2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
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The men's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–18 August.[1] The winning margin was 0.50 seconds.
16 August (semifinals)
18 August (final)
| Men's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Luzhniki Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | 14 August (heats) 16 August (semifinals) 18 August (final) | ||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 25 nations | ||||||
| Winning time | 3:36.28 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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With three Kenyans qualified, rumors were out that there would be a fast pace for the final. That wasn't the case, first Kiprop looked around for his teammates and they weren't there. On the second lap Nixon Chepseba took off into the lead, but all eyes were on Kiprop and nobody followed. Matthew Centrowitz took up the position directly behind Kiprop on the rail, Mekonnen Gebremedhin on his shoulder. For the next two laps Chipseba ran on his own, opening up as much as a 10-meter lead. But when the running got serious everybody jockeyed for position behind Kiprop, Chipseba acting more like a blockade. Kiprop didn't really unleash his kick until 90 meters from the finish. Centrowitz moved right with him following Kiprop to the line for silver, with Johan Cronje squeezing past Chipseba on the inside to take bronze.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record |  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) |
3:26.00 |  Rome, Italy |
14 July 1998 |
| Championship record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) |
3:27.65 |  Sevilla, Spain |
24 August 1999 |
| World Leading |  Asbel Kiprop (KEN) |
3:27.72 |  Monaco |
19 July 2013 |
| African Record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) |
3:26.00 | Rome, Italy |
14 July 1998 |
| Asian Record |  Rashid Ramzi (BHR) |
3:29.14 | Rome, Italy |
14 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record |  Bernard Lagat (USA) |
3:29.30 | Rieti, Italy |
28 August 2005 |
| South American Record |  Hudson de Souza (BRA) |
3:33.25 | Rieti, Italy |
28 August 2005 |
| European Record |  Mo Farah (GBR) |
3:28.81 | Monaco |
19 July 2013 |
| Oceanian record |  Nicholas Willis (NZL) |
3:30.35 | Monaco |
20 July 2012 |
Qualification standards
| A time | B time |
|---|---|
| 3:35.00 | 3:37.00 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2013 | 10:35 | Heats |
| 16 August 2013 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| 18 August 2013 | 17:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.[2]
Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | Kenya | 3:35.88 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | United States | 3:35.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:36.12 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Florian Carvalho |  France | 3:36.26 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen |  Norway | 3:36.33 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Homiyu Tesfaye |  Germany | 3:36.51 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Nathan Brannen |  Canada | 3:36.59 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Aman Wote |  Ethiopia | 3:36.94 | |
| 9 | 2 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen |  Turkey | 3:37.07 | |
| 10 | 2 | Bethwell Birgen | Kenya | 3:37.34 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ayanleh Souleiman |  Djibouti | 3:37.96 | |
| 12 | 1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:43.30 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 3:43.52 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:43.54 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Chris O'Hare | Great Britain & N.I. | 3:43.58 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Johan Cronje |  South Africa | 3:43.71 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Lopez Lomong | United States | 3:43.79 | |
| 18 | 1 | Nicholas Willis | New Zealand | 3:43.80 | |
| 19 | 1 | Leonel Manzano | United States | 3:44.00 | |
| 20 | 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France | 3:44.24 | |
| 21 | 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:44.36 | |
| 22 | 1 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany | 3:44.44 | |
| 23 | 1 | Zakaria Mazouzi | Morocco | 3:45.54 | |
| 24 | 1 | Valentin Smirnov |  Russia | 3:46.03 |
Final
The final was started at 17:25.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:36.28 | |
 | 5 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | United States | 3:36.78 | |
 | 9 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:36.83 | |
| 4 | 4 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | Kenya | 3:36.87 | |
| 5 | 1 | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3:37.03 | |
| 6 | 11 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 3:37.11 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:37.21 | |
| 8 | 6 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:37.52 | |
| 9 | 12 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:38.08 | |
| 10 | 7 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 3:38.09 | |
| 11 | 10 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:39.17 | |
| 12 | 3 | Chris O'Hare | Great Britain & N.I. | 3:46.04 |