World Athletics Championships 2015/1500 m men

World Athletics Championships 2015
discipline	1500 meter run of men
city	Beijing
place	Beijing National Stadium
Attendees	41 athletes from 23 countries
Competition phase	August 27, 2015 (preliminary round) August 28, 2015 (semi-finals) August 30, 2015 (final)
Medalist
gold	Asbel Kiprop ( KEN )
silver	Elijah Motonei Manangoi ( KEN )
bronze	Abdalaati Iguider ( MAR )

Final run over 1500 meters

The men's 1,500-meter run at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 27, 28 and 30, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .

There was a double win for Kenya. Asbel Kiprop won the world title ahead of Elijah Motonei Manangoi . Third place went to the Moroccan Abdalaati Iguider .

Records

World record	Hicham El Guerrouj	3: 26.00 min	Rome , Italy	July 14, 1998
Championship record		3: 27.65 min	World Cup in Seville , Spain	August 24, 1999

doping

There was also a doping case at this middle distance : In July 2016, the IAAF announced that the Moroccan Yassine Bensghir, who had been eliminated in the semifinals, was banned for four years due to irregularities in his biological passport. His results, achieved since July 7, 2014, have been canceled and the suspension ends on April 11, 2020.

Bensghir was eliminated in the semi-finals, so there were no disadvantaged athletes who would have received their medal later. But there was a distortion of competition in the preliminary round. The Australian Ryan Gregson would have qualified for the semifinals through sixth place in his preliminary run. This was denied him by Bensghir's doping fraud.

The Australian Ryan Gregson would actually have been eligible for the semifinals through his placement, only the Moroccan Yassine Bensghir, who was later disqualified for doping reasons, prevented this

Prelims

From the three preliminary heats, the first six of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

August 27, 2015, 10:35 am (4:35 am CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya	3: 42.57
2	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	3: 42.72
3	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	3: 43.17
4th	Charlie Grice	Great Britain	3: 43.21
5	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3: 43.29
6th	Ryan Gregson	Australia	3: 43.54 actually qualified for the semi-finals
7th	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	3: 43.66
8th	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 43.97
9	Youssouf Hiss Bachir	Djibouti	3: 44.48
10	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	3: 44.90
11	Benson Kiplagat Seurei	Bahrain	3: 45.70
12	Nobility Mechaal	Spain	3: 46.05
13	Awwad Al Sharafat	Jordan	4: 07.72
DOP	Yassine Bensghir	Morocco	admitted to the finals

Run 2

The Moroccan Fouad Elkaam was eliminated as eighth of his preliminary round in the preliminary round

August 27, 2015, 10:45 am (4:45 am CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3: 38.97
2	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	3: 39.05
3	Leonel Manzano	United States	3: 39.22
4th	Pieter-Jan Hannes	Belgium	3: 39.31
5	Morhad Amdouni	France	3: 39.38
6th	Julian Matthews	New Zealand	3: 39.55
7th	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada	3: 39.72
8th	Fouad Elkaam	Morocco	3: 40.12
9	Dumisane Hlaselo	South Africa	3: 40.25
10	Ronald Musagala	Uganda	3: 42.12
11	Víctor Corrales	Spain	3: 44.76
12	Salim Keddar	Algeria	3: 44.81
DNF	Ayanleh	Djibouti

Run 3

The Portuguese Hélio Gomes was thirteenth in his preliminary run and did not reach the final

August 27, 2015, 10:55 a.m. (4:55 a.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	3: 38.13
2	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3: 38.14
3	Nicholas Willis	New Zealand	3: 38.27
4th	İlham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	3: 38.28
5	Chris O'Hare	Great Britain	3: 38.43
6th	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3: 38.50
7th	Robby Andrews	United States	3: 38.52
8th	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3: 38.66
9	Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	Djibouti	3: 38.66
10	David Bustos	Spain	3: 38.75
11	Carlos Díaz	Chile	3: 39.75
12	Yassine Hathat	Algeria	3: 40.16
13	Helio Gomes	Portugal	3: 46.32
14th	Erick Rodriguez	Nicaragua	3: 49.64 NO

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the top five of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. The second semifinal race was significantly faster than the first, so that the two runners who reached the final over their time came out of the second run.

Run 1

The Briton Chris O'Hare missed the finals by two places after his seventh place in the first semifinals

August 28, 2015, 7:55 p.m. (1:55 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3: 43.48
2	Nicholas Willis	New Zealand	3: 43.57
3	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	3: 43.64
4th	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	3: 43.97
5	Leonel Manzano	United States	3: 44.28
6th	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3: 44.31
7th	Chris O'Hare	Great Britain	3: 44.36
8th	Pieter-Jan Hannes	Belgium	3: 44.38
9	İlham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	3: 45.70
10	Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	Djibouti	3: 46.82
11	Carlos Díaz	Chile	3: 47.48
DOP	Yassine Bensghir	Morocco

Run 2

The South African Johan Cronje - here at the award ceremony with his bronze medal from the 2013 World Championships - was eliminated this time as eighth of his semifinal run

August 28, 2015, 8:05 p.m. (2:05 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya	3: 35.00
2	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	3: 35.05
3	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3: 35.20
4th	Charlie Grice	Great Britain	3: 35.58
5	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3: 35.74
6th	Robby Andrews	United States	3: 35.88
7th	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	3: 35.97
8th	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3: 36.59
9	Morhad Amdouni	France	3: 37.79
10	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada	3: 39.62
11	Julian Matthews	New Zealand	3: 40.45
12	David Bustos	Spain	3: 42.48

final

August 30, 2015, 7:45 pm local time (1:45 pm CEST )

With the Kenyan Asbel Kiprop, the US-American Matthew Centrowitz and the South African Johan Cronje, the first three of the last World Championships were there again. However, Cronje was already eliminated in the semifinals and Centrowitz was no longer as strong as two years ago. In contrast, defending champion Kiprop was one of the top favorites again in Beijing . His three compatriots Elijah Manangoi, Silas Kiplagat and Timothy Cheruiyot as well as the Moroccan Olympic third-placed Abdalaati Iguider were also rated highly.

The racing pace wasn't particularly fast at first. The two Kenyans Manangoi and Cheruiyot led the field. The first lap was covered in 59.14 s, the second in 59.48 s. Now it got a little faster, Centrowitz orientated himself directly behind the two leading Kenyans. When the bell rang for the last lap, the pace increased significantly. Centrowitz now took the lead, followed by Kiplagat and Iguider. The third lap was run in 57.01 s.

On the back straight, the Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi stormed forward. Iguider was second, Kiplagat third. From midfield, Kiprop came up to the three leaders. A small gap opened up behind it. In the target curve, the defending champion took third position. Makhloufi was further ahead on the home stretch. But fifty meters from the finish, Kiprop and then Iguider passed him. In the last few meters Manangoi flew up again. Asbel Kiprop was unbeatable and became world champion again. Second place went to Elijah Motonei Manangoi and thus ensured a Kenyan one-two. The bronze medal was won by Abdalaati Iguider just ahead of Taoufik Makhloufi and Silas Kiplagat.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3: 34.40
	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya	3: 34.63
	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3: 34.67
04th	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	3: 34.76
05	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	3: 34.81
06th	Nicholas Willis	New Zealand	3: 35.46
07th	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3: 36.05
08th	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	3: 36.13
09	Charlie Grice	Great Britain	3: 36.21
10	Leonel Manzano	United States	3: 37.26
11	Robby Andrews	United States	3: 38.29
DNF	Aman Wote	Ethiopia

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  World champion Asbel Kiprop, Kenya

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  Vice world champion Elijah Manangoi from Kenya

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  The Moroccan Abdalaati Igueder won the bronze medal

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  The Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi finished fourth

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  Fifth place for the Kenyan Silas Kiplagat

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  New Zealander Nick Willis came in sixth

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  As the fourth best Kenyan, Timothy Cheruiyot came in seventh

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  The American Matt Centrowitz finished eighth in the final

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  The Briton Charlie Grice came in ninth place

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  Leonal Manzano of the United States came in tenth

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  The American Robby Andrews reached number eleven

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  The Ethiopian Aman Wote gave up the race

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, 1500 m men on the IAAF website , accessed on October 25, 2018
• Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 25, 2018
• Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 25, 2018

Video

• Asbel KIPROP wins / 1500m Men / Final / 30 Aug / IAAF World Championships Beijing on youtube.com, broadcast on Eurosport, published on September 13, 2016, accessed on October 25, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} List of doping cases in athletics on ipfs.io, accessed on July 22, 2017