2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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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  France 3:44.20
15 1  Ukraine 3:44.28
16 1  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  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  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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