The 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday 24 March 2006 and Saturday 25 March 2006.
The top four runners in each of the two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 12 runners competed in the final.
Records World Record 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj Rome, Italy 14 July 1998 Games Record 3:32.16 Filbert Bayi Christchurch, New Zealand January 1974
Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze: Nick Willis, New Zealand Nathan Brannen, Canada Mark Fountain, Australia
Qualification
Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:
13 March Rank Athlete Nation Games Result 27 March Rank Comm. World Comm. World 1 1 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen Kenya Did not compete 1 1 2 =5 Suleiman Simotwo Kenya Did not compete 2 =5 3 7 Alex Kipchirchir Kenya Did not compete 3 7 4 11 Laban Rotich Kenya Did not compete 4 11 5 14 Elkanah Angwenyi Kenya Did not compete 5 14 6 15 William Chirchir Kenya Did not compete 6 15 7 17 Michael East England Did not compete 8 18 8 20 Kevin Sullivan Canada 7th 10 22 9 22 Nick McCormick England 5th 11 23 10 23 Bernard Kiptum Kenya Did not compete =13 =26
Craig Mottram's 9th in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 17th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth. Nick Willis' gold in this event took him from 28th to 21st in the world, and from 12th to ninth in the Commonwealth. Mark Fountain's bronze in this event took him from equal 37th to 25th in the world, and from 15th to 12th in the Commonwealth. Nathan Brannen's silver in this event took him from 31st to equal 26th in the world, and from outright 13th to equal 13th in the Commonwealth.
Results All times shown are in minutes. Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. GR denotes Games record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.
Heats Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 24 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 6 Nick Willis New Zealand 6 3:40.49 Q 2 7 Andrew Baddeley England 1 3:40.60 Q 3 8 Ismael Kombich Kenya 10 3:40.68 Q 4 10 Kevin Sullivan Canada 5 3:41.25 Q 5 11 Adrian Blincoe New Zealand 4 3:41.98 q 6 12 Jeremy Roff Australia 11 3:42.04 q 7 13 Churchill Kipsang Kenya 7 3:42.84 8 17 James Thie Wales 8 3:47.88 9 20 Alexandros Kalogerogiannis Cyprus 9 3:55.93 10 21 Chauncy Master Malawi 2 3:56.76 PB - - James Mcilroy Northern Ireland 3 DNS
SplitsMarkAthlete NationTime 400 m Adrian Blincoe New Zealand 1:00.68 800 m Adrian Blincoe New Zealand 1:59.09 1200 m Andrew Baddeley England 2:58.38
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 24 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Craig Mottram Australia 9 3:38.02 Q 2 2 Mark Fountain Australia 2 3:38.31 Q 3 3 Nathan Brannen Canada 5 3:38.55 Q 4 4 Nick McCormick England 3 3:38.66 Q 5 5 Paul Hamblyn New Zealand 7 3:38.83 q 6 9 Jonathan Komen Kenya 8 3:41.18 q 7 14 Jimmy Adar Uganda 6 3:43.20 8 15 Lee Merrien Guernsey 11 3:43.26 9 16 Moeketsi Mosuhli Lesotho 4 3:47.36 PB 10 18 Setefano Mika Samoa 1 3:53.61 PB 11 19 Ansu Sowe The Gambia 10 3:54.66
SplitsMarkAthlete NationTime 400 m Nick McCormick England 57.44 s 800 m Nick McCormick England 1:58.19 1200 m Craig Mottram Australia 2:56.66
Heats Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatOrderPlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Craig Mottram Australia 2 9 1 3:38.02 Q 2 Mark Fountain Australia 2 2 2 3:38.31 Q 3 Nathan Brannen Canada 2 5 3 3:38.55 Q 4 Nick McCormick England 2 3 4 3:38.66 Q 5 Paul Hamblyn New Zealand 2 7 5 3:38.83 q 6 Nick Willis New Zealand 1 6 1 3:40.49 Q 7 Andrew Baddeley England 1 1 2 3:40.60 Q 8 Ismael Kombich Kenya 1 10 3 3:40.68 Q 9 Jonathan Komen Kenya 2 8 6 3:41.18 q 10 Kevin Sullivan Canada 1 5 4 3:41.25 Q 11 Adrian Blincoe New Zealand 1 4 5 3:41.98 q 12 Jeremy Roff Australia 1 11 6 3:42.04 q 13 Churchill Kipsang Kenya 1 7 7 3:42.84 14 Jimmy Adar Uganda 2 6 7 3:43.20 15 Lee Merrien Guernsey 2 11 8 3:43.26 16 Moeketsi Mosuhli Lesotho 2 4 9 3:47.36 PB 17 James Thie Wales 1 8 8 3:47.88 18 Setefano Mika Samoa 2 1 10 3:53.61 PB 19 Ansu Sowe The Gambia 2 10 11 3:54.66 20 Alexandros Kalogerogiannis Cyprus 1 9 9 3:55.93 21 Chauncy Master Malawi 1 2 10 3:56.76 PB - James Mcilroy Northern Ireland 1 3 - DNS
Final Final Date: Friday 25 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PMPlace Athlete NationOrderTimeRecord 1 Nick Willis New Zealand 1 3:38.49 2 Nathan Brannen Canada 11 3:39.20 3 Mark Fountain Australia 3 3:39.33 4 Paul Hamblyn New Zealand 4 3:39.38 5 Nick McCormick England 12 3:39.55 6 Ismael Kombich Kenya 7 3:40.92 7 Kevin Sullivan Canada 8 3:41.19 8 Jeremy Roff Australia 10 3:41.50 9 Craig Mottram Australia 6 3:44.37 10 Adrian Blincoe New Zealand 9 3:44.88 11 Jonathan Komen Kenya 5 3:53.73 12 Andrew Baddeley England 2 4:24.14
SplitsMarkAthlete NationTime 400 m Adrian Blincoe New Zealand 59.89 s 800 m Nick McCormick England 2:00.36 1200 m Nick Willis New Zealand 2:57.36
References Results