2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
Deresse Mekonnen
 Ethiopia
Abdalaati Iguider
 Morocco
Haron Keitany
 Kenya

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2010 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  Deresse Mekonnen (ETH) 3:33.10 Birmingham, Great Britain 20 February 2010
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
3:42.50 or 4:00.00 (Mile) 3:34.50 or 3:52.00 (Mile)

Schedule[]

Date Time Round
March 12, 2010 15:45 Heats
March 13, 2010 17:45 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco 3:37.14 Q
2 3 Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 3:38.90 Q
3 3 Garrett Heath  United States 3:39.25 q, PB
4 3 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 3:39.63 q
5 2 Deresse Mekonnen  Ethiopia 3:39.66 Q
6 1 Amine Laâlou  Morocco 3:39.96 Q, PB
7 2 Diego Ruiz  Spain 3:40.00 Q
8 2 Haron Keitany  Kenya 3:40.04 q
9 1 Juan Van Deventer  South Africa 3:40.07 Q
10 1 Gideon Gathimba  Kenya 3:40.08
11 1 Abdelkader Bakhtache  France 3:40.49
12 3 Adrian Blincoe  New Zealand 3:40.50 PB
13 1 Álvaro Rodríguez  Spain 3:40.96
14 2 Will Leer  United States 3:42.16
15 2  Great Britain 3:42.57
16 3 Goran Nava  Serbia 3:42.79
17 1 Bruno Albuquerque  Portugal 3:44.32
18 2 Peter van der Westhuizen  South Africa 3:45.76
19 1 Christian Klein  Germany 3:46.14
20 3 Christian Obrist  Italy 3:46.33
21 1 Abubaker Ali Kamal  Qatar 3:46.51
22 2 Thamer Kamal Ali  Qatar 3:49.64
23 2  Republic of the Congo 4:02.55 PB
24 2 Ajmal Amirov  Tajikistan 4:03.75 SB
3 Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain DNS

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Deresse Mekonnen  Ethiopia 3:41.86
Silver medal icon.svg Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco 3:41.96
Bronze medal icon.svg Haron Keitany  Kenya 3:42.32
4 Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 3:42.42
5 Amine Laâlou  Morocco 3:42.42
6 Juan Van Deventer  South Africa 3:43.77
7 Garrett Heath  United States 3:43.81
8 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 3:45.22
9 Diego Ruiz  Spain 3:52.45

References[]

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