2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
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The men's 1500 metres
at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
was held at the ASPIRE Dome
on 12 and 13 March.
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...
at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:...
was held at the ASPIRE Dome
ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence
ASPIRE Dome is an indoor sporting arena located in Doha, Qatar, and the home of the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence. The ASPIRE academy is a part of the Aspire Zone which also houses the Khalifa Stadium....
on 12 and 13 March.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Deresse Mekonnen Deresse Mekonnen Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu is an Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor champion and was the silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships... |
Abdalaati Iguider |
Haron Keitany Haron Keitany Haron Keitany is a runner from Kenya, who specialises in 1500 metres. In 2008, he won 1500 metres races at the African Championships, the IAAF Golden League meeting of Weltklasse Zürich, and World Athletics Final... |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 3:31.18 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
2 February 1997 | |
| Championship record | 3:33.77 | Maebashi Maebashi, Gunma is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1892, by the samurai Makuba Kawai.On December 5, 2004 the town of Ōgo, and the villages of Kasukawa and Miyagi, all from Seta District, were merged into Maebashi.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
7 March 1999 | |
| World Leading | 3:33.10 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
20 February 2010 | |
| African record | 3:31.18 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
2 February 1997 | |
| Asian record | 3:36.28 | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
20 February 2007 | |
| European record | 3:33.32 | Piraeus Piraeus Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf.... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
24 February 1999 | |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |
3:35.23 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 16 February 2008 | |
| Oceanian Record | 3:35.80 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 20 February 2010 | |
| South American record | 3:42.70 | Piraeus, Greece | 8 March 1989 | |
Qualification standards
| Indoor | Outdoor |
|---|---|
| 3:42.50 or 4:00.00 (Mile) | 3:34.50 or 3:52.00 (Mile) |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2010 | 15:45 | Heats |
| March 13, 2010 | 17:45 | Final |
Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:37.14 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin Mekonnen Gebremedhin Mekonnen Gebremedhin is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.... |
3:38.90 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Garrett Heath | 3:39.25 | q, PB | |
| 4 | 3 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is French track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is of Algerian origin.... |
3:39.63 | q | |
| 1 | 2 | Deresse Mekonnen Deresse Mekonnen Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu is an Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor champion and was the silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships... |
3:39.66 | Q | |
| 1 | 1 | Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World... |
3:39.96 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 2 | Diego Ruiz Diego Ruiz (athlete) Diego Ruiz Sanz is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*400 metres - 47.67 s *800 metres - 1:46.40 min... |
3:40.00 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Haron Keitany Haron Keitany Haron Keitany is a runner from Kenya, who specialises in 1500 metres. In 2008, he won 1500 metres races at the African Championships, the IAAF Golden League meeting of Weltklasse Zürich, and World Athletics Final... |
3:40.04 | q | |
| 2 | 1 | Juan Van Deventer Juan Van Deventer Juan van Deventer is a South African middle distance runner, who represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.... |
3:40.07 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Gideon Gathimba Gideon Gathimba Gideon Gathimba is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He finished fourth at the 2008 World Athletics Final and fifth at the 2009 World Athletics Final.... |
3:40.08 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Abdelkader Bakhtache | 3:40.49 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Adrian Blincoe Adrian Blincoe Adrian Blincoe is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specializes mainly in the 5000 metres. He also competes in the 1500 metres and in the 3000 metres. In July 2008, Adrian set the New Zealand record in the 5000m, running 13:10.19... |
3:40.50 | PB | |
| 5 | 1 | Álvaro Rodríguez Álvaro Rodríguez (athlete) -Achievements:-References:... |
3:40.96 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Will Leer Will Leer Will Leer is an elite American mid-distance runner. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California in May 2007.-High school career:... |
3:42.16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Tim Bayley | 3:42.57 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Goran Nava Goran Nava Goran Nava is an Serbian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-References:... |
3:42.79 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Bruno Albuquerque | 3:44.32 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Peter van der Westhuizen | 3:45.76 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Christian Klein | 3:46.14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Christian Obrist Christian Obrist Christian Obrist is an Italian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He finished seventh in the 1500 m final at both the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg... |
3:46.33 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Abubaker Ali Kamal Abubaker Ali Kamal Abubaker Ali Kamal is a Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres – 1:46.38 min *1500 metres – 3:36.98 min... |
3:46.51 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Thamer Kamal Ali Thamer Kamal Ali Thamer Kamal Ali is a Qatari middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He first specialized in the steeplechase. He finished ninth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, ninth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2006 Asian Games... |
3:49.64 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Alex Ngouari-Mouissi | 4:02.55 | PB | |
| 9 | 2 | Ajmal Amirov | 4:03.75 | SB | |
| 3 | Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.He was born John Yego on October 17, 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when he won the 1500 metres race at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in... |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Deresse Mekonnen Deresse Mekonnen Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu is an Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor champion and was the silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships... |
3:41.86 | ||
 |
Abdalaati Iguider | 3:41.96 | ||
 |
Haron Keitany Haron Keitany Haron Keitany is a runner from Kenya, who specialises in 1500 metres. In 2008, he won 1500 metres races at the African Championships, the IAAF Golden League meeting of Weltklasse Zürich, and World Athletics Final... |
3:42.32 | ||
| 4 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin Mekonnen Gebremedhin Mekonnen Gebremedhin is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.... |
3:42.42 | ||
| 5 | Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World... |
3:42.42 | ||
| 6 | Juan Van Deventer Juan Van Deventer Juan van Deventer is a South African middle distance runner, who represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.... |
3:43.77 | ||
| 7 | Garrett Heath | 3:43.81 | ||
| 8 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is French track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is of Algerian origin.... |
3:45.22 | ||
| 9 | Diego Ruiz Diego Ruiz (athlete) Diego Ruiz Sanz is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*400 metres - 47.67 s *800 metres - 1:46.40 min... |
3:52.45 |