2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates 14 August (heats)
16 August (semifinals)
18 August (final)
Competitors 37 from 25 nations
Winning time 3:36.28
Medalists
 Asbel Kiprop
 Kenya (KEN)
 Matthew Centrowitz
 United States (USA)
 Johan Cronje
 South Africa (RSA)
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Events at the
2013 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–18 August.[1]

For those competitors lucky enough to get into semifinal 1, they were treated to a rather pedestrian tactical race controlled by defending champion, Olympic champion and world leader Asbel Kiprop. If you can't kick with him, you go home. Semifinal 2 was a different story with a much faster pace all the time qualifiers came from this race, with several also rans left out with times faster than Kiprop.

With three Kenyans qualified, rumors were out that there would be a fast pace for the final. That wasn't the case, first Kiprop looked around for his teammates and they weren't there. On the second lap Nixon Chepseba took off into the lead, but all eyes were on Kiprop and nobody followed. Matthew Centrowitz took up the position directly behind Kiprop on the rail, Mekonnen Gebremedhin on his shoulder. For the next two laps Chipseba ran on his own, opening up as much as a 10 meter lead. But when the running got serious everybody jockeyed for position behind Kiprop, Chipseba acting more like a blockade. Kiprop didn't really unleash his kick until 90 meters from the finish. Centrowitz moved right with him following Kiprop to the line for silver, with Johan Cronje squeezing past Chipseba on the inside to take bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Italy Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Championship record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 Spain Sevilla, Spain 24 August 1999
World Leading  Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:27.72 Monaco Monaco 19 July 2013
African Record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Italy Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Asian Record  Rashid Ramzi (BHR) 3:29.14 Italy Rome, Italy 14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:29.30 Italy Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
South American Record  Hudson de Souza (BRA) 3:33.25 Italy Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
European Record  Mo Farah (GBR) 3:28.81 Monaco Monaco 19 July 2013
Oceanian record  Nicholas Willis (NZL) 3:30.35 Monaco Monaco 20 July 2012

Qualification standards

A time B time
3:35.00 3:37.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
14 August 2013 10:35 Heats
16 August 2013 19:05 Semifinals
18 August 2013 17:25 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN) 3:38.15 Q
2 3 Nixon Chepseba  Kenya (KEN) 3:38.37 Q
3 1 Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR) 3:38.41 Q
4 1 Lopez Lomong  United States (USA) 3:38.48 Q
5 3 Nathan Brannen  Canada (CAN) 3:38.49 Q
6 3 Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:38.55 Q
7 3 Bethwell Birgen  Kenya (KEN) 3:38.60 Q
8 3 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.  United States (USA) 3:38.62 Q
9 1 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti (DJI) 3:38.63 Q
10 3 Homiyu Tesfaye  Germany (GER) 3:38.66 Q
11 1 Florian Carvalho  France (FRA) 3:38.70 Q
12 1 Henrik Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:38.78 Q
13 3 Bouabdellah Tahri  France (FRA) 3:38.82 q
14 3 Chris O'Hare  Great Britain (GBR) 3:38.86 q
15 1 Aman Wote  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:38.89 q
16 3 Mohamed Moustaoui  Morocco (MAR) 3:39.20 q
17 1 Valentin Smirnov  Russia (RUS) 3:39.21 q
18 2 Silas Kiplagat  Kenya (KEN) 3:39.31 Q
19 2 Leonel Manzano  United States (USA) 3:39.39 Q
20 2 İlham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey (TUR) 3:39.31 Q
21 1 Nick Willis  New Zealand (NZL) 3:39.89 q
22 2 Johan Cronje  South Africa (RSA) 3:39.95 Q
23 1 Mohamad Al-Garni  Qatar (QAT) 3:40.01
24 2 Carsten Schlangen  Germany (GER) 3:40.31 Q
25 3 Pieter-Jan Hannes  Belgium (BEL) 3:40.39
26 2 Zakaria Mazouzi  Morocco (MAR) 3:40.76 Q
27 2 Zebene Alemayehu  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:41.28
28 2 Andreas Vojta  Austria (AUT) 3:41.51
29 2 Emad Noor  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:41.68
30 1 David Bustos  Spain (ESP) 3:41.69
31 2 Simon Denissel  France (FRA) 3:42.06
32 3 Flavio Seholhe  Mozambique (MOZ) 3:53.18
33 3 Nabil Al-Garbi  Yemen (YEM) 3:59.95 SB
34 2 Omar Mohamed Abdi  Somalia (SOM) 4:00.00
35 3 Omar Bachir  Niger (NIG) 4:00.18 PB
36 1 Mamadou Barry  Guinea (GUI) 4:16.38 SB
37 1 Thinley Tenzin  Bhutan (BHU) 4:24.54 PB
99 2 Imed Touil  Algeria (ALG) DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba  Kenya (KEN) 3:35.88 Q
2 2 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.  United States (USA) 3:35.95 Q
3 2 Mohamed Moustaoui  Morocco (MAR) 3:36.12 Q
4 2 Florian Carvalho  France (FRA) 3:36.26 Q
5 2 Henrik Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:36.33 Q, SB
6 2 Homiyu Tesfaye  Germany (GER) 3:36.51 q
7 2 Nathan Brannen  Canada (CAN) 3:36.59 q
8 2 Aman Wote  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:36.94
9 2 Ilham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey (TUR) 3:37.07
10 2 Bethwell Birgen  Kenya (KEN) 3:37.34
11 2 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti (DJI) 3:37.96
12 1 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN) 3:43.30 Q
13 1 Silas Kiplagat  Kenya (KEN) 3:43.52 Q
14 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:43.54 Q
15 1 Chris O'Hare  Great Britain (GBR) 3:43.58 Q
16 1 Johan Cronje  South Africa (RSA) 3:43.71 Q
17 1 Lopez Lomong  United States (USA) 3:43.79
18 1 Nicholas Willis  New Zealand (NZL) 3:43.80
19 1 Leonel Manzano  United States (USA) 3:44.00
20 1 Bouabdellah Tahri  France (FRA) 3:44.24
21 2 Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR) 3:44.36
22 1 Carsten Schlangen  Germany (GER) 3:44.44
23 1 Zakaria Mazouzi  Morocco (MAR) 3:45.54
24 1 Valentin Smirnov  Russia (RUS) 3:46.03

Final

The final was started at 17:25.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 2 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN) 3:36.28
2nd 5 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.  United States (USA) 3:36.78
3rd 9 Johan Cronje  South Africa (RSA) 3:36.83
4 4 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba  Kenya (KEN) 3:36.87
5 1 Homiyu Tesfaye  Germany (GER) 3:37.03
6 11 Silas Kiplagat  Kenya (KEN) 3:37.11
7 8 Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:37.21
8 6 Henrik Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:37.52
9 12 Mohamed Moustaoui  Morocco (MAR) 3:38.08
10 7 Nathan Brannen  Canada (CAN) 3:38.09
11 10 Florian Carvalho  France (FRA) 3:39.17
12 3 Chris O'Hare  Great Britain (GBR) 3:46.04

References

  1. ↑ Start list
  2. ↑ Heats Results
  3. ↑ Semifinals Results
  4. ↑ Final Results

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