The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9 and 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAbdalaati IguiderIlham Tanui ÖzbilenMekonnen Gebremedhin
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record3:31.18Stuttgart, Germany2 February 1997Championship record3:33.77 Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999World Leading3:34.10Liévin, France14 February 2012African record3:31.18Stuttgart, Germany2 February 1997Asian record3:36.28Stockholm, Sweden20 February 2007European record3:33.32Piraeus, Greece24 February 1999North and Central American and Caribbean record3:35.23Birmingham, Great Britain16 February 2008Oceanian Record3:35.80Birmingham, Great Britain20 February 2010South American record3:42.70Piraeus, Greece8 March 1989
Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 3:42.00 or 3:59.00 (Mile) 3:34.25 or 3:52.00 (Mile)
Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 12:55 HeatsMarch 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.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Abdalaati Iguider 3:38.41 Q 2 2 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:39.16 Q 3 2 Ayanleh Souleiman 3:39.51 Q, NR 4 2 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 3:39.54 q 5 2 Silas Kiplagat 3:39.59 q 6 2 Francisco Javier Abad 3:40.55 q 7 1 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 3:41.93 Q 8 1 Aman Wote 3:42.24 Q 9 1 Amine Laâlou 3:42.36 Q 10 1 Bethwell Birgen 3:42.72 11 2 Yegor Nikolayev 3:43.33 12 1 Galen Rupp 3:43.39 PB 13 1 David Bustos 3:43.66 14 1 Gregory Beugnet 3:44.20 15 1 Oleksandr Borysiuk 3:44.28 16 1 Lewis Moses 3:45.04 2 Mohammed Shaween 3:45.12 NR, Doping 17 2 Kemal Koyuncu 3:45.33 SB 18 2 Ryan Foster 3:46.26 PB 19 2 James Brewer 3:47.58 20 1 Mohamad Al-Garni 3:47.63 21 1 Ciaran O'Lionaird 3:50.12 PB 22 1 Abdallahi Cheikh 4:47.24 NR
Final 9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abdalaati Iguider 3:45.21 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 3:45.35 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:45.90 4 Aman Wote 3:47.02 5 Ayanleh Souleiman 3:47.35 6 Silas Kiplagat 3:47.42 7 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 3:47.42 8 Francisco Javier Abad 3:48.14 9 Amine Laâlou 3:49.14
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