The men's 1500 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 19 to 23 August 2023. British athlete Josh Kerr won the event, followed by Norwegians Jakob Ingebristen and Narve Gilje Nordås.

Summary

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the 2021 Olympic Champion in the event, entered the race as a favorite but was upset by Josh Kerr. Ingebrigtsen led the field through 800 meters in 1:54.2. Kerr moved to the lead with 200 meters remaining. Kerr won by a margin of 0.27 seconds in 3:29.38, followed by Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998Championship record3:27.65Seville, Spain24 August 1999World Leading3:27.14Chorzów, Poland16 July 2023African Record3:26.00Rome, Italy14 July 1998Asian Record3:29.1414 July 2006European Record3:27.14Chorzów, Poland16 July 2023North, Central American and Caribbean record3:29.02Oslo, Norway15 June 2023Oceanian record3:29.41South American Record3:33.25Rieti, Italy28 August 2005

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:34.20.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC +2), was as follows:

Date Time Round19 August 19:02 Heats20 August 17:35 Semi-finals23 August 21:15 Final

Results

Heats

First 6 of each heat (Q) qualify to the semi-finals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:33.94 Q 2 1 Josh Kerr 3:34.00 Q 3 4 Abel Kipsang 3:34.08 Q 4 4 Yared Nuguse 3:34.16 Q 5 4 Adam Spencer 3:34.17 Q 6 1 Reynold Cheruiyot 3:34.24 Q 7 3 Niels Laros 3:34.25 Q 8 4 Charles Grethen 3:34.32 Q, 9 3 Mohamed Katir 3:34.34 Q 10 1 Adel Mechaal 3:34.35 Q 11 1 Isaac Nader 3:34.36 Q 12 3 Cole Hocker 3:34.43 Q 13 3 Pietro Arese 3:34.48 Q 14 1 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 3:34.60 Q 15 4 Elliot Giles 3:34.63 Q 16 3 Narve Gilje Nordås 3:34.67 Q 17 4 Andrew Coscoran 3:34.75 Q 18 4 Ossama Meslek 3:35.12 19 3 Azeddine Habz 3:35.16 Q 20 4 Salim Keddar 3:35.17 21 1 Amos Bartelsmeyer 3:35.44 22 4 Jochem Vermeulen 3:35.45 23 4 Anass Essayi 3:35.63 24 3 Stewart McSweyn 3:36.01 25 4 Michał Rozmys 3:36.26 26 4 Raphael Pallitsch 3:36.47 27 1 Samuel Zeleke 3:36.57 28 3 Kieran Lumb 3:36.66 29 3 Abdellatif Sadiki 3:37.19 30 4 Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen 3:37.27 31 3 Elzan Bibić 3:37.45 32 3 István Szögi 3:37.57 33 1 Abraham Guem 3:37.85 34 3 Abu Mayanja 3:38.15 35 3 Ajay Kumar Saroj 3:38.24 36 3 Diego Lacamoire 3:38.92 37 1 Ryan Mphahlele 3:39.16 38 1 Yervand Mkrtchyan 3:39.35 39 3 Ismael Debjani 3:39.73 40 1 Nicholas Griggs 3:40.72 41 4 Adisu Girma 3:45.86 42 1 Matthew Ramsden 3:46.45 qR 43 2 Mario García 3:46.77 Q 44 2 Tshepo Tshite 3:46.79 Q 45 2 Neil Gourley 3:46.87 Q 46 2 Samuel Tanner 3:46.93 Q 47 2 Ruben Verheyden 3:47.02 Q 48 2 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:47.09 Q 49 2 Joonas Rinne 3:47.16 50 2 Joe Waskom 3:47.26 51 2 Hicham Akankam 3:47.45 52 2 Luke McCann 3:47.48 53 2 Teddese Lemi 3:47.49 54 2 Rob Napolitano 3:48.29 55 2 Joao Bussotti 3:48.55 56 2 Julian Ranc 3:48.63 57 1 Tom Elmer 3:55.72 qR 58 1 Emil Danielsson 3:57.70 qR

Semi-finals First 6 of each semi-final (Q) qualify to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 1 Yared Nuguse 3:32.69 Q2 1 Abel Kipsang 3:32.72 Q 3 1 Niels Laros 3:32.74 Q 4 1 Azeddine Habz 3:32.79 Q5 1 Narve Gilje Nordås 3:32.81 Q 6 1 Neil Gourley 3:32.97 Q 7 1 Tshepo Tshite 3:32.98 8 1 Pietro Arese 3:33.11 9 1 Adel Mechaal 3:33.33 10 1 Mohamed Katir 3:33.56 11 1 Ruben Verheyden 3:33.96 12 1 Emil Danielsson 3:34.16 13 2 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:34.98 Q 14 2 Josh Kerr 3:35.14 Q 15 2 Cole Hocker 3:35.23 Q 16 2 Mario García 3:35.26 Q 17 2 Isaac Nader 3:35.31 Q 18 2 Reynold Cheruiyot 3:35.53 Q 19 2 Charles Grethen 3:36.11 20 2 Samuel Tanner 3:36.58 21 1 Matthew Ramsden 3:36.83 22 1 Andrew Coscoran 3:37.39 23 2 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:37.40 24 2 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 3:37.41 25 2 Tom Elmer 3:38.33 26 2 Elliot Giles 3:39.05 27 2 Adam Spencer 3:42.10

Final The final was started on 23 August at 21:16. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Josh Kerr 3:29.38 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:29.65 Narve Gilje Nordås 3:29.68 4 Abel Kipsang 3:29.89 5 Yared Nuguse 3:30.25 6 Mario García 3:30.26 7 Cole Hocker 3:30.70 8 Reynold Cheruiyot 3:30.78 9 Neil Gourley 3:31.10 10 Niels Laros 3:31.25 11 Azeddine Habz 3:33.14 12 Isaac Nader 3:35.41

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