi Kenya (KEN)3:36.66q
83Jesús Gómez Spain (ESP)3:36.72q
92Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN)3:36.82Q
103Stewart McSweyn Australia (AUS)3:36.88q
112Josh Kerr Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:36.99Q
122Ben Blankenship United States (USA)3:37.13Q
132Filip Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:37.26Q
142Abdelaati Iguider Morocco (MAR)3:37.44Q
152Kevin López Spain (ESP)3:37.62Q
161Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:37.67Q
171Alexis Miellet France (FRA)3:37.69Q
181Matthew Centrowitz Jr. United States (USA)3:37.69Q
191Jake Wightman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:37.72Q
201Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL)3:37.75Q
211Amos Bartelsmeyer Germany (GER)3:37.80Q
221Samuel Tefera Ethiopia (ETH)3:37.82q
232Isaac Kimeli Belgium (BEL)3:37.87q
242Youssouf Hich Bachir Djibouti (DJI)3:37.93q
251Adel Mechaal Spain (ESP)3:37.95
262Kumari Taki Kenya (KEN)3:37.98
271Filip Sasínek Czech Republic (CZE)3:38.17
281George Manangoi Kenya (KEN)3:38.39
291Ryan Gregson Australia (AUS)3:38.69
301Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin Djibouti (DJI)3:38.79
313Ismael Debjani Belgium (BEL)3:39.11
323Jakub Holuša Czech Republic (CZE)3:39.79
331Hicham Ouladha Morocco (MAR)3:39.86
342Jinson Johnson India (IND)3:39.86
353Abdullahi Jama Mohamed Somalia (SOM)3:40.84
362Teddese Lemi Ethiopia (ETH)3:41.32qR
373Abdirahman Saeed Hassan Qatar (QAT)3:42.24
382Musulman Dzholomanov Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)3:45.07
391Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich Kenya (KEN)3:45.19
403Yach Majok Koon Wol South Sudan (SSD)3:46.24
412Matthew Ramsden Australia (AUS)3:47.59qR
422Paulo Amotun Lokoro Athlete Refugee Team (ART)3:48.98
431Lucirio Antonio Garrido Venezuela (VEN)3:52.93
3Brahim Kaazouzi Morocco (MAR)DNS
2Rabil Doukkana France (FRA)

Semi-finals

The first five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[7]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL)3:36.50Q
21Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN)3:36.53Q
32Ronald Kwemoi Kenya (KEN)3:36.53Q
42Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:36.58Q
52Josh Kerr Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:36.58Q
61Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria (ALG)3:36.69Q
71Neil Gourley Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:36.69Q
81Craig Engels United States (USA)3:36.69Q
91Kalle Berglund Sweden (SWE)3:36.72Q
102Youssouf Hich Bachir Djibouti (DJI)3:36.72Q, SB
112Matthew Centrowitz Jr. United States (USA)3:36.77q, SB
122Jake Wightman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:36.85q
131Ben Blankenship United States (USA)3:36.98
141Filip Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:37.00
152Matthew Ramsden Australia (AUS)3:37.16PB
162Ronald Musagala Uganda (UGA)3:37.19
171Alexis Miellet France (FRA)3:37.39
181Isaac Kimeli Belgium (BEL)3:37.50
192Kevin López Spain (ESP)3:37.56
202Amos Bartelsmeyer Germany (GER)3:37.74
211Stewart McSweyn Australia (AUS)3:37.95
221Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti (DJI)3:38.35
231Teddese Lemi Ethiopia (ETH)3:38.79PB
241Jesús Gómez Spain (ESP)3:40.29
252Abdelaati Iguider Morocco (MAR)3:42.23
2Samuel Tefera Ethiopia (ETH)DNF

Final

The final was started on 6 October at 19:40.[8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN)3:29.26
Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria (ALG)3:31.38SB
Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL)3:31.46NR
4Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:31.70
5Jake Wightman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:31.87PB
6Josh Kerr Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:32.52PB
7Ronald Kwemoi Kenya (KEN)3:32.72SB
8Matthew Centrowitz Jr. United States (USA)3:32.81SB
9Kalle Berglund Sweden (SWE)3:33.70NR
10Craig Engels United States (USA)3:34.24
11Neil Gourley Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:37.30
12Youssouf Hich Bachir Djibouti (DJI)3:37.96

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