2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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

Men's 1500 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates14 August (heats)
16 August (semifinals)
18 August (final)
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning time3:36.28
Medalists
 Asbel Kiprop
 Kenya (KEN)
 Matthew Centrowitz
 United States (USA)
 Johan Cronje
 South Africa (RSA)
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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 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Championship record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 Sevilla, Spain 24 August 1999
World Leading  Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:27.72 Monaco 19 July 2013
African Record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Asian Record  Rashid Ramzi (BHR) 3:29.14 Rome, Italy 14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:29.30 Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
South American Record  Hudson de Souza (BRA) 3:33.25 Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
European Record  Mo Farah (GBR) 3:28.81 Monaco 19 July 2013
Oceanian record  Nicholas Willis (NZL) 3:30.35 Monaco 20 July 2012

Qualification standards
A time B time
3:35.00 3:37.00

Schedule
Date Time Round
14 August 201310:35Heats
16 August 201319:05Semifinals
18 August 201317:25Final

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]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Asbel Kiprop Kenya (KEN)3:38.15Q
23Nixon Chepseba Kenya (KEN)3:38.37Q
31Abdalaati Iguider Morocco (MAR)3:38.41Q
41Lopez Lomong United States (USA)3:38.48Q
53Nathan Brannen Canada (CAN)3:38.49Q
63Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia (ETH)3:38.55Q
73Bethwell Birgen Kenya (KEN)3:38.60Q
83Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States (USA)3:38.62Q
91Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti (DJI)3:38.63Q
103Homiyu Tesfaye Germany (GER)3:38.66Q
111Florian Carvalho France (FRA)3:38.70Q
121Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:38.78Q
133Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA)3:38.82q
143Chris O'Hare Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:38.86q
151Aman Wote Ethiopia (ETH)3:38.89q
163Mohamed Moustaoui Morocco (MAR)3:39.20q
171Valentin Smirnov Russia (RUS)3:39.21q
182Silas Kiplagat Kenya (KEN)3:39.31Q
192Leonel Manzano United States (USA)3:39.39Q
202İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey (TUR)3:39.31Q
211Nick Willis New Zealand (NZL)3:39.89q
222Johan Cronje South Africa (RSA)3:39.95Q
231Mohamad Al-Garni Qatar (QAT)3:40.01
242Carsten Schlangen Germany (GER)3:40.31Q
253Pieter-Jan Hannes Belgium (BEL)3:40.39
262Zakaria Mazouzi Morocco (MAR)3:40.76Q
272Zebene Alemayehu Ethiopia (ETH)3:41.28
282Andreas Vojta Austria (AUT)3:41.51
292Emad Noor Saudi Arabia (KSA)3:41.68
301David Bustos Spain (ESP)3:41.69
312Simon Denissel France (FRA)3:42.06
323Flavio Seholhe Mozambique (MOZ)3:53.18
333Nabil Al-Garbi Yemen (YEM)3:59.95SB
342Omar Mohamed Abdi Somalia (SOM)4:00.00
353Omar Bachir Niger (NIG)4:00.18PB
361Mamadou Barry Guinea (GUI)4:16.38SB
371Thinley Tenzin Bhutan (BHU)4:24.54PB
2Imed Touil Algeria (ALG)DNS

Semifinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba Kenya (KEN)3:35.88Q
22Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States (USA)3:35.95Q
32Mohamed Moustaoui Morocco (MAR)3:36.12Q
42Florian Carvalho France (FRA)3:36.26Q
52Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:36.33Q, SB
62Homiyu Tesfaye Germany (GER)3:36.51q
72Nathan Brannen Canada (CAN)3:36.59q
82Aman Wote Ethiopia (ETH)3:36.94
92Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey (TUR)3:37.07
102Bethwell Birgen Kenya (KEN)3:37.34
112Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti (DJI)3:37.96
121Asbel Kiprop Kenya (KEN)3:43.30Q
131Silas Kiplagat Kenya (KEN)3:43.52Q
141Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia (ETH)3:43.54Q
151Chris O'Hare Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:43.58Q
161Johan Cronje South Africa (RSA)3:43.71Q
171Lopez Lomong United States (USA)3:43.79
181Nicholas Willis New Zealand (NZL)3:43.80
191Leonel Manzano United States (USA)3:44.00
201Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA)3:44.24
212Abdalaati Iguider Morocco (MAR)3:44.36
221Carsten Schlangen Germany (GER)3:44.44
231Zakaria Mazouzi Morocco (MAR)3:45.54
241Valentin Smirnov Russia (RUS)3:46.03

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Asbel Kiprop Kenya (KEN)3:36.28
5Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. United States (USA)3:36.78
9Johan Cronje South Africa (RSA)3:36.83
44Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba Kenya (KEN)3:36.87
51Homiyu Tesfaye Germany (GER)3:37.03
611Silas Kiplagat Kenya (KEN)3:37.11
78Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia (ETH)3:37.21
86Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)3:37.52
912Mohamed Moustaoui Morocco (MAR)3:38.08
107Nathan Brannen Canada (CAN)3:38.09
1110Florian Carvalho France (FRA)3:39.17
123Chris O'Hare Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:46.04

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