Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 15 (heats) August 17 (semifinals) August 19 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 32 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Men's 1500 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 15–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 3:36.60 (A standard) and 3:39.00 (B standard).[2]
The initial winner, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain, tested positive for the blood-booster CERA and was disqualified on November 18, 2009.[3]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Olympic record |  Noah Ngeny (KEN) | 3:32.07 | Sydney, Australia | 29 September 2000 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard (3:36.00) in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard (3:39.00) in the same qualifying period.[4]
Results
Round 1
| Heat[5] | Lane | Athlete | Country | PB | SB | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tarek Boukensa |  Algeria | 3:30.92 | 3:31.98 | 3:36.11 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Nicholas Willis |  New Zealand | 3:32.17 | 3:33.51 | 3:36.01 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Javier Carriqueo |  Argentina | 3:38.62 | 3:39.36 | 3:39.36 | |
| 1 | 4 | Leonel Manzano |  United States | 3:35.29 | 3:36.67 | 3:36.67 | Q |
| 1 | 5 | Taylor Milne |  Canada | 3:36.00 | 3:36.00 | 3:41.56 | |
| 1 | 6 | Juan Luis Barrios |  Mexico | 3:37.71 | 3:37.87 | DNS | |
| 1 | 7 | Mehdi Baala |  France | 3:28.98 | 3:32.00 | 3:35.87 | Q |
| 1 | 8 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:32.13 | 3:33.85 | 3:42.13 | |
| 1 | 9 | Daham Naim Bashir |  Qatar | 3:31.04 | 3:34.77 | 3:36.05 | Q |
| 1 | 10 | Vyacheslav Shabunin |  Russia | 3:32.28 | 3:37.99 | 3:42.53 | |
| 1 | 11 | Deresse Mekonnen | .svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia | 3:33.71 | 3:33.71 | 3:36.22 | Q |
| 1 | 12 | Reyes Estevez |  Spain | 3:30.57 | 3:34.98 | 3:39.62 | |
| 2 | 1 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3:34.65 | 3:34.65 | 3:41.45 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:31.57 | 3:32.57 | 3:41.70 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Asbel Kipruto Kiprop | Kenya | 3:31.64 | 3:31.64 | 3:41.28 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Mitchell Kealey |  Australia | 3:36.21 | 3:36.21 | 3:46.31 | |
| 2 | 5 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 3:26.34 | 3:35.14 | 3:41.98 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Hais Welday |  Eritrea | 3:37.25 | 3:37.25 | 3:45.06 | |
| 2 | 7 | Ivan Heshko |  Ukraine | 3:30.33 | 3:43.95 | DNS | |
| 2 | 8 | Alistair Cragg |  Ireland | 3:36.18 | 3:39.12 | 3:44.90 | |
| 2 | 9 | Mohammed Othman Shaween |  Saudi Arabia | 3:33.90 | 3:33.90 | 3:45.82 | |
| 2 | 10 | Isiah Msibi |  Swaziland | 3:51.35 | 3:51.35 | 3:51.35 | PB |
| 2 | 11 | Thomas Lancashire |  Great Britain | 3:35.33 | 3:35.33 | 3:43.40 | |
| 2 | 12 | Goran Nava | .svg.png){kind=small} Serbia | 3:38.35 | 3:38.35 | 3:42.92 | |
| 2 | 13 | Antar Zerguelaine | Algeria | 3:31.95 | 3:33.32 | 3:42.30 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | David Freeman |  Puerto Rico | 3:38.90 | 3:39.70 | 3:39.70 | SB |
| 3 | 2 | Hudson de Souza |  Brazil | 3:33.25 | 3:36.89 | 3:37.06 | |
| 3 | 3 | Byron Piedra |  Ecuador | 3:37.88 | 3:45.17 | 3:45.57 | |
| 3 | 4 | Demma Daba | Ethiopia | 3:35.27 | 3:35.27 | 3:37.78 | |
| 3 | 5 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:33.14 | 3:33.14 | 3:36.42 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Lopez Lomong | United States | 3:36.36 | 3:36.36 | 3:36.70 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:31.88 | 3:31.88 | 3:36.48 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain | 3:34.36 | 3:34.36 | 3:36.47 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Juan van Deventer |  South Africa | 3:34.46 | 3:34.46 | 3:36.32 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Nicholas Kemboi | Kenya | 3:33.72 | 3:35.25 | 3:41.56 | |
| 3 | 11 | Tiidrek Nurme |  Estonia | 3:38.59 | 3:38.59 | 3:38.59 | PB, NR |
| 3 | 12 | Belal Mansoor Ali |  Bahrain | 3:31.49 | 3:33.12 | 3:36.84 | q |
| 3 | 13 | Abdalla Abdelgadir |  Sudan | 3:38.93 | 3:38.93 | 3:47.65 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mulugeta Wendimu | Ethiopia | 3:31.13 | 3:34.67 | 3:36.67 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Kamal Thamer Ali | Qatar | 3:35.56 | 3:35.56 | 3:41.08 | |
| 4 | 3 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:29.14 | 3:32.89 | DQ | |
| 4 | 4 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:32.06 | 3:32.06 | 3:34.80 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:31.71 | 3:35.78 | 3:36.05 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Christian Obrist |  Italy | 3:35.32 | 3:35.91 | 3:35.91 | Q SB |
| 4 | 7 | Carsten Schlangen |  Germany | 3:34.99 | 3:34.99 | 3:36.34 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Chauncy Master |  Malawi | 3:42.73 | 3:42.73 | 3:44.96 | |
| 4 | 9 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:31.57 | 3:31.57 | 3:35.47 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Mahamoud Farah |  Djibouti | 3:39.29 | 3:39.29 | 3:43.62 | |
| 4 | 11 | Kamel Boulahfane | Algeria | 3:32.44 | 3:33.33 | 3:45.59 | |
| 4 | 12 | Jeffrey Riseley | Australia | 3:36.03 | 3:36.03 | 3:53.95 |
Semifinals
Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[6]
Semifinal 1
17 August 2008 - 21:55
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbel Kipruto Kiprop | Kenya | 3:37.04 | Q |
| 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:37.21 | Q |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:37.31 | Q |
| 4 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3:37.47 | Q |
| 5 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 3:37.60 | Q |
| 6 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 3:37.75 | q |
| 7 | Daham Najim Bashir | Qatar | 3:37.77 | q |
| 8 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany | 3:37.94 | |
| 9 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3:39.10 | |
| 10 | Mulugeta Wendimu | Ethiopia | 3:40.16 | |
| 11 | Antar Zerguelaine | Algeria | 3:40.64 | |
| 12 | Lopez Lomong | United States | 3:41.00 |
Semifinal 2
17 August 2008 - 22:04
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3:37.47 | Q |
| 2 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain | 3:37.47 | Q |
| 3 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:37.54 | Q |
| 4 | Nicholas Willis | New Zealand | 3:37.54 | Q |
| 5 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 3:37.79 | |
| 6 | Deresse Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 3:37.85 | |
| 7 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:39.73 | |
| 8 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:40.30 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:40.90 | |
| 10 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:41.57 | |
| 11 | Leonel Manzano | United States | 3:50.33 | |
| Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | DQ |
Final
19 August 2008 - 22:50
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Asbel Kipruto Kiprop | Kenya | 3:33.11 | |
 | Nicholas Willis | New Zealand | 3:34.16 | |
 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3:34.21 | |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:34.44 | |
| 5 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:34.66 | |
| 6 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 3:34.77 | |
| 7 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 3:35.23 | |
| 8 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain | 3:35.37 | |
| 9 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:35.50 | |
| 10 | Daham Najim Bashir | Qatar | 3:37.68 | |
| 11 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3:39.87 | |
| DQ | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | ||
Splits
| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | Asbel Kipruto Kiprop | Kenya | 56.48 |
| 800 m | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 1:56.06 |
| 1200 m | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 2:53.67 |
References
- ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "IOC sanctions five athletes who competed in Beijing". IOC. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "1500 Metres - M. Heats". IAAF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-17-2008/sex=M/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=sf/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-19-2008/sex=M/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-19.
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