2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres


The Men's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1 & 3.
In the heats, Mehdi Baala, who has a history of this sort of incident, fell flat on his face as the [|final] sprint began. He was eventually advanced by the referees to the semi-finals, where he qualified for the final.
The first semi-final went out slowly and was a strategic race with a bunch finish. Defending champion Yusuf Saad Kamel finished 6th in that semi and failed to make the time qualifier. The second semi went out on a decidedly faster pace bringing the time qualifiers along with the automatic qualifiers. Previous silver medalist Deresse Mekonnen was left behind in the final kick. With Bernard Lagat opting to run the 5,000 metres, no returning medalists made the final, though all current Olympic medalists did make the final.
The final went out at 4 minute mile pace, with Nick Willis leading Matthew Centrowitz and the pack through a 60 second 400, slowing to almost 2:02 by 800. Shortly after that, the Kenyans Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat moved to the front, chased by Mekonnen Gebremedhin and much of the pack swallowed the early leaders. Centrowitz stepped to the side and followed. As the pack tried to jockey for position, Kiprop refused to relinquish the lead along the rail, even as teammate Kiplagat took the lead on the outside during the backstretch. Kiprop and then Kiplagat continued that way to the finish. Abdalaati Iguider stayed a step behind Kiprop and was in third coming down the home stretch. As he faded, Centrowitz, who had come around the outside followed by Manuel Olmedo moved back up to finish third.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Daniel Kipchirchir Komen3:38.54Q
21Nick Willis3:39.24Q
31Yoann Kowal3:39.33Q
41Diego Ruiz3:39.33Q
51Mohamed Moustaoui3:39.35Q
61Matthew Centrowitz3:39.46Q
71Chaminda Wijekoon3:39.61q, NR
83Amine Laâlou3:39.86Q
91Ryan Gregson3:40.01q
103Deresse Mekonnen3:40.08Q
113Silas Kiplagat3:40.13Q
123Taoufik Makhloufi3:40.15Q
133Yusuf Saad Kamel3:40.27Q, SB
143Ciaran O'Lionaird3:40.41Q
153Juan Carlos Higuero3:40.71q
163Leonel Manzano3:40.77q
173Geoffrey Martinson3:40.98q
181Zebene Alemayehu3:41.08q
191James Shane3:41.17
202Asbel Kiprop3:41.22Q
212Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:41.28Q
223Andreas Vojta3:41.34
232Abdalaati Iguider3:41.41Q
242Manuel Olmedo3:41.78Q
252Tarek Boukensa3:41.87Q
262Eduard Villanueva3:41.89Q
273Hamza Driouch3:42.09
282Jeffrey Riseley3:42.22
292Andrew Wheating3:42.68
302Dmitrijs Jurkevičs3:42.69
312Jeroen D'Hoedt3:45.54
323Nabil Mohammed Al-Garbi3:50.17PB
332Charles Delys3:51.36SB
343Florian Carvalho3:53.88
351Sin Sang-min3:55.02
362Mehdi Baala4:13.10q by Referees
372Ribeiro Pinto De Carvalho4:30.56PB
1Mohammed Shaween

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advance to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Asbel Kiprop3:36.75Q
22Tarek Boukensa3:36.84Q
32Mohamed Moustaoui3:36.87Q
42Manuel Olmedo3:36.91Q
52Eduar Villanueva3:36.96Q, NR
62Ciaran O'Lionaird3:36.96q
72Nick Willis3:37.39q
82Yoann Kowal3:37.44
92Daniel Kipchirchir Komen3:37.58
102Juan Carlos Higuero3:37.92
112Deresse Mekonnen3:44.65
122Chaminda Wijekoon3:44.81
131Matthew Centrowitz3:46.66Q
141Mekonnen Gebremedhin3:46.71Q
151Silas Kiplagat3:46.75Q
161Mehdi Baala3:46.87Q
171Abdalaati Iguider3:46.89Q
181Yusuf Saad Kamel3:47.18
191Amine Laâlou3:47.65
201Ryan Gregson3:47.89
212Leonel Manzano3:47.98
221Geoffrey Martinson3:48.83
231Diego Ruiz3:49.26
241Taoufik Makhloufi3:50.86
251Zebene Alemayehu3:51.19

Final