2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Abdalaati Iguider (far right) en route to his victory.

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9 and 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Abdalaati Iguider
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Ilham Tanui Özbilen
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Mekonnen Gebremedhin
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:31.18 Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
Championship record File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:33.77 Maebashi, Japan 7 March 1999
World Leading File:Flag of Morocco.svg Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:34.10 Liévin, France 14 February 2012
African record File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:31.18 Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
Asian record File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) 3:36.28 Stockholm, Sweden 20 February 2007
European record File:Flag of Spain.svg Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) 3:33.32 Piraeus, Greece 24 February 1999
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
File:Flag of the United States.svg Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:35.23 Birmingham, Great Britain 16 February 2008
Oceanian Record File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Willis (NZL) 3:35.80 Birmingham, Great Britain 20 February 2010
South American record File:Flag of Brazil.svg Agberto Guimarães (BRA) 3:42.70 Piraeus, Greece 8 March 1989

Qualification standards

Indoor Outdoor
3:42.00 or 3:59.00 (Mile) 3:34.25 or 3:52.00 (Mile)

Schedule

Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 12:55 Heats
March 10, 2012 19:00 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times qualified (q). The qualification round started at 12:59 and ended at 13:10.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Abdalaati Iguider File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3:38.41 Q
2 2 Mekonnen Gebremedhin File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 3:39.16 Q
3 2 Ayanleh Souleiman File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 3:39.51 Q, NR
4 2 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3:39.54 q
5 2 Silas Kiplagat File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3:39.59 q
6 2 Francisco Javier Abad File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3:40.55 q
7 1 Ilham Tanui Özbilen File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3:41.93 Q
8 1 Aman Wote File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 3:42.24 Q
9 1 Amine Laâlou File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3:42.36 Q
10 1 Bethwell Birgen File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3:42.72
11 2 Yegor Nikolayev File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3:43.33
12 1 Galen Rupp File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3:43.39 PB
13 1 David Bustos File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3:43.66
14 1 Gregory Beugnet File:Flag of France.svg France 3:44.20
15 1 Oleksandr Borysiuk File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3:44.28
16 1 Lewis Moses File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3:45.04
DQ 2 Mohammed Shaween File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 3:45.12 NR, Doping
17 2 Kemal Koyuncu File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3:45.33 SB
18 2 Ryan Foster File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3:46.26 PB
19 2 James Brewer File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3:47.58
20 1 Mohamad Al-Garni File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 3:47.63
21 1 Ciaran O'Lionaird File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 3:50.12 PB
22 1 Abdallahi Cheikh File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania 4:47.24 NR

Final

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdalaati Iguider File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3:45.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ilham Tanui Özbilen File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3:45.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mekonnen Gebremedhin File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 3:45.90
4 Aman Wote File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 3:47.02
5 Ayanleh Souleiman File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 3:47.35
6 Silas Kiplagat File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3:47.42
7 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3:47.42
8 Francisco Javier Abad File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3:48.14
9 Amine Laâlou File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3:49.14

References

  1. "2012 World Indoor Championships – 1500 Metres Men (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  2. "2012 World Indoor Championships – 1500 Metres Men (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-11.