2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueErgo Arena
Dates7 March (heats)
8 March (final)
Competitors23 from 19 nations
Winning time3:37.52
Medalists
gold medal    Djibouti
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Morocco

The men's 1500 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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  Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR) 3:35.00 Stockholm, Sweden 6 February 2014
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
 Galen Rupp (USA) 3:34.78 Boston, United States 26 January 2013
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
3:41.00 or 3:58.00 (Mile) 3:34.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
7 March 2014 12:25 Heats
8 March 2014 20:00 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Aman Wote Ethiopia 3:36.75 Q
2 3 Abdalaati Iguider Morocco 3:37.83 Q, SB
3 3 Will Leer United States 3:38.02 q
4 3 Bethwell Birgen Kenya 3:38.56 q
5 2 Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti 3:38.94 Q
6 2 Nick Willis New Zealand 3:39.14 Q
7 3 İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey 3:39.31 q
8 3 David McCarthy Ireland 3:39.46
9 2 Silas Kiplagat Kenya 3:39.70
10 2 Chris O'Hare Great Britain 3:40.06
11 3 Adel Mechaal Spain 3:41.27
12 2 Andreas Vojta Austria 3:42.10
13 2 Nathan Brannen Canada 3:42.51
14 2 Mitja Krevs Slovenia 3:43.22 NR
15 1 Homiyu Tesfaye Germany 3:47.07 Q
16 1 Jakub Holuša Czech Republic 3:47.20 Q
17 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia 3:47.22
18 1 Lopez Lomong United States 3:48.06
19 1 Lee Emanuel Great Britain 3:48.09
20 2 Wesam Al-Massri Palestine 3:53.84 NR
21 1 Omar Mohamed Abdi Somalia 3:56.52 PB
22 3 Aitor Gomez Gibraltar 4:07.34 NR
1 Ioan Zaizan Romania DQ R 163.2 [2]

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti 3:37.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aman Wote Ethiopia 3:38.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdalaati Iguider Morocco 3:38.21
4 İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey 3:39.10
5 Jakub Holuša Czech Republic 3:39.23
6 Will Leer United States 3:39.60
7 Homiyu Tesfaye Germany 3:39.90
8 Bethwell Birgen Kenya 3:40.66
Nick Willis New Zealand DQ R 163.3(b) [4]

References

  1. ^ Heats results
  2. ^ Jostling/Obstruction on the track
  3. ^ Final results
  4. ^ Infringement of the inside border; original time – 3:38.47