2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 43 athletes from 28 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estádio Nilton Santos | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 16, 2016 (preliminary) August 18, 2016 (semi-finals) August 20, 2016 (final) |
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The men's 1500 meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 16, 18 and 20, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 43 athletes took part.
The US-American Matthew Centrowitz became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi and the New Zealander Nick Willis .
Homiyu Tesfaye started for Germany and was eliminated in the semifinals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
In this competition, the South Sudanese Paulo Amotun started under the Olympic flag and the abbreviation ROT (Refugee Olympic Team) as an athlete who had fled his home country.
Current title holders
Olympic champion | Taoufik Makhloufi ( Algeria ) | 3: 34.08 min | London 2012 |
World Champion | Asbel Kiprop ( Kenya ) | 3: 34.40 min | Beijing 2015 |
European champion | Filip Ingebrigtsen ( Norway ) | 3: 46.65 min | Amsterdam 2016 |
North / Central America / Caribbean champions | Andrew Wheating ( USA ) | 3: 45.08 min | San José 2015 |
South America champion | Carlos Díaz ( Chile ) | 3: 40.79 min | Lima 2015 |
Asian champion | Mohamad Al-Garni ( Qatar ) | 3: 41.42 min | Wuhan 2015 |
African champions | Fouad El Kaam ( Morocco ) | 3: 39.49 min | Durban 2016 |
Oceania Champion | Sam Russell ( Australia ) | 4: 05.76 min | Cairns 2015 |
Existing records
World record | Hicham El Guerrouj ( Morocco ) | 3: 26.00 min | Rome , Italy | July 14, 1998 |
Olympic record | Noah Ngeny ( Kenya ) | 3: 32.07 min | Sydney final , Australia | September 29, 2000 |
Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).
Preliminary round
The athletes competed in a total of three heats. The first six runners per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
August 16, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3: 38.97 | |
2 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3: 39.13 | |
3 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3: 39.25 | |
4th | Chris O'Hare | Great Britain | 3: 39.26 | |
5 | Matthew Centrowitz | United States | 3: 39.31 | |
6th | Fouad Elkaam | Morocco | 3: 39.51 | |
7th | David Bustos | Spain | 3: 39.73 | |
8th | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada | 3: 40.04 | |
9 | Julian Matthews | New Zealand | 3: 40.40 | |
10 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3: 41.87 | |
11 | Thiago André | Brazil | 3: 44.42 | |
12 | Santino Kenyi | South Sudan | 3: 45.27 | NO |
13 | Saud Al-Zaabi | United Arab Emirates | 4: 02.35 | |
DNS | Aman Wote | Ethiopia |
Forward 2
August 16, 2016, 10:39 am
The reigning European champion Filip Ingebrigtsen from Norway was disqualified due to disability. The disadvantaged athletes, Homiyu Tesfaye from Germany and the Briton Charlie Grice, were admitted to the semi-finals in addition to the fastest.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 3: 46.82 | |
2 | Elijah Manangoi | Kenya | 3: 46.83 | |
3 | Robert Andrews | United States | 3: 46.97 | |
4th | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3: 47.07 | |
5 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3: 47.33 | |
6th | Brahim Kaazouzi | Morocco | 3: 47.39 | |
7th | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3: 47.44 | admitted to the semifinals |
8th | Hamish Carson | New Zealand | 3: 48.18 | |
9 | Nobility Mechaal | Spain | 3: 48.41 | |
10 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3: 48.51 | admitted to the semifinals |
11 | Paulo Amotun | Refugee Olympic Team | 4: 03.96 | Country of origin: South Sudan |
12 | Augusto Ramos Soares | East Timor | 4: 11.35 | |
DNF | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | Djibouti | ||
DSQ | Filip Ingebrigtsen | Norway | IAAF Rule 163.2 - Disability |
The Norwegian European champion Filip Ingebrigtsen was disqualified because of handicap
Forward 3
August 16, 2016, 10:48 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 3: 38.31 | |
2 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3: 38.33 | |
3 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3: 38.40 | |
4th | Ronald Musagala | Uganda | 3: 38.45 | |
5 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3: 38.50 | |
6th | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3: 38.55 | |
7th | Benson Seurei | Bahrain | 3: 38.82 | |
8th | Pieter-Jan Hannes | Belgium | 3: 38.89 | |
9 | Ben Blankenship | United States | 3: 38.92 | |
10 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 3: 39.29 | |
11 | Salim Keddar | Algeria | 3: 40.63 | |
12 | Luke Mathews | Australia | 3: 44.51 | |
13 | İlham Tanui Özbilen | Turkey | 3: 49.02 | |
14th | Mohammed Rageh | Yemen | 3: 58.99 | |
15th | Erick Rodríguez | Nicaragua | 4: 00.30 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held in two runs. The first five athletes per race qualified for the finals. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Run 1
August 18, 2016, 8:45 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3: 39.73 | |
2 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 3: 39.88 | |
3 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3: 39.96 | |
4th | Ben Blankenship | United States | 3: 39.99 | |
5 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3: 40.05 | |
6th | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3: 40.11 | |
7th | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3: 40.20 | |
8th | Benson Seurei | Bahrain | 3: 40.53 | |
9 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 3: 40.83 | |
10 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 3: 41.42 | |
11 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3: 42.51 | |
12 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | Belgium | 3: 43.71 | |
13 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Morocco | 3: 48.66 |
Run 2
August 18, 2016, 8:55 pm
The US athlete Robert Andrews was disqualified for disqualifying another runner. The disabled Spaniard David Bustos was wildcarded for the final.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3: 39.42 | |
2 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3: 39.46 | |
3 | Matthew Centrowitz | United States | 3: 39.61 | |
4th | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3: 40.02 | |
5 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda | 3: 40.37 | |
6th | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3: 40.69 | |
7th | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3: 40.76 | |
8th | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada | 3: 40.79 | |
9 | Fouad Elkaam | Morocco | 3: 40.93 | |
10 | Chris O'Hare | Great Britain | 3: 44.27 | |
11 | David Bustos | Spain | 3: 56.54 | Wildcard for the final |
DSQ | Robert Andrews | United States | IAAF Rule 163.4 - Disability | |
DNS | Elijah Manangoi | Kenya | Thigh injury |
final
August 20, 2016, 9 p.m.
Two Kenyans and two Americans each qualified. There was also one participant each from Algeria, Australia, Djibouti, Great Britain, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Spain and Uganda.
Asbel Kiprop from Kenya, who won the gold medal in Beijing in 2008 , was the favorite of the year and reigning world champion Asbel Kiprop from Kenya . His compatriots Ronald Kwemoi and Elijah Manangoi, number three on the world's best list of the year, were also among the other favorites. But Manangoi had not been able to compete in the semi-finals due to a thigh injury. In the final, the two Kenyans faced the 2012 Olympic champion Taoufik Makhloufi from Algeria, fourth on the world's best list of the year, who had already won the silver medal over 800 meters . The 800-meter final, however, only took place one day before the heats. Other promising candidates were number five and six on the year's best list, Abdalaati Iguider from Morocco and Ayanleh Souleiman from Djibouti, who also had the 800-meter race under their feet.
The final race started very slowly. The two US runners Matthew Centrowitz and Ben Blankenship took over the leadership work together with the Spaniard David Bustos. Kiprop, Makhloufi and Souleiman were at the end of the field. The 400-meter split was 1: 06.83 min. During the second lap, New Zealander Nick Willis moved forward while Blankenship dropped back. The second four hundred meters were even slower than the first at 1: 09.76 minutes. Shortly before the start of the third lap, Kiprop took the lead. A collision occurred between Souleiman and Kwemoi, in which Kwemoi fell but was able to continue the race. The pace of the race was still so slow that the Kenyan was able to catch up with the field again in a short time, but it had still cost his strength.
Souleiman now took the initiative and attacked the now leading Centrowitz, but the US athlete fended off the attack. Shortly before the home stretch of the third lap, Souleiman passed Centrowitz after all, the pace was only slightly faster - third lap: 1: 05.41 min. Centrowitz immediately took the lead again.
When the last lap started, Makhloufi was on the heels of the American, but stayed in his slipstream. Centrowitz was ahead on the back straight. He was followed by Kiprop, Iguider and Makhloufi, followed by Willis and Souleiman. Iguider and Kiprop fell back. Now Willis came forward and left Souleiman behind. After these very cautious first 1200 meters, the field was close together and the exit was open. Finally Matt Centrowitz prevailed with a strong final sprint and won the gold medal in front of Taoufik Makhloufi and Nick Willis, who narrowly beat Ayanleh Souleiman. Abdalaati Iguider followed in fifth. Asbel Kiprop had to be content with sixth place. David Bustos finished seventh ahead of Ben Blankenship.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Matthew Centrowitz | United States | 3: 50.00 | |
2 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 3: 50.11 | |
3 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3: 50.24 | |
4th | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3: 50.29 | |
5 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3: 50.58 | |
6th | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3: 50.87 | |
7th | David Bustos | Spain | 3: 51.06 | |
8th | Ben Blankenship | United States | 3: 51.09 | |
9 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3: 51.39 | |
10 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3: 51.45 | |
11 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda | 3: 51.68 | |
12 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3: 51.73 | |
13 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3: 56.76 |
Web links
- Results Book Rio 2016, official report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 1, 2018
- Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English), accessed on October 1, 2018
- Sports-Reference, result 1500 m men (English), accessed on October 1, 2018
Video
- Nick Willis wins Bronze at Rio 2016 on youtube.com, published November 8, 2016, accessed October 1, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 670 (English) , accessed on October 1, 2018
- ↑ a b c IAAF competition rules, page 73/74 , accessed on October 1, 2018