Athletics 2016/Men's 1500 metre

The men's 1500 metre of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 16-20 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 43 athletes competing, the event was won by Matthew Centrowitz from United States, with Taoufik Makhloufi from Algeria taking the silver medal and Nicholas Willis from New Zealand taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to fifteen athletes. In each round, the top five with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Forty-three athletes qualified for the event with Asbel Kiprop as world champion and world-leading athlete. Kenya had two other very strong athletes, with Ronald Kwemoi and Elijah Motonei Manangoi having reached very fast times in the year, as well. Behind the three Kenyans, the defending silver medalist Taoufik Makhloufi and the bronze medalist of the world championships Abdelaati Iguider were also in contention for a medal, just like Ayanleh Souleiman, Nick Willis, Matthew Centrowitz, and Ryan Gregson.

Athlete	Nationality
Saud Alzaabi	United Arab Emirates
David Bustos	Spain
Julian Matthews	New Zealand
Santino Kenyi	South Sudan
Asbel Kiprop	Kenya
Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti
Matthew Centrowitz	United States
Florian Carvalho	France
Aman Wote	Ethiopia
Ryan Gregson	Australia
Chris O'Hare	Great Britain
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada
Thiago Andre	Brazil
Fouad Elkaam	Morocco
Adel Mechaal	Spain
Robby Andrews	United States
Paulo Amotun	Refugee Olympic Team
Hamish Carson	New Zealand
Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	Djibouti
Nathan Brannen	Canada
Brahim Kaazouzi	Morocco
Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria
Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway
Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya
Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia
Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany
Charlie Grice	Great Britain
Augusto Soares	Timor Leste
Pieter-Jan Hannes	Belgium
Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway
Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia
Luke Mathews	Australia
Ilham Tanui Ozbilen	Turkey
Salim Keddar	Algeria
Benson Kiplagat Seurei	Bahrain
Erick Rodriguez	Nicaragua
Ben Blankenship	United States
Jakub Holusa	Czech Republic
Nicholas Willis	New Zealand
Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya
Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco
Ronald Musagala	Uganda
Mohammed Rageh	Yemen

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	14 July 1998		Hicham El Guerrouj	3:26.00
OR	29 September 2000		Noah Ngeny	3:32.07

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Asbel Kiprop	3:38.97	Q
2		Ryan Gregson	3:39.13	Q
3		Ayanleh Souleiman	3:39.25	Q
4		Chris O'Hare	3:39.26	Q
5		Matthew Centrowitz	3:39.31	Q
6		Fouad Elkaam	3:39.51	Q
7		David Bustos	3:39.73	q
8		Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	3:40.04	q
9		Julian Matthews	3:40.40
10		Florian Carvalho	3:41.87
11		Thiago Andre	3:44.42
12		Santino Kenyi	3:45.27	NR
13		Saud Alzaabi	4:02.35
14		Aman Wote	DNS

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Taoufik Makhloufi	3:46.82	Q
2		Elijah Motonei Manangoi	3:46.83	Q
3		Robby Andrews	3:46.97	Q
4		Nathan Brannen	3:47.07	Q
5		Mekonnen Gebremedhin	3:47.33	Q
6		Brahim Kaazouzi	3:47.39	Q
7		Homiyu Tesfaye	3:47.44	q
8		Hamish Carson	3:48.18
9		Adel Mechaal	3:48.41
10		Charlie Grice	3:48.51	q
11		Paulo Amotun	4:03.96
12		Augusto Soares	4:11.35	PR
13		Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	DNF
14		Filip Ingebrigtsen	DQ

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Jakub Holusa	3:38.31	Q
2		Ronald Kewmoi	3:38.33	Q
3		Abdalaati Iguider	3:38.40	Q
4		Ronald Musagala	3:38.45	Q
5		Henrik Ingebrigtsen	3:38.50	Q
6		Nicholas Willis	3:38.55	Q
7		Benson Kiplagat Seurei	3:38.82	q
8		Pieter-Jan Hannes	3:38.89	q
9		Ben Blankenship	3:38.92	q
10		Dawit Wolde	3:39.29	q
11		Salim Keddar	3:40.63
12		Luke Mathews	3:44.51
13		Ilham Tanui Ozbilen	3:49.02
14		Mohammed Rageh	3:58.99
15		Erick Rodriguez	4:00.30

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Asbel Kiprop	3:39.73	Q
2		Taoufik Makhloufi	3:39.88	Q
3		Nicholas Willis	3:39.96	Q
4		Ben Blankenship	3:39.99	Q
5		Charlie Grice	3:40.05	Q
6		Abdalaati Iguider	3:40.11	q
7		Nathan Brannen	3:40.20	q
8		Benson Kiplagat Seurei	3:40.53
9		Jakub Holusa	3:40.83
10		Dawit Wolde	3:41.42
11		Henrik Ingebrigtsen	3:42.51
12		Pieter-Jan Hannes	3:43.71
13		Brahim Kaazouzi	3:48.66

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ronald Kwemoi	3:39.42	Q
2		Ayanleh Souleiman	3:39.46	Q
3		Matthew Centrowitz	3:39.61	Q
4		Ryan Gregson	3:40.02	Q
5		Ronald Musagala	3:40.37	Q
6		Mekonnen Gebremedhin	3:40.69
7		Homiyu Tesfaye	3:40.76
8		Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	3:40.79
9		Fouad Elkaam	3:40.93
10		Chris O'Hare	3:44.27
11		David Bustos	3:56.54	q
12		Robby Andrews	DQ
13		Elijah Motonei Manangoi	DNS

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Matthew Centrowitz	3:50.00
2		Taoufik Makhloufi	3:50.11
3		Nicholas Willis	3:50.24
4		Ayanleh Souleiman	3:50.29
5		Abdalaati Iguider	3:50.58
6		Asbel Kiprop	3:50.87
7		David Bustos	3:51.06
8		Ben Blankenship	3:51.09
9		Ryan Gregson	3:51.39
10		Nathan Brannen	3:51.45
11		Ronald Musagala	3:51.68
12		Charlie Grice	3:51.73
13		Ronald Kwemoi	3:56.76

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Matthew Centrowitz	United States
	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria
	Nicholas Willis	New Zealand
4	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti
5	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco
6	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya
7	David Bustos	Spain
8	Ben Blankenship	United States
9	Ryan Gregson	Australia
10	Nathan Brannen	Canada
11	Ronald Musagala	Uganda
12	Charlie Grice	Great Britain
13	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya
14	Benson Kiplagat	Bahrain
15	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia
16	Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany
17	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada
18	Jakub Holusa	Czech Republic
19	Fouad Elkaam	Morocco
20	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia
21	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway
22	Pieter-Jan Hannes	Belgium
23	Chris O'Hare	Great Britain
24	Brahim Kaazouzi	Morocco
25	Robby Andrews	United States
26	Elijah Motonei Manangoi	Kenya
27	Julian Matthews	New Zealand
28	Salim Keddar	Algeria
29	Florien Carvalho	France
30	Thiago Andre	Brazil
31	Luke Mathews	Australia
32	Santino Kenyi	South Sudan
33	Hamish Carson	New Zealand
34	Adel Mechaal	Spain
35	Ilham Tanui Ozbilen	Turkey
36	Mohammed Rageh	Yemen
37	Erick Rodriguez	Nicaragua
38	Saud Alzaabi	United Arab Emirates
39	Paulo Amotun	Refugee Olympic Team
40	Augusto Soares	Timor Leste
-	Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	Djibouti
-	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway
-	Aman Wote	Ethiopia

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