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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates19 August (heats)
20 August (semi-finals)
23 August (final)
Competitors57 from 34 nations
Winning time3:29.38
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Norway
bronze medal    Norway
← 2022
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The men's 1500 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 19 to 23 August 2023.[1] The winning margin was 0.27 seconds.

Summary

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In 2022 the Olympic champion and red-hot favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen had run a relatively conservative race, only to be tactically outclassed by the Scot Jake Wightman, who held the shoulder and then attacked the Norwegian with half a lap to run. Wightman and his coach had theorised that the Diamond League season with its ubiquitous pacemakers had given Ingebrigtsen a false sense of invulnerability that would tell if he chose to front run. Events had seemed to prove the truth of the theory. In discovering a template to defeat the Olympic prodigy, the question was had Wightman found the weakness in Ingebrigtsen, or simply given the Norwegian a lesson he would use to reassert his primacy.

The reigning champion was ruled out by injury, and Ingebrigtsen sought to neutralise the kick of anyone considering repeating the tactic of the Scot, taking to the front early and winding up the pace. But in a remarkable turn of events, Josh Kerr from Great Britain, Scotland and Edinburgh Athletics Club - who had been a friend and club team mate of Wightman since his early teens - displayed staggering self-confidence as he ignored the perils of following the hard pace, moved to the Olympic champion's shoulder, and executed once more the Wightman solution, surging past the favorite in the last 200 metres. Ingebrigtsen, the anticipated frontrunner, settled for the silver medal for a second successive year behind a Great Britain jersey, while his fellow countryman Narve Gilje Nordås claimed the bronze.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Championship record 3:27.65 Seville, Spain 24 August 1999
World Leading  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:27.14 Chórzow, Poland 16 July 2023
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  Yared Nuguse (USA) 3:29.02 Oslo, Norway 15 June 2023
South American Record  Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) 3:33.25 Rieti, Italy 28 August 2005
European Record  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:27.14 Chórzow, Poland 16 July 2023
Oceanian record  Olli Hoare (AUS) 3:29.41 Oslo, Norway 15 June 2023

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:34.20.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC +2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
19 August 19:02 Heats
20 August 17:35 Semi-finals
23 August 21:15 Final

Results

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Heats

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First 6 of each heat (Q) qualify to the semi-finals.[4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:33.94 Q
2 1 Josh Kerr  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:34.00 Q
3 4 Abel Kipsang  Kenya (KEN) 3:34.08 Q
4 4 Yared Nuguse  United States (USA) 3:34.16 Q
5 4 Adam Spencer  Australia (AUS) 3:34.17 Q
6 1 Reynold Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:34.24 Q
7 3 Niels Laros  Netherlands (NED) 3:34.25 Q
8 4 Charles Grethen  Luxembourg (LUX) 3:34.32 Q, SB
9 3 Mohamed Katir  Spain (ESP) 3:34.34 Q
10 1 Adel Mechaal  Spain (ESP) 3:34.35 Q
11 1 Isaac Nader  Portugal (POR) 3:34.36 Q
12 3 Cole Hocker  United States (USA) 3:34.43 Q
13 3 Pietro Arese  Italy (ITA) 3:34.48 Q
14 1 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada (CAN) 3:34.60 Q
15 4 Elliot Giles  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:34.63 Q
16 3 Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway (NOR) 3:34.67 Q
17 4 Andrew Coscoran  Ireland (IRL) 3:34.75 Q
18 4 Ossama Meslek  Italy (ITA) 3:35.12
19 3 Azeddine Habz  France (FRA) 3:35.16 Q
20 4 Salim Keddar  Algeria (ALG) 3:35.17
21 1 Amos Bartelsmeyer  Germany (GER) 3:35.44
22 4 Jochem Vermeulen  Belgium (BEL) 3:35.45
23 4 Anass Essayi  Morocco (MAR) 3:35.63
24 3 Stewart McSweyn  Australia (AUS) 3:36.01
25 4 Michał Rozmys  Poland (POL) 3:36.26 SB
26 4 Raphael Pallitsch  Austria (AUT) 3:36.47 PB
27 1 Samuel Zeleke  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:36.57
28 3 Kieran Lumb  Canada (CAN) 3:36.66
29 3 Abdellatif Sadiki  Morocco (MAR) 3:37.19
30 4 Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen [de]  Denmark (DEN) 3:37.27 PB
31 3 Elzan Bibić  Serbia (SRB) 3:37.45
32 3 István Szögi  Hungary (HUN) 3:37.57
33 1 Abraham Guem  South Sudan (SSD) 3:37.85 PB
34 3 Abu Mayanja  Uganda (UGA) 3:38.15
35 3 Ajay Kumar Saroj  India (IND) 3:38.24 PB
36 3 Diego Lacamoire [de]  Argentina (ARG) 3:38.92
37 1 Ryan Mphahlele  South Africa (RSA) 3:39.16
38 1 Yervand Mkrtchyan  Armenia (ARM) 3:39.35 NR
39 3 Ismael Debjani  Belgium (BEL) 3:39.73
40 1 Nicholas Griggs  Ireland (IRL) 3:40.72
41 4 Adisu Girma  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:45.86
42 1 Matthew Ramsden  Australia (AUS) 3:46.45 qR
43 2 Mario García  Spain (ESP) 3:46.77 Q
44 2 Tshepo Tshite  South Africa (RSA) 3:46.79 Q
45 2 Neil Gourley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:46.87 Q
46 2 Samuel Tanner  New Zealand (NZL) 3:46.93 Q
47 2 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium (BEL) 3:47.02 Q
48 2 Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:47.09 Q
49 2 Joonas Rinne  Finland (FIN) 3:47.16
50 2 Joe Waskom  United States (USA) 3:47.26
51 2 Hicham Akankam  Morocco (MAR) 3:47.45
52 2 Luke McCann  Ireland (IRL) 3:47.48
53 2 Teddese Lemi  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:47.49
54 2 Rob Napolitano  Puerto Rico (PUR) 3:48.29
55 2 Joao Bussotti  Italy (ITA) 3:48.55
56 2 Julian Ranc  France (FRA) 3:48.63
57 1 Tom Elmer  Switzerland (SUI) 3:55.72 qR
58 1 Emil Danielsson  Sweden (SWE) 3:57.70 qR

Semi-finals

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First 6 of each semi-final (Q) qualify to the final.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Yared Nuguse  United States (USA) 3:32.69 Q
2 1 Abel Kipsang  Kenya (KEN) 3:32.72 Q
3 1 Niels Laros  Netherlands (NED) 3:32.74 Q
4 1 Azeddine Habz  France (FRA) 3:32.79 Q
5 1 Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway (NOR) 3:32.81 Q
6 1 Neil Gourley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:32.97 Q
7 1 Tshepo Tshite  South Africa (RSA) 3:32.98
8 1 Pietro Arese  Italy (ITA) 3:33.11
9 1 Adel Mechaal  Spain (ESP) 3:33.33
10 1 Mohamed Katir  Spain (ESP) 3:33.56
11 1 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium (BEL) 3:33.96
12 1 Emil Danielsson  Sweden (SWE) 3:34.16
13 2 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:34.98 Q
14 2 Josh Kerr  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:35.14 Q
15 2 Cole Hocker  United States (USA) 3:35.23 Q
16 2 Mario García  Spain (ESP) 3:35.26 Q
17 2 Isaac Nader  Portugal (POR) 3:35.31 Q
18 2 Reynold Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:35.53 Q
19 2 Charles Grethen  Luxembourg (LUX) 3:36.11
20 2 Samuel Tanner  New Zealand (NZL) 3:36.58
21 1 Matthew Ramsden  Australia (AUS) 3:36.83
22 1 Andrew Coscoran  Ireland (IRL) 3:37.39
23 2 Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:37.40
24 2 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada (CAN) 3:37.41
25 2 Tom Elmer  Switzerland (SUI) 3:38.33
26 2 Elliot Giles  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:39.05
27 2 Adam Spencer  Australia (AUS) 3:42.10

Final

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The final was started on 23 August at 21:16.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Josh Kerr  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:29.38 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 3:29.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway (NOR) 3:29.68
4 Abel Kipsang  Kenya (KEN) 3:29.89
5 Yared Nuguse  United States (USA) 3:30.25
6 Mario García  Spain (ESP) 3:30.26
7 Cole Hocker  United States (USA) 3:30.70 PB
8 Reynold Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 3:30.78
9 Neil Gourley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:31.10
10 Niels Laros  Netherlands (NED) 3:31.25 NR
11 Azeddine Habz  France (FRA) 3:33.14
12 Isaac Nader  Portugal (POR) 3:35.41

References

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  1. ^ "Timetable | Budapest 23 - World Athletics" (PDF). 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ^ "1500 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Qualification system published for World Athletics Championships Budapest 23" (PDF). World Athletics. worldathletics.org. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Summary - 1500 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Summary - 1500 Metres Men - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  6. ^ "1500 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.