Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

Summary

Assuming the lead 50 metres into the race, John Gregorek Jr. strung out the field with William Paulson next in line. Gregorek took them through a 43.7 first 300, while José Carlos Villarreal worked his way into the third position in line. They remained in that position through the next lap at 1:44.2. Through the penultimate lap, Federico Bruno moved forward, poking into the lead at the bell in 2:54.1. Through the turn, Gregorek held him to the outside, a little jostling, then Bruno accelerated into the lead. Paulson followed Bruno and accelerated into a 3 metre lead down the backstretch as Bruno strained and Gregorek moved back into second place. Gregorek slowly gained to be in position to sprint past Paulson coming off the turn, executing his move and pulling away from Paulson. However, half way through the turn, Villarreal launched into a sprint to get around Bruno. He kept his sprint going after the leaders. By the time he caught them, he was in a different gear and was no match, going on to take the win by 4 metres. This kind of kick is not a surprise to youtubers. Running as Carlos Villarreal from the University of Arizona, he executed the same kick in a viral Video on YouTube.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Rome, Italy July 14, 1998
Pan American Games record  Hudson de Souza (BRA) 3:36.32 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 25, 2007


Schedule
Date Time Round
August 8, 201916:55Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

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

Final

The results were as follows:[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
José Carlos Villarreal Mexico3:39.93
John Gregorek Jr. United States3:40.42
William Paulson Canada3:41.15
4Santiago Catrofe Uruguay3:43.17
5Federico Bruno Argentina3:43.17SB
6Carlos Santos Brazil3:44.47SB
7Fernando Daniel Martínez Mexico3:45.13
8Carlos Hernández Samacá Colombia3:45.35PB
9Diego Lacamoire Argentina3:45.36
10Andrés Arroyo Puerto Rico3:47.42
11Dage Minors Bermuda3:48.85
12Carlos Díaz Chile3:49.33
13Eduardo Gregorio Uruguay3:49.66

References
  1. "Men's 1500 metres − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 14 Aug 2019.
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