2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

2012 IAAF World Indoor
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Abdalaati Iguider (far right) en route to his victory.

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

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
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, 2012 12:55 Heats
March 10, 2012 19:00 Final

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]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Abdalaati Iguider Morocco 3:38.41 Q
2 2 Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia 3:39.16 Q
3 2 Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti 3:39.51 Q, NR
4 2 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States 3:39.54 q
5 2 Silas Kiplagat Kenya 3:39.59 q
6 2 Francisco Javier Abad Spain 3:40.55 q
7 1 Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey 3:41.93 Q
8 1 Aman Wote Ethiopia 3:42.24 Q
9 1 Amine Laâlou Morocco 3:42.36 Q
10 1 Bethwell Birgen Kenya 3:42.72
11 2 Yegor Nikolayev Russia 3:43.33
12 1 Galen Rupp United States 3:43.39 PB
13 1 David Bustos Spain 3:43.66
14 1 Gregory Beugnet France 3:44.20
15 1 Oleksandr Borysiuk Ukraine 3:44.28
16 1 Lewis Moses Great Britain 3:45.04
DQ 2 Mohammed Shaween Saudi Arabia 3:45.12 NR, Doping
17 2 Kemal Koyuncu Turkey 3:45.33 SB
18 2 Ryan Foster Australia 3:46.26 PB
19 2 James Brewer Great Britain 3:47.58
20 1 Mohamad Al-Garni Qatar 3:47.63
21 1 Ciaran O'Lionaird Ireland 3:50.12 PB
22 1 Abdallahi Cheikh Mauritania 4:47.24 NR

Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdalaati Iguider Morocco 3:45.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey 3:45.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia 3:45.90
4 Aman Wote Ethiopia 3:47.02
5 Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti 3:47.35
6 Silas Kiplagat Kenya 3:47.42
7 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States 3:47.42
8 Francisco Javier Abad Spain 3:48.14
9 Amine Laâlou Morocco 3:49.14

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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