Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||
Dates | 16 August 2016 (heats) 18 August 2016 (semi-final) 20 August 2016 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 26 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:50.00 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metres event at the
Summary
In the first round the main protagonists progressed, although a notable elimination was reigning European champion Filip Ingebrigtsen, who was disqualified for impeding Charlie Grice and Homiyu Tesfaye (both runners were advanced as a result). İlham Tanui Özbilen of Turkey (a 2012 World Indoor medallist) was knocked out, having shown poor form that year. Jakub Holuša of the Czech Republic was fastest in the heats with 3:38.31 minutes, leading a race which saw ten men run under 3:40.[5]
Although the semi-finals produced slower times, heats leader Holuša was among those eliminated. Former European champion Henrik Ingebrigtsen and reigning African Games champion Mekonnen Gebremedhin also failed to make the final and Kenya's Elijah Manangoi did not start after suffering a hamstring injury. The two remaining Kenyans, Kiprop and Kwemoi won the two semi-final races.[6][7] American Robby Andrews initially made the grade, with his typical fast finish, but as he made his way on the inside, he initially tried to take open space between Gebremedhin and the rail, but Gebremedhin defended his position and Andrews had nowhere to go except inside the rail, where he executed the pass to get into the final qualifying spot. He was later disqualified for stepping off the track.[8]
Final
At the start, nobody wanted the lead, so the role defaulted to Americans
The medals were presented by
Background
This was the 28th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Eight of the twelve finalists from 2012 returned: gold medalist
East Timor, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 27th appearance, most of all nations (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).
Qualification
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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 since 1992 were retained.
There were three heats in the first round, each with 14 or 15 runners (before withdrawals). The top six runners in each heat, along with the next six fastest overall, advanced to the semifinals. The 24 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals, each with 12 runners (13 each after two runners were advanced due to obstruction, though one was back down to 12 after a withdrawal). The top five men in each semifinal, plus the next two fastest overall, advanced to the 12-man final (again, 13 after a runner was advanced due to obstruction).[2]
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 | Video on YouTube
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Olympic record | Noah Ngeny (KEN) | 3:32.07 | Sydney, Australia | 29 September 2000 | [13] |
Area | |||
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Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | |
Africa (records) | 3:26.00 WR | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco |
Asia (records) | 3:29.14 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain |
Europe (records) | 3:28.81 | Mo Farah | Great Britain |
North, Central America )and Caribbean (records |
3:29.30 | Bernard Lagat | United States |
Oceania (records) | 3:29.66 | Nick Willis | New Zealand |
South America (records ) |
3:33.25 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil |
No new records were set during the competition.
Schedule
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 16 August 2016 | 10:30 | Heats |
Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 20:45 | Semifinals |
Saturday, 20 August 2016 | 21:00 | Finals |
Results
Round 1
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:38.97 | Q |
2 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:39.13 | Q |
3 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:39.25 | Q |
4 | Chris O'Hare | Great Britain | 3:39.26 | Q |
5 | Matthew Centrowitz | United States | 3:39.31 | Q |
6 | Fouad Elkaam | Morocco | 3:39.51 | Q |
7 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:39.73 | q |
8 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada | 3:40.04 | q |
9 | Julian Matthews | New Zealand | 3:40.40 | |
10 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:41.87 | |
11 | Thiago André | Brazil | 3:44.42 | |
12 | Santino Kenyi | South Sudan | 3:45.27 | |
13 | Saud Al-Zaabi | United Arab Emirates | 4:02.35 | |
— | Aman Wote | Ethiopia | DNS |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 3:46.82 | Q |
2 | Elijah Motonei Manangoi |
Kenya | 3:46.83 | Q |
3 | Robby Andrews | United States | 3:46.97 | Q |
4 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3:47.07 | Q |
5 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:47.33 | Q |
6 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Morocco | 3:47.39 | Q |
7 | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3:47.44 | q[a] |
8 | Hamish Carson | New Zealand | 3:48.18 | |
9 | Adel Mechaal | Spain | 3:48.41 | |
10 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3:48.51 | q[a] |
11 | Paulo Lokoro |
Refugee Olympic Team | 4:03.96 | |
12 | Augusto Soares | East Timor | 4:11.35 | PB |
— | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | Djibouti | DNF | |
— | Filip Ingebrigtsen | Norway | DQ | R163.2 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jakub Holusa |
Czech Republic | 3:38.31 | Q |
2 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3:38.33 | Q |
3 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:38.40 | Q |
4 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda | 3:38.45 | Q |
5 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:38.50 | Q |
6 | Nicholas Willis |
New Zealand | 3:38.55 | Q |
7 | Benson Kiplagat Seurei |
Bahrain | 3:38.82 | q |
8 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | Belgium | 3:38.89 | q |
9 | Ben Blankenship | United States | 3:38.92 | q |
10 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 3:39.29 | q |
11 | Salim Keddar | Algeria | 3:40.63 | |
12 | Luke Mathews | Australia | 3:44.51 | |
13 | Ilham Tanui Ozbilen |
Turkey | 3:49.02 | |
14 | Mohammed Rageh | Yemen | 3:58.99 | |
15 | Erick Rodríguez | Nicaragua | 4:00.30 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:39.73 | Q |
2 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 3:39.88 | Q |
3 | Nicholas Willis |
New Zealand | 3:39.96 | Q |
4 | Ben Blankenship | United States | 3:39.99 | Q |
5 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3:40.05 | Q |
6 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:40.11 | q |
7 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3:40.20 | q |
8 | Benson Kiplagat Seurei |
Bahrain | 3:40.53 | |
9 | Jakub Holusa |
Czech Republic | 3:40.83 | |
10 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 3:41.42 | |
11 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:42.51 | |
12 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | Belgium | 3:43.71 | |
13 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Morocco | 3:48.66 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3:39.42 | Q |
2 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:39.46 | Q |
3 | Matthew Centrowitz | United States | 3:39.61 | Q |
4 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:40.02 | Q |
5 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda | 3:40.37 | Q |
6 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:40.69 | |
7 | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3:40.76 | |
8 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada | 3:40.79 | |
9 | Fouad Elkaam | Morocco | 3:40.93 | |
10 | Chris O'Hare | Great Britain | 3:44.27 | |
11 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:56.54 | q[b] |
— | Robby Andrews | United States | DQ | R163.4[15] |
— | Elijah Manangoi | Kenya | DNS |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. |
United States | 3:50.00 | ||
Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 3:50.11 | ||
Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:50.24 | ||
4 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:50.29 | |
5 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:50.58 | |
6 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:50.87 | |
7 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:51.06 | |
8 | Ben Blankenship | United States | 3:51.09 | |
9 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:51.39 | |
10 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3:51.45 | |
11 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda | 3:51.68 | |
12 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3:51.73 | |
13 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3:56.76 |
Notes
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