Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 29 July 1996 (heats) 1 August 1996 (semi-finals) 3 August 1996 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 57 from 37 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:35.78 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1996 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 | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
10 km walk | women | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The
Summary
Algerian
Background
This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. All three medalists (Fermín Cacho of Spain, Rachid El Basir of Morocco, and Mohamed Suleiman of Qatar) from 1992 returned, along with seventh-place finisher Noureddine Morceli of Algeria and ninth-place finisher Graham Hood of Canada. Morceli had been favored in Barcelona, and was again a favorite in Atlanta; he had won the last three world championships and broken the world record twice. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco was a rising star expected to challenge Morceli; he had come in second at the 1995 world championships and would go on to win the next four and break the world record himself. Vénuste Niyongabo of Burundi would have been another contender but chose not to enter in order to focus on the 5000 metres.[2]
Burundi, Dominica, the Maldives, the Solomon Islands, and Ukraine each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of all nations (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).
Competition format
The competition was again three rounds (used previously in 1952 and since 1964). The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1964 was used for both the first round and semifinals. The 12-man semifinals and finals introduced in 1984 and used again in 1992 were used.
There were five heats in the first round, each with 11 or 12 runners. The top four runners in each heat, along with the next four fastest overall, advanced to the semifinals. The 24 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals, each with 12 runners. The top five men in each semifinal, plus the next two fastest overall, advanced to the 12-man final.[2][3]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
World record | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:27.37 | Nice, France | 12 July 1995 |
Olympic record | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 3:32.53 | Los Angeles, United States | 11 August 1984 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 29 July 1996 | 10:45 | Round 1 |
Wednesday, 31 July 1996 | 19:55 | Semifinals |
Saturday, 3 August 1996 | 19:50 | Final |
Results
Round 1
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:35.88 | Q |
2 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:36.18 | Q |
3 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:37.42 | Q |
4 | Kevin McKay | Great Britain | 3:38.02 | Q |
5 | Ovidiu Olteanu | Romania | 3:38.33 | |
6 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 3:38.56 | |
7 | Edgar de Oliveira | Brazil | 3:40.70 | |
8 | Steve Agar | Dominica | 3:43.02 | |
9 | Brian Hyde | United States | 3:48.20 | |
10 | Andriy Bulkovskiy |
Ukraine | 3:53.30 | |
11 | Tawai Keiruan | Vanuatu | 4:02.78 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:41.95 | Q |
2 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:42.31 | Q |
3 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3:42.32 | Q |
4 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:42.48 | Q |
5 | Rachid El Basir | Morocco | 3:42.85 | |
6 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:43.08 | |
7 | Luis Jesus |
Portugal | 3:44.65 | |
8 | Joaquim Cruz | Brazil | 3:45.32 | |
9 | João N'tyamba |
Angola | 3:46.41 | |
10 | Ali Ibrahim | Djibouti | 3:46.62 | |
11 | Michael Gottschalk | Germany | 3:56.46 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:36.58 | Q |
2 | Stephen Kipkorir | Kenya | 3:36.70 | Q |
3 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:36.71 | Q |
4 | Driss Maazouzi | Morocco | 3:37.08 | Q |
5 | Shane Healy | Ireland | 3:37.28 | q |
6 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:37.35 | q |
7 | Mohammed Suleiman |
Qatar | 3:37.70 | q |
8 | Mickaël Damian | France | 3:39.21 | |
9 | Jason Pyrah | United States | 3:39.91 | |
10 | António Travassos | Portugal | 3:42.01 | |
11 | Martin Johns | New Zealand | 3:44.91 | |
12 | Hussain Riyaz | Maldives | 4:15.14 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:37.66 | Q |
2 | William Tanui | Kenya | 3:37.72 | Q |
3 | Kader Chekhemani |
France | 3:37.81 | Q |
4 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:37.93 | Q |
5 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3:38.09 | q |
6 | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland | 3:38.16 | |
7 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:41.60 | |
8 | Werner Edler-Muhr | Austria | 3:45.02 | |
9 | Alexis Sharangabo | Rwanda | 3:46.42 | |
10 | Ali Mabruk Ezayedi |
Libya | 3:51.49 | |
— | Graham Hood | Canada | DNF |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:39.84 | Q |
2 | Paul McMullen | United States | 3:39.94 | Q |
3 | Christophe Impens | Belgium | 3:40.16 | Q |
4 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:40.74 | Q |
5 | Andrey Loginov | Russia | 3:40.99 | |
6 | Dieudonne Kwizera |
Burundi | 3:41.45 | |
7 | Ahmed Krama | Algeria | 3:42.09 | |
8 | Bahadur Prasad | India | 3:46.16 | |
9 | Eric Dubus |
France | 3:47.01 | |
10 | Thomas Ebner | Austria | 3:48.38 | |
11 | Paul Cleary |
Australia | 3:52.85 | |
12 | Selwyn Kole | Solomon Islands | 4:03.44 |
Overall results for round 1
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:32.88 | Q |
2 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:33.12 | Q |
3 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3:33.30 | Q |
4 | William Tanui | Kenya | 3:33.57 | Q |
5 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:33.73 | Q |
6 | Driss Maazouzi | Morocco | 3:34.35 | q |
7 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:34.55 | q |
8 | Kader Chekhemani |
France | 3:34.84 | |
9 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:35.14 | |
10 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:35.57 | |
11 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3:40.31 | |
12 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:42.88 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:35.29 | Q |
2 | Stephen Kipkorir | Kenya | 3:35.53 | Q |
3 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:35.91 | Q |
4 | Mohammed Suleiman |
Qatar | 3:36.01 | Q |
5 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:36.06 | Q |
6 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:36.11 | |
7 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:36.11 | |
8 | Christophe Impens | Belgium | 3:37.64 | |
9 | Paul McMullen | United States | 3:37.81 | |
10 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:39.44 | |
11 | Shane Healy | Ireland | 3:39.81 | |
12 | Kevin McKay | Great Britain | 3:43.61 |
Overall results for semifinals
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:32.88 | Q |
2 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3:33.30 | Q |
3 | William Tanui | Kenya | 3:33.57 | Q |
4 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:33.12 | Q |
5 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:33.73 | Q |
6 | Driss Maazouzi | Morocco | 3:34.35 | q |
7 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:34.55 | q |
8 | Kader Chekhemani |
France | 3:34.84 | |
9 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:35.14 | |
10 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:35.29 | Q |
11 | Stephen Kipkorir | Kenya | 3:35.53 | Q |
12 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:35.57 | |
13 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:35.91 | Q |
14 | Mohammed Suleiman |
Qatar | 3:36.01 | Q |
15 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:36.06 | Q |
16 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:36.11 | |
17 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:36.11 | |
18 | Christophe Impens | Belgium | 3:37.64 | |
19 | Paul McMullen | United States | 3:37.81 | |
20 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:39.44 | |
21 | Shane Healy | Ireland | 3:39.81 | |
22 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3:40.31 | |
23 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:42.88 | |
24 | Kevin McKay | Great Britain | 3:43.61 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:35.78 | |
Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:36.40 | |
Stephen Kipkorir | Kenya | 3:36.72 | |
4 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:37.39 |
5 | William Tanui | Kenya | 3:37.42 |
6 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3:38.03 |
7 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:38.18 |
8 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:38.19 |
9 | Mohammed Suleiman |
Qatar | 3:38.26 |
10 | Driss Maazouzi | Morocco | 3:39.65 |
11 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:40.18 |
12 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:40.75 |
See also
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ a b "1500 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 76–77.