2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 13 August.Start list The winning margin was 0.38 seconds.

Summary

From the gun in the final, the Kenyan team took charge as Elijah Manangoi from the inside and Timothy Cheruiyot from the outside squeezed the pack behind their wall. The third Kenyan, Asbel Kiprop went to his typical position marking the back of the pack. After a moderate lap, controlling the pace, Kiprop moved forward and the two leaders accelerated to a quick five metre breakaway. In the next half lap, that break expanded to 10 metres with only Kiprop able to bridge the gap. Through the next half lap, three men, led by Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR), followed by Adel Mechaal (ESP) and Sadik Mikhou (BHR) were able to bridge the gap, with Ingebrigtsen able to reach the trailing Kiprop on the inside at the bell. Ingebrigtsen was able to hold the inside, making Kiprop run to the outside through the penultimate turn. Down the backstretch Mechaal was also able to pass Kiprop, who was struggling. The sweep was broken but Cheruiyot and Manangoi were still in front, Cheruiyot holding the leading inside position. Coming off the turn, Manangoi displayed some of his reputed 46 second (400) speed, running past his teammate and on to a 2-metre victory. Three metres behind, Mechaal made a serious move to try to get ahead of Ingebrigtsen, trying to pass in the narrow space on the inside. He got his shoulders as far as Ingebrigtsen's 10 metres prior to the finish but couldn't get by, both men struggling and falling toward the finish line. Ingebrigtsen leaned for the bronze medal position while Mechaal put his hand out onto Ingebrigtsen's back. Ingebrigtsen fell into a sideways somersault after the finish, both finishing just ahead of a fast closing Jakub Holuša (CZE).

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld3:26.00Hicham El Guerrouj14 Jul 1998Rome, ItalyChampionship3:27.65Hicham El Guerrouj24 Aug 1999Sevilla, SpainWorld leading3:28.80Elijah Motonei Manangoi21 Jul 2017MonacoAfrican3:26.00Hicham El Guerrouj14 Jul 1998Rome, ItalyAsian3:29.14Rashid Ramzi14 Jul 2006Rome, ItalyNACAC3:29.30Bernard LagatRieti, ItalySouth American3:33.25Hudson de Souza28 Aug 2005Rieti, ItalyEuropean3:28.81Mohamed Farah19 Jul 2013MonacoOceanian3:29.66Nicholas Willis17 Jul 2015Monaco

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Gibraltarian3:44.03Harvey Dixon10 Aug 2017

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:36.00.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round10 August 20:25 Heats11 August 20:10 Semifinals13 August 20:30 Final

Results Heats The first round took place on 10 August in three heats as follows:

Heat 1 2 3 Start time 20:25 20:37 20:48 Photo finishlinklinklink

The first six in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Luke Mathews 3:38.19 2 3 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:38.41 3 3 Filip Ingebrigtsen 3:38.46 4 3 Jake Wightman 3:38.50 5 3 Homiyu Tesfaye 3:38.57 6 3 Adel Mechaal 3:38.99 7 3 Fouad Elkaam 3:39.33 8 3 John Gregorek 3:39.62 9 3 Kalle Berglund 3:39.62 10 3 Benson Seurei 3:39.77 11 3 Michał Rozmys 3:40.28 12 2 Sadik Mikhou 3:42.12 13 2 Jakub Holuša 3:42.31 14 2 Chris O'Hare 3:42.53 15 2 Ronald Musagala 3:42.75 16 2 Nick Willis 3:42.75 17 2 Robby Andrews 3:43.03 18 2 Ronald Kwemoi 3:43.10 19 2 Federico Bruno 3:43.16 20 2 Ryan Gregson 3:43.28 21 2 Marc Alcalá 3:43.28 22 3 Ismael Debjani 3:43.71 23 3 Harvey Dixon 3:44.03 24 1 Elijah Manangoi 3:45.93 25 1 Asbel Kiprop 3:45.96 26 1 Timo Benitz 3:46.01 27 1 Abdalaati Iguider 3:46.03 28 1 Marcin Lewandowski 3:46.06 29 1 Jordan Williamsz 3:46.11 30 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 3:46.17 31 1 Samuel Tefera 3:46.22 32 1 David Torrence 3:46.39 33 1 Ayanleh Souleiman 3:46.64 34 1 Josh Kerr 3:47.30 35 1 Abderrahmane Anou 3:47.38 36 1 David Bustos 3:47.52 37 1 Matthew Centrowitz 3:48.34 38 2 Benjamín Enzema 3:48.39 39 3 Erick Rodríguez 3:52.35 40 2 Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu 3:52.78 41 2 Richard Douma 3:55.36 3 Taresa Tolosa 2 Brahim Akachab 2 Chala Regassa 1 Thiago André

Semifinals The semifinals took place on 11 August in two heats as follows:

Heat 1 2 Start time 20:10 20:20 Photo finishlinklink

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Jakub Holuša 3:38.05 2 2 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:38.14 3 2 Marcin Lewandowski 3:38.32 4 2 Chris O'Hare 3:38.59 5 2 Fouad Elkaam 3:38.64 6 2 Nick Willis 3:38.68 7 2 John Gregorek 3:38.68 8 2 Jordan Williamsz 3:38.93 9 2 Ronald Kwemoi 3:39.47 10 2 Homiyu Tesfaye 3:39.72 11 2 Kalle Berglund 3:40.05 12 1 Elijah Manangoi 3:40.10 13 1 Asbel Kiprop 3:40.14 14 1 Filip Ingebrigtsen 3:40.23 15 1 Sadik Mikhou 3:40.52 16 1 Adel Mechaal 3:40.60 17 1 Abdalaati Iguider 3:40.76 18 1 Luke Mathews 3:40.91 19 2 Benson Seurei 3:40.96 20 1 Jake Wightman 3:41.79 21 1 Ronald Musagala 3:42.01 22 1 Michał Rozmys 3:42.94 23 1 Timo Benitz 3:44.38 24 2 Richard Douma 3:47.74 1 Robby Andrews

Final The final took place on 13 August at 20:30. The results were as follows (photo finish):

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Elijah Manangoi 3:33.61 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:33.99 Filip Ingebrigtsen 3:34.53 Adel Mechaal 3:34.71 Jakub Holuša 3:34.89 Sadik Mikhou 3:35.81 Marcin Lewandowski 3:36.02 Nick Willis 3:36.82 Asbel Kiprop 3:37.24 10 John Gregorek 3:37.56 11 Fouad Elkaam 3:37.72 12 Chris O'Hare 3:38.28

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