2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

2016 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fouad El Kaam  Morocco	Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya	Kenya

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:44.44	Q
2	2	Taresa Tolosa	Ethiopia	3:44.58	Q
3	2	Eric Kiptanui	Kenya	3:44.66	Q
4	2	Younés Essalhi	Morocco	3:44.70	Q
5	1	Fouad El Kaam	Morocco	3:46.48	Q
6	2	Santino Kenyi	South Sudan	3:47.31	Q
7	1		Kenya	3:47.80	Q
8	1		Ethiopia	3:48.43	Q
9	2		South Sudan	3:48.43	q
10	1	Dumisani Hlaselo	South Africa	3:50.58	Q
11	2		Namibia	3:51.55
12	1		Zimbabwe	3:51.70	Q
13	1		Botswana	3:52.31
14	1	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	3:54.48
15	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	3:54.76
16	1		South Sudan	3:55.14
17	2	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3:56.12	q
18	1	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	4:11.87
	1		Malawi	DNS
	1		Somalia	DNS
	1		Ethiopia	DNS
	1		Central African Republic	DNS
	2	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	DNS
	2		Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2		Gambia	DNS
	2		Burundi	DNS
	2		Zimbabwe	DNS
	2		South Sudan	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fouad El Kaam	Morocco	3:39.49
	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:39.71
		Kenya	3:40.78
4	Younés Essalhi	Morocco	3:41.34
5	Taresa Tolosa	Ethiopia	3:42.23
6		Ethiopia	3:43.56
7	Eric Kiptanui	Kenya	3:43.81
8	Dumisani Hlaselo	South Africa	3:44.53
9	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3:45.26
10	Santino Kenyi	South Sudan	3:45.34	NR
11		Zimbabwe	3:48.40
12		South Sudan	3:48.70

References[]