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

The men's 1500 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 8 August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Andrew Wheating from United States. The event was won by José Carlos Villareal of Mexico.

Men's 1500 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 8
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time3:39.93
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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Summary

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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 2:45.1. 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, halfway 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

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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

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Date Time Round
August 8, 2019 16:55 Final

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified

Final

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The results were as follows:[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  José Carlos Villarreal   Mexico 3:39.93
  John Gregorek Jr.   United States 3:40.42
  William Paulson   Canada 3:41.15
4 Santiago Catrofe   Uruguay 3:43.17
5 Federico Bruno   Argentina 3:43.17 SB
6 Carlos Santos   Brazil 3:44.47 SB
7 Fernando Daniel Martínez   Mexico 3:45.13
8 Carlos Hernández Samacá   Colombia 3:45.35 PB
9 Diego Lacamoire   Argentina 3:45.36
10 Andrés Arroyo   Puerto Rico 3:47.42
11 Dage Minors   Bermuda 3:48.85
12 Carlos Díaz   Chile 3:49.33
13 Eduardo Gregorio   Uruguay 3:49.66

References

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