2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

Men's 1500 metres
at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueErgo Arena
Dates7 March (heats)
8 March (final)
Competitors23 from 19 nations
Winning time3:37.52
Medalists
gold medal    Djibouti
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Morocco
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Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:31.18 Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
Championship record   Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:33.77 Maebashi, Japan 7 March 1999
World Leading   Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR) 3:35.00 Stockholm, Sweden 6 February 2014
African record   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:31.18 Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
Asian record   Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) 3:36.28 Stockholm, Sweden 20 February 2007
European record   Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) 3:33.32 Piraeus, Greece 24 February 1999
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
  Galen Rupp (USA) 3:34.78 Boston, United States 26 January 2013
Oceanian record   Nick Willis (NZL) 3:35.80 Birmingham, Great Britain 20 February 2010
South American record   Agberto Guimarães (BRA) 3:42.70 Piraeus, Greece 8 March 1989

Qualification standards edit

Indoor Outdoor
3:41.00 or 3:58.00 (Mile) 3:34.00

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
7 March 2014 12:25 Heats
8 March 2014 20:00 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Aman Wote   Ethiopia 3:36.75 Q
2 3 Abdalaati Iguider   Morocco 3:37.83 Q, SB
3 3 Will Leer   United States 3:38.02 q
4 3 Bethwell Birgen   Kenya 3:38.56 q
5 2 Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti 3:38.94 Q
6 2 Nick Willis   New Zealand 3:39.14 Q
7 3 İlham Tanui Özbilen   Turkey 3:39.31 q
8 3 David McCarthy   Ireland 3:39.46
9 2 Silas Kiplagat   Kenya 3:39.70
10 2 Chris O'Hare   Great Britain 3:40.06
11 3 Adel Mechaal   Spain 3:41.27
12 2 Andreas Vojta   Austria 3:42.10
13 2 Nathan Brannen   Canada 3:42.51
14 2 Mitja Krevs   Slovenia 3:43.22 NR
15 1 Homiyu Tesfaye   Germany 3:47.07 Q
16 1 Jakub Holuša   Czech Republic 3:47.20 Q
17 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin   Ethiopia 3:47.22
18 1 Lopez Lomong   United States 3:48.06
19 1 Lee Emanuel   Great Britain 3:48.09
20 2 Wesam Al-Massri   Palestine 3:53.84 NR
21 1 Omar Mohamed Abdi   Somalia 3:56.52 PB
22 3 Aitor Gomez   Gibraltar 4:07.34 NR
1 Ioan Zaizan   Romania DQ R 163.2 [2]

Final edit

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti 3:37.52
  Aman Wote   Ethiopia 3:38.08
  Abdalaati Iguider   Morocco 3:38.21
4 İlham Tanui Özbilen   Turkey 3:39.10
5 Jakub Holuša   Czech Republic 3:39.23
6 Will Leer   United States 3:39.60
7 Homiyu Tesfaye   Germany 3:39.90
8 Bethwell Birgen   Kenya 3:40.66
Nick Willis   New Zealand DQ R 163.3(b) [4]

References edit

  1. ^ Heats results
  2. ^ Jostling/Obstruction on the track
  3. ^ Final results
  4. ^ Infringement of the inside border; original time – 3:38.47