The men's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–18 August.Start list The winning margin was 0.50 seconds.
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 record3:26.00 Rome, Italy14 July 1998Championship record3:27.65 Sevilla, Spain24 August 1999World Leading3:27.72 Monaco19 July 2013African Record3:26.00 Rome, Italy14 July 1998Asian Record3:29.14 Rome, Italy14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record3:29.30 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005South American Record3:33.25 Rieti, Italy28 August 2005European Record3:28.81 Monaco19 July 2013Oceanian record3:30.35 Monaco20 July 2012
Qualification standards A timeB time 3:35.00 3:37.00
Schedule Date Time Round14 August 2013 10:35 Heats16 August 2013 19:05 Semifinals18 August 2013 17:25 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats Results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Asbel Kiprop 3:38.15 Q 2 3 Nixon Chepseba 3:38.37 Q 3 1 Abdalaati Iguider 3:38.41 Q 4 1 Lopez Lomong 3:38.48 Q 5 3 Nathan Brannen 3:38.49 Q 6 3 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:38.55 Q 7 3 Bethwell Birgen 3:38.60 Q 8 3 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 3:38.62 Q 9 1 Ayanleh Souleiman 3:38.63 Q 10 3 Homiyu Tesfaye 3:38.66 Q 11 1 Florian Carvalho 3:38.70 Q 12 1 Henrik Ingebrigtsen 3:38.78 Q 13 3 Bouabdellah Tahri 3:38.82 q 14 3 Chris O'Hare 3:38.86 q 15 1 Aman Wote 3:38.89 q 16 3 Mohamed Moustaoui 3:39.20 q 17 1 Valentin Smirnov 3:39.21 q 18 2 Silas Kiplagat 3:39.31 Q 19 2 Leonel Manzano 3:39.39 Q 20 2 İlham Tanui Özbilen 3:39.31 Q 21 1 Nick Willis 3:39.89 q 22 2 Johan Cronje 3:39.95 Q 23 1 Mohamad Al-Garni 3:40.01 24 2 Carsten Schlangen 3:40.31 Q 25 3 Pieter-Jan Hannes 3:40.39 26 2 Zakaria Mazouzi 3:40.76 Q 27 2 Zebene Alemayehu 3:41.28 28 2 Andreas Vojta 3:41.51 29 2 Emad Noor 3:41.68 30 1 David Bustos 3:41.69 31 2 Simon Denissel 3:42.06 32 3 Flavio Seholhe 3:53.18 33 3 Nabil Al-Garbi 3:59.95 SB 34 2 Omar Mohamed Abdi 4:00.00 35 3 Omar Bachir 4:00.18 PB 36 1 Mamadou Barry 4:16.38 SB 37 1 Thinley Tenzin 4:24.54 PB 2 Imed Touil
Semifinals Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals Results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba 3:35.88 Q 2 2 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 3:35.95 Q 3 2 Mohamed Moustaoui 3:36.12 Q 4 2 Florian Carvalho 3:36.26 Q 5 2 Henrik Ingebrigtsen 3:36.33 Q, SB 6 2 Homiyu Tesfaye 3:36.51 q 7 2 Nathan Brannen 3:36.59 q 8 2 Aman Wote 3:36.94 9 2 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 3:37.07 10 2 Bethwell Birgen 3:37.34 11 2 Ayanleh Souleiman 3:37.96 12 1 Asbel Kiprop 3:43.30 Q 13 1 Silas Kiplagat 3:43.52 Q 14 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:43.54 Q 15 1 Chris O'Hare 3:43.58 Q 16 1 Johan Cronje 3:43.71 Q 17 1 Lopez Lomong 3:43.79 18 1 Nicholas Willis 3:43.80 19 1 Leonel Manzano 3:44.00 20 1 Bouabdellah Tahri 3:44.24 21 2 Abdalaati Iguider 3:44.36 22 1 Carsten Schlangen 3:44.44 23 1 Zakaria Mazouzi 3:45.54 24 1 Valentin Smirnov 3:46.03
Final The final was started at 17:25.Final Results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Asbel Kiprop 3:36.28 5 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 3:36.78 9 Johan Cronje 3:36.83 4 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba 3:36.87 1 Homiyu Tesfaye 3:37.03 11 Silas Kiplagat 3:37.11 8 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:37.21 6 Henrik Ingebrigtsen 3:37.52 12 Mohamed Moustaoui 3:38.08 10 7 Nathan Brannen 3:38.09 11 10 Florian Carvalho 3:39.17 12 3 Chris O'Hare 3:46.04
References
External links 1500 metres results at IAAF website