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2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
1500m men's final finish
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates3 October (heats)
4 October (semi-finals)
6 October (final)
Competitors43 from 24 nations
Winning time3:29.26
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Algeria
bronze medal    Poland
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The men's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 6 October 2019.[1] The winning margin was 2.12 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 1,500 metres has been won by more than two seconds at these championships (the 1991 final was won by exactly two seconds).

Summary

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In modern history, championship races are slow strategic affairs where fast athletes are unwilling to sacrifice their medals by running a fast pace. Fast races happen in more controlled environments with planned pace setters at major European meets.

Timothy Cheruiyot didn't get the memo. From the gun, Cheruiyot and his Kenyan teammate Ronald Kwemoi went out hard, breaking away by 2 metres in the first 200. The guys who usually drop to the back realized this was serious and started scrambling to the front. Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and silver medalist Taoufik Makhloufi formed a chase group 5 metres back, Jakob Ingebrigtsen leading the peloton another 5 metres back. Over the next lap, the chasers fell back to the peloton, the breakaway now 10 metres. Cheruiyot kept up the pressure, over the next half lap, Kwemoi fell off his back. By the bell, Kwemoi was back to the peloton, again led by Makhloufi. The next on the front were Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr. It appeared a more mature 23 year old Cheruiyot had learned from his fast early pace at the 2015 World Relays where he fell apart on the last lap. Here, there was no sign of letting up. Down the backstretch, coming from 9th place, Marcin Lewandowski ran around the outside of the pack, hitting Makhloufi's shoulder by the beginning of the final turn. The other competitors were already fully extended and couldn't make any dramatic moves. Cheruiyot crossed the finish line 17 metres ahead of Makhloufi. Lewandowski was able to stay a metre behind Makhloufi, trying to nudge ahead in vain at the finish line. The others fell off the back with only Ingebrigtsen remaining two metres behind Lewandowski and Jake Wightman yet another metre back.

While 3:29.26 was "only" the 57th best performance ever, it was the third fastest Olympic or World Championship performance, only bettered by the 1999 championships when the number 2 miler ever, Noah Ngeny chased world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj to the championship record,[2] and unlike that race, this was done off the front, solo.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

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  Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:28.77 Lausanne, Switzerland 5 July 2019
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 Santos 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  Nick Willis (NZL) 3:29.66 Monaco 17 July 2015

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Polish 3:31.46 Marcin Lewandowski  POL 6 Oct 2019
Swedish 3:33.70 Kalle Berglund  SWE

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:36.00 or 3:53.10 for the mile.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
3 October 22:00 Heats
4 October 20:10 Semi-finals
6 October 19:40 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti (DJI) 3:36.16 Q
2 3 Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria (ALG) 3:36.18 Q
3 3 Kalle Berglund  Sweden (SWE) 3:36.19 Q
4 3 Neil Gourley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:36.31 Q
5 3 Craig Engels  United States (USA) 3:36.35 Q
6 3 Ronald Musagala  Uganda (UGA) 3:36.54 Q
7 3 Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya (KEN) 3:36.66 q
8 3 Jesús Gómez  Spain (ESP) 3:36.72 q
9 2 Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:36.82 Q
10 3 Stewart McSweyn  Australia (AUS) 3:36.88 q
11 2 Josh Kerr  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:36.99 Q
12 2 Ben Blankenship  United States (USA) 3:37.13 Q
13 2 Filip Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:37.26 Q
14 2 Abdelaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR) 3:37.44 Q
15 2 Kevin López  Spain (ESP) 3:37.62 Q
16 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:37.67 Q
17 1 Alexis Miellet  France (FRA) 3:37.69 Q
18 1 Matthew Centrowitz Jr.  United States (USA) 3:37.69 Q
19 1 Jake Wightman  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:37.72 Q
20 1 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland (POL) 3:37.75 Q
21 1 Amos Bartelsmeyer  Germany (GER) 3:37.80 Q
22 1 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:37.82 q
23 2 Isaac Kimeli  Belgium (BEL) 3:37.87 q
24 2 Youssouf Hich Bachir  Djibouti (DJI) 3:37.93 q
25 1 Adel Mechaal  Spain (ESP) 3:37.95
26 2 Kumari Taki  Kenya (KEN) 3:37.98
27 1 Filip Sasínek  Czech Republic (CZE) 3:38.17
28 1 George Manangoi  Kenya (KEN) 3:38.39
29 1 Ryan Gregson  Australia (AUS) 3:38.69
30 1 Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin  Djibouti (DJI) 3:38.79
31 3 Ismael Debjani  Belgium (BEL) 3:39.11
32 3 Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic (CZE) 3:39.79
33 1 Hicham Ouladha  Morocco (MAR) 3:39.86
34 2 Jinson Johnson  India (IND) 3:39.86
35 3 Abdullahi Jama Mohamed  Somalia (SOM) 3:40.84
36 2 Teddese Lemi  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:41.32 qR
37 3 Abdirahman Saeed Hassan  Qatar (QAT) 3:42.24
38 2 Musulman Dzholomanov  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 3:45.07
39 1 Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich  Kenya (KEN) 3:45.19
40 3 Yach Majok Koon Wol  South Sudan (SSD) 3:46.24
41 2 Matthew Ramsden  Australia (AUS) 3:47.59 qR
42 2 Paulo Amotun Lokoro  Athlete Refugee Team (ART) 3:48.98
43 1 Lucirio Antonio Garrido  Venezuela (VEN) 3:52.93
3 Brahim Kaazouzi  Morocco (MAR) DNS
2 Rabil Doukkana  France (FRA)

Semi-finals

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The first five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[7]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland (POL) 3:36.50 Q
2 1 Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:36.53 Q
3 2 Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya (KEN) 3:36.53 Q
4 2 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:36.58 Q
5 2 Josh Kerr  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:36.58 Q
6 1 Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria (ALG) 3:36.69 Q
7 1 Neil Gourley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:36.69 Q
8 1 Craig Engels  United States (USA) 3:36.69 Q
9 1 Kalle Berglund  Sweden (SWE) 3:36.72 Q
10 2 Youssouf Hich Bachir  Djibouti (DJI) 3:36.72 Q, SB
11 2 Matthew Centrowitz Jr.  United States (USA) 3:36.77 q, SB
12 2 Jake Wightman  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:36.85 q
13 1 Ben Blankenship  United States (USA) 3:36.98
14 1 Filip Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:37.00
15 2 Matthew Ramsden  Australia (AUS) 3:37.16 PB
16 2 Ronald Musagala  Uganda (UGA) 3:37.19
17 1 Alexis Miellet  France (FRA) 3:37.39
18 1 Isaac Kimeli  Belgium (BEL) 3:37.50
19 2 Kevin López  Spain (ESP) 3:37.56
20 2 Amos Bartelsmeyer  Germany (GER) 3:37.74
21 1 Stewart McSweyn  Australia (AUS) 3:37.95
22 1 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti (DJI) 3:38.35
23 1 Teddese Lemi  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:38.79 PB
24 1 Jesús Gómez  Spain (ESP) 3:40.29
25 2 Abdelaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR) 3:42.23
2 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF

Final

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The final was started on 6 October at 19:40.[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:29.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria (ALG) 3:31.38 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marcin Lewandowski  Poland (POL) 3:31.46 NR
4 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:31.70
5 Jake Wightman  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:31.87 PB
6 Josh Kerr  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:32.52 PB
7 Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya (KEN) 3:32.72 SB
8 Matthew Centrowitz Jr.  United States (USA) 3:32.81 SB
9 Kalle Berglund  Sweden (SWE) 3:33.70 NR
10 Craig Engels  United States (USA) 3:34.24
11 Neil Gourley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:37.30
12 Youssouf Hich Bachir  Djibouti (DJI) 3:37.96

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ "1500 Metres - men - senior - outdoor". www.worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "100 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "1500 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Heats results" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Final results" (PDF).