The men's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 16 to 19 July 2022.Timetable The winning margin was 0.24 seconds.
Summary
Right from the start, Abel Kipsang went to the front to keep the pace honest. Josh Thompson moved in to follow until Stewart McSweyn took the second position. They completed the first lap in 55.5. When defending champion Timothy Cheruiyot moved up to join his Kenyan teammate, Olympic Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took that seriously and followed. The second time down the home stretch, Ingebrigtsen cruised past the Kenyans into the lead. Cheruiyot marked Ingebrigtsen, with British runners Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr moving toward the front. By the bell the two Spaniards Mohamed Katir and Mario García Romo had come up to behind the Brits. Three teams cued up behind Ingebrigtsen. On the rail, Wightman traded elbows with Kipsang boxing him to the outside. With 300 to go, Wightman accelerated past Cheruiyot to Ingebrigtsen's shoulder. With 200 to go, Wightman went for it, passing Ingebrigtsen at the start of the turn. It opened into little more than a metre gap, but all the way down the homestretch, Ingebrigtsen was unable to close it. Behind them, Katir came through on the rail, also trading elbows with Cheruiyot before breaking free, drifting to the outside. Wightman beat Ingebrigtsen to the line to complete the upset. Katir trailed them by 3 metres in for bronze.
Wightman's victory was called for the fans in attendance as usual by the stadium commentator. Uniquely, on this occasion that also happened to be the gold medalist's coach and father, Geoff Wightman.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998Championship record3:27.65Seville, Spain24 August 1999World Leading3:31.01Nairobi, Kenya7 May 2022African Record3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998Asian Record3:29.14Rome, Italy14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record3:29.30Rieti, Italy28 August 2005South American Record3:33.25Rieti, Italy28 August 2005European Record3:28.32Tokyo, Japan6 August 2021Oceanian record3:29.51Monte Carlo, Monaco9 July 2021 The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date World Leading3:29.23Jake Wightman19 Jul 2022 Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:35.00.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round16 July 18:30 Heats17 July 19:00 Semi-finals19 July 19:30 Final
Results The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.Heats summary
Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Stewart McSweyn 3:34.91 Q, 2 2 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 3:35.02 Q, 3 2 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:35.12 Q 4 2 Jake Wightman 3:35.31 Q 5 2 Mario García Romo 3:35.43 Q, 6 2 John Gregorek Jr. 3:35.65 Q 7 2 Santiago Catrofe 3:35.86 q, 8 1 Olli Hoare 3:36.17 Q 9 2 Teddese Lemi 3:36.24 q 10 1 Samuel Tefera 3:36.35 Q 11 1 Andrew Coscoran 3:36.36 Q, 12 1 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:36.41 Q 13 2 Kumari Taki 3:36.47 q 14 1 Charles Grethen 3:36.51 Q 15 1 Neil Gourley 3:36.54 Q 16 1 Ignacio Fontes 3:36.69 q 17 1 Michał Rozmys 3:36.76 q 18 1 Cameron Proceviat 3:37.43 q 19 1 Christoph Kessler 3:37.57 20 2 Charles Simotwo 3:37.66 21 1 Abdellatif Sadiki 3:37.76 22 2 Anass Essayi 3:38.60 23 3 Josh Kerr 3:38.94 Q 24 3 Joshua Thompson 3:39.10 Q 25 1 Ryan Mphahlele 3:39.17 26 3 Abel Kipsang 3:39.21 Q 27 3 William Paulson 3:39.21 Q 28 3 Samuel Tanner 3:39.33 Q 29 3 Mohamed Katir 3:39.45 Q 30 3 Ruben Verheyden 3:39.46 31 3 Filip Sasínek 3:39.47 32 3 Matthew Ramsden 3:39.83 33 3 Ferdinand Kvan Edman 3:39.92 34 2 Ismael Debjani 3:39.96 35 3 Elhassane Moujahid 3:39.98 36 3 Samuel Zeleke 3:40.77 37 3 Ronald Musagala 3:40.87 38 1 Cooper Teare 3:41.15 39 3 Yervand Mkrtchyan 3:42.37 40 2 Isaac Nader 3:42.81 41 1 Abraham Guem 3:43.47 2 Thiago André
Semi-finals The first five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.Semifinals summary
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Abel Kipsang 3:33.68 Q 2 2 Mohamed Katir 3:34.45 Q, 3 2 Jake Wightman 3:34.48 Q 4 2 Teddese Lemi 3:35.04 Q 5 2 Stewart McSweyn 3:35.07 Q 6 2 Michał Rozmys 3:35.27 q, 7 2 Joshua Thompson 3:35.55 q, 8 2 Samuel Tanner 3:36.32 9 1 Josh Kerr 3:36.92 Q 10 1 Mario García Romo 3:37.01 Q 11 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:37.02 Q 12 1 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:37.04 Q 13 1 Ignacio Fontes 3:37.21 Q 14 1 Neil Gourley 3:37.22 15 1 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 3:37.29 16 1 John Gregorek Jr. 3:37.35 17 1 Samuel Tefera 3:37.71 18 1 Ollie Hoare 3:38.36 19 2 Cameron Proceviat 3:38.83 20 2 Santiago Catrofe 3:40.16 21 1 Charles Grethen 3:40.41 21 2 William Paulson 3:40.41 23 1 Andrew Coscoran 3:44.66 24 2 Kumari Taki 3:50.15
Final The final took place on 19 July at 19:30.Final Start List
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jake Wightman 3:29.23 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:29.47 Mohamed Katir 3:29.90 4Mario García 3:30.20 5Josh Kerr 3:30.60 6Timothy Cheruiyot 3:30.69 7Abel Kipsang 3:31.21 8Teddese Lemi 3:32.98 9Stewart McSweyn 3:33.24 10Michał Rozmys 3:34.58 11Ignacio Fontes 3:34.71 12Joshua Thompson 3:35.57
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