The men's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China on 21 and 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The heats took place on 21 March during the evening session. The final occurred on 23 March during the evening session.
Background The men's 1500 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 3:29.63 Liévin, France 13 February 2025Championship record 3:32.77 Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022World leading 3:29.63 Liévin, France 13 February 2025
Qualification For the men's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 3:33.50, or 3:50.50 in the mile. Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Heats The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 19:18 (UTC+8). The first 2 of each heat () plus 1 fastest time () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Neil Gourley 3:36.60 2 Samuel Prakel 3:36.93 3 Adrián Ben 3:36.95 , 4 Ruben Verheyden 3:37.94 5 Charles Grethen 3:38.10 6 Filip Sasínek 3:40.86
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:39.80 2 Raphael Pallitsch 3:40.08 3 Andrew Coscoran 3:40.79 4 Joao Bussotti 3:40.92 5 Foster Malleck 3:42.55 6 3:43.37 7 3:57.77
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Luke Houser 3:41.16 2 Samuel Pihlström 3:42.21 3 Olli Hoare 3:42.29 4 Kieran Lumb 3:42.32 5 Liu Dezhu 3:43.55 6 3:50.27 7 Hugh Kent 4:07.37
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mariano García 4:02.68 2 Isaac Nader 4:02.75 3 Festus Lagat 4:02.99 4 Anass Essayi 4:04.16 5 Melese Nberet 4:05.04 6 Adam Fogg 4:06.02
Final The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:15 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:38.79 Neil Gourley 3:39.07 Luke Houser 3:39.17 4 Isaac Nader 3:39.58 5 Samuel Pihlström 3:39.67 6 Adrián Ben 3:39.96 7 Raphael Pallitsch 3:41.01 8 Mariano García 3:41.83 9 Samuel Prakel 3:44.48
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