World Athletics Championships 2017/1500 m men

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run of men
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Attendees	45 athletes from 27 countries
Competition phase	August 10, 2017 (preliminary) August 11, 2017 (semi-finals) August 13, 2017 (final)
Medalist
gold	Elijah Motonei Manangoi ( KEN )
silver	Timothy Cheruiyot ( KEN )
bronze	Filip Ingebrigtsen ( NOR )

World champion Elijah Manangoi

The men's 1,500 meter race at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , on August 10, 11 and 13, 2017 .

The Kenyan Elijah Motonei Manangoi won the world title ahead of his compatriot Timothy Cheruiyot . The Norwegian Filip Ingebrigtsen won the bronze medal.

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

Prelims

The Peruvian David Torrence was eliminated in ninth place as ninth in his prelude

The US-American Matt Centrowitz, who was very successful in earlier years, failed this time after finishing fourteen in his preliminary round in the preliminary round

The Argentine Federico Bruno did not reach the semi-finals as eighth of his heat

Run 1

August 10, 2017, 8:25 p.m. local time (9:25 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya	3: 45.93
2	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3: 45.96
3	Timo Benitz	Germany	3: 46.01
4th	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3: 46.03
5	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	3: 46.06
6th	Jordan Williamsz	Australia	3: 46.11
7th	Mahiedine Mekhissi	France	3: 46.17
8th	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	3: 46.22
9	David Torrence	Peru	3: 46.39
10	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3: 46.64
11	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	3: 47.30
12	Abderrahmane Anou	Algeria	3: 47.38
13	David Bustos	Spain	3: 47.52
14th	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	3: 48.34
DNS	Thiago André	Brazil

Run 2

August 10, 2017, 8:37 p.m. local time (9:37 p.m. CEST )

After the race, the Netherlands protested for their athlete Richard Douma because he stumbled after a push by Uganda runner Ronald Musagalas and fell fifty meters from the finish line. The IAAF decided not to disqualify Musagala, but to give Douma as an additional participant a right to start in the semi-finals.

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Sadik Mikhou	Bahrain	3: 42.12
2	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	3: 42.31
3	Chris O'Hare	Great Britain	3: 42.53
4th	Ronald Musagala	Uganda	3: 42.75
5	Nick Willis	New Zealand	3: 42.75
6th	Robby Andrews	United States	3: 43.03
7th	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	3: 43.10
8th	Federico Bruno	Argentina	3: 43.16
9	Ryan Gregson	Australia	3: 43.28
10	Marc Alcalá	Spain	3: 43.28
11	Benjamin Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	3: 48.39
12	Dominic Lobalu	Athlete Refugee Team	3: 52.78 PB
13	Richard Douma	Netherlands	3: 55.36 admitted to the semi-finals after protest
DNS	Brahim Akachab	Morocco
	Chala Regassa	Ethiopia

Run 3

August 10, 2017, 8:49 p.m. local time (9:49 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Luke Mathews	Australia	3: 38.19
2	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3: 38.41
3	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 38.46
4th	Jake Wightman	Great Britain	3: 38.50
5	Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany	3: 38.57
6th	Nobility Mechaal	Spain	3: 38.99
7th	Fouad Elkaam	Morocco	3: 39.33
8th	John Gregorek	United States	3: 39.62
9	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	3: 39.62
10	Benson Seurei	Bahrain	3: 39.77
11	Michał Rozmys	Poland	3: 40.28
12	Ismaël Debjani	Belgium	3: 43.71
13	Harvey Dixon	Gibraltar	3: 44.03 NO
14th	Erick Rodríguez	Nicaragua	3: 52.35 SB
DNF	Taresa Tolosa	Ethiopia

His sixth place in the first semi-final was not enough for the Moroccan Abdalaati Iguider to advance

The German Timo Benitz had no chance in the semifinals and retired after eleventh place in his race

The second German Homiyu Tesfaye also did not reach the final by finishing tenth in his semi-final run

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.

Run 1

August 11, 2017, 8:10 p.m. local time (9:10 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya	3: 40.10
2	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3: 40.14
3	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 40.23
4th	Sadik Mikhou	Bahrain	3: 40.52
5	Nobility Mechaal	Spain	3: 40.60
6th	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3: 40.76
7th	Luke Mathews	Australia	3: 40.91
8th	Jake Wightman	Great Britain	3: 41.79
9	Ronald Musagala	Uganda	3: 42.01
10	Michał Rozmys	Poland	3: 42.94
11	Timo Benitz	Germany	3: 44.38
DNF	Robby Andrews	United States

Run 2

August 11, 2017, 8:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	3: 38.05
2	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3: 38.14
3	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	3: 38.32
4th	Chris O'Hare	Great Britain	3: 38.59
5	Fouad Elkaam	Morocco	3: 38.64
6th	Nick Willis	New Zealand	3: 38.68
7th	John Gregorek	United States	3: 38.68
8th	Jordan Williamsz	Australia	3: 38.93
9	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	3: 39.47
10	Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany	3: 39.72
11	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	3: 40.05
12	Benson Seurei	Bahrain	3: 40.96
13	Richard Douma	Netherlands	3: 47.74

final

August 13, 2017, 8:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. CEST )

Again this year, favorites were the two first-placed Kenyans at the last World Championships, Asbel Kiprop - also world champions from 2013 - and Elijah Manangoi. The next placed at the last World Cup, Abdalaati Iguider from Morocco, was also one of the favorites. Among the participants was the US Olympic champion of 2016 and runner-up world champion in 2013 Matt Centrowitz. Competition from Europe was expected from the strong European champion 2016 Filip Ingebrigtsen from Norway. Centrowitz - in the preliminary stages - and Iguider - in the semifinals - had already been eliminated.

The final didn't start very quickly, the intermediate time after the first four hundred meters was 1: 01.63 minutes. In the second round, the two Kenyans Timothy Cheruiyot and Manangoi took the lead. They increased the pace a lot and there was a small gap to the rest of the field. The double world champion of 2013 and 2015 Kiprop soon caught up with his leading compatriots. Ingebrigtsen, the Spaniard Adel Mechaal and the Czech Jakub Holuša followed a little further. The lap time for the second four hundred meters was 55.96 s. At the beginning of the last lap the three pursuers had caught up with the Kenyans again. Round three was completed in 56.09 s. On the back straight, the six leaders with Cheruiyot in the lead were still close together, ahead of Manangoi, Ingebrigtsen, Kiprop, Mechaal and Holuša. In the target corner, Kiprop could no longer keep the pace. Cheruiyot and Manangoi pulled away easily, Ingebrigtsen and Mechaal followed closely behind, while Holuša also got into trouble. At the beginning of the home stretch Ingebrigtsen was again close behind Manangoi, but the two Kenyans finally made the race between themselves. Elijah Manangoi was the strongest in the sprint and crossed the finish line as the new world champion. Timothy Cheruiyot was second ahead of Filip Ingebrigtsen. Adel Mechaal was fourth, with Jakub Holuša in fifth, followed by Sadik Mikhou from Bahrain and Marcin Lewandowski from Poland.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya	3: 33.61
	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3: 33.99
	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 34.53
4th	Nobility Mechaal	Spain	3: 34.71
5	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	3: 34.89
6th	Sadik Mikhou	Bahrain	3: 35.81
7th	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	3: 36.02
8th	Nick Willis	New Zealand	3: 36.82
9	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3: 37.24
10	John Gregorek	United States	3: 37.56
11	Fouad Elkaam	Morocco	3: 37.72
12	Chris O'Hare	Great Britain	3: 38.28

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  World champion Elijah Manangoi, Kenya

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  Vice world champion Timothy Cheruiyot from Kenya

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  Bronze medalist Filip Ingebrigsten, Norway

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  The Spaniard Adel Mechaal took fourth place

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  The Czech Jakub Holuša Powell came in fifth

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  Sixth place for Sadik Mikhou from Bahrain

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  Marcin Lewandowski from Poland finished seventh

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  New Zealander Nick Willis came in eighth

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  The Kenyan Asbel Kiprop finished ninth in the final

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  The second Moroccan finalist Fouad Elkaam crossed the finish line in eleventh place

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  The Briton Chris O'Hare finished twelfth

Web links

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 1500 m men on the IAAF website (English), accessed on November 23, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 23, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 23, 2018

Video

• 1500m M - E Manangoi (KEN) guld - F Ingebrigtsen (NOR) brons - London - VM - 13 aug 2017 on youtube.com, published on 5 August 2017, accessed on 23 November 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Douma na drama val alsnog toegelaten tot halve finale 1500m on ad.nl, August 10, 2017 (Dutch), accessed on November 23, 2018