2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9 and 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Abdalaati Iguider (far right) en route to his victory.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco	Ilham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey	Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:31.18	Stuttgart, Germany	2 February 1997
Championship record	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	3:33.77	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading	Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)	3:34.10	Liévin, France	14 February 2012
African record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:31.18	Stuttgart, Germany	2 February 1997
Asian record	Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR)	3:36.28	Stockholm, Sweden	20 February 2007
European record	Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)	3:33.32	Piraeus, Greece	24 February 1999
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Bernard Lagat (USA)	3:35.23	Birmingham, Great Britain	16 February 2008
Oceanian Record	Nick Willis (NZL)	3:35.80	Birmingham, Great Britain	20 February 2010
South American record	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	3:42.70	Piraeus, Greece	8 March 1989

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
3:42.00 or 3:59.00 (Mile)	3:34.25 or 3:52.00 (Mile)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	12:55	Heats
March 10, 2012	19:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times qualified (q). The qualification round started at 12:59 and ended at 13:10.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:38.41	Q
2	2	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3:39.16	Q
3	2	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3:39.51	Q, NR
4	2	Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.	United States	3:39.54	q
5	2	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	3:39.59	q
6	2	Francisco Javier Abad	Spain	3:40.55	q
7	1	Ilham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	3:41.93	Q
8	1	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	3:42.24	Q
9	1	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	3:42.36	Q
10	1	Bethwell Birgen	Kenya	3:42.72
11	2	Yegor Nikolayev	Russia	3:43.33
12	1	Galen Rupp	United States	3:43.39	PB
13	1	David Bustos	Spain	3:43.66
14	1	Gregory Beugnet	France	3:44.20
15	1	Oleksandr Borysiuk	Ukraine	3:44.28
16	1	Lewis Moses	Great Britain	3:45.04
DQ	2	Mohammed Shaween	Saudi Arabia	3:45.12	NR, Doping
17	2	Kemal Koyuncu	Turkey	3:45.33	SB
18	2	Ryan Foster	Australia	3:46.26	PB
19	2	James Brewer	Great Britain	3:47.58
20	1	Mohamad Al-Garni	Qatar	3:47.63
21	1	Ciaran O'Lionaird	Ireland	3:50.12	PB
22	1	Abdallahi Cheikh	Mauritania	4:47.24	NR

Final

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:45.21
	Ilham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	3:45.35
	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3:45.90
4	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	3:47.02
5	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3:47.35
6	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	3:47.42
7	Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.	United States	3:47.42
8	Francisco Javier Abad	Spain	3:48.14
9	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	3:49.14