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Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

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

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World Record 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Games Record 3:32.16 Filbert Bayi  Tanzania Christchurch, New Zealand January 1974

Medals

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Gold: Silver: Bronze:
New Zealand Nick Willis, New Zealand Canada Nathan Brannen, Canada Australia Mark Fountain, Australia

Qualification

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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 Kenya Did not compete 1 1
2 =5 Suleiman Simotwo Kenya Kenya Did not compete 2 =5
3 7 Alex Kipchirchir Kenya Kenya Did not compete 3 7
4 11 Laban Rotich Kenya Kenya Did not compete 4 11
5 14 Elkanah Angwenyi Kenya Kenya Did not compete 5 14
6 15 William Chirchir Kenya Kenya Did not compete 6 15
7 17 Michael East England England Did not compete 8 18
8 20 Kevin Sullivan Canada Canada 7th 10 22
9 22 Nick McCormick England England 5th 11 23
10 23 Bernard Kiptum Kenya 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

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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

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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 New Zealand 6 3:40.49 Q
2 7 Andrew Baddeley England England 1 3:40.60 Q
3 8 Ismael Kombich Kenya Kenya 10 3:40.68 Q
4 10 Kevin Sullivan Canada Canada 5 3:41.25 Q
5 11 Adrian Blincoe New Zealand New Zealand 4 3:41.98 q
6 12 Jeremy Roff Australia Australia 11 3:42.04 q
7 13 Churchill Kipsang Kenya Kenya 7 3:42.84
8 17 James Thie Wales Wales 8 3:47.88
9 20 Alexandros Kalogerogiannis Cyprus Cyprus 9 3:55.93
10 21 Chauncy Master Malawi Malawi 2 3:56.76 PB
- - James Mcilroy Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3 DNS
Splits
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Adrian Blincoe New Zealand New Zealand 1:00.68
800 m Adrian Blincoe New Zealand New Zealand 1:59.09
1200 m Andrew Baddeley England 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 Australia 9 3:38.02 Q
2 2 Mark Fountain Australia Australia 2 3:38.31 Q
3 3 Nathan Brannen Canada Canada 5 3:38.55 Q
4 4 Nick McCormick England England 3 3:38.66 Q
5 5 Paul Hamblyn New Zealand New Zealand 7 3:38.83 q
6 9 Jonathan Komen Kenya Kenya 8 3:41.18 q
7 14 Jimmy Adar Uganda Uganda 6 3:43.20
8 15 Lee Merrien Guernsey Guernsey 11 3:43.26
9 16 Moeketsi Mosuhli Lesotho Lesotho 4 3:47.36 PB
10 18 Setefano Mika Samoa Samoa 1 3:53.61 PB
11 19 Ansu Sowe The Gambia The Gambia 10 3:54.66
Splits
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Nick McCormick England England 57.44 s
800 m Nick McCormick England England 1:58.19
1200 m Craig Mottram Australia Australia 2:56.66
Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Order Place Time Qual. Record
1 Craig Mottram Australia Australia 2 9 1 3:38.02 Q
2 Mark Fountain Australia Australia 2 2 2 3:38.31 Q
3 Nathan Brannen Canada Canada 2 5 3 3:38.55 Q
4 Nick McCormick England England 2 3 4 3:38.66 Q
5 Paul Hamblyn New Zealand New Zealand 2 7 5 3:38.83 q
6 Nick Willis New Zealand New Zealand 1 6 1 3:40.49 Q
7 Andrew Baddeley England England 1 1 2 3:40.60 Q
8 Ismael Kombich Kenya Kenya 1 10 3 3:40.68 Q
9 Jonathan Komen Kenya Kenya 2 8 6 3:41.18 q
10 Kevin Sullivan Canada Canada 1 5 4 3:41.25 Q
11 Adrian Blincoe New Zealand New Zealand 1 4 5 3:41.98 q
12 Jeremy Roff Australia Australia 1 11 6 3:42.04 q
13 Churchill Kipsang Kenya Kenya 1 7 7 3:42.84
14 Jimmy Adar Uganda Uganda 2 6 7 3:43.20
15 Lee Merrien Guernsey Guernsey 2 11 8 3:43.26
16 Moeketsi Mosuhli Lesotho Lesotho 2 4 9 3:47.36 PB
17 James Thie Wales Wales 1 8 8 3:47.88
18 Setefano Mika Samoa Samoa 2 1 10 3:53.61 PB
19 Ansu Sowe The Gambia The Gambia 2 10 11 3:54.66
20 Alexandros Kalogerogiannis Cyprus Cyprus 1 9 9 3:55.93
21 Chauncy Master Malawi Malawi 1 2 10 3:56.76 PB
- James Mcilroy Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 3 - DNS

Final

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Final
Date: Friday 25 March 2006
Time: ??:?? PM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Record
1 Nick Willis New Zealand New Zealand 1 3:38.49
2 Nathan Brannen Canada Canada 11 3:39.20
3 Mark Fountain Australia Australia 3 3:39.33
4 Paul Hamblyn New Zealand New Zealand 4 3:39.38
5 Nick McCormick England England 12 3:39.55
6 Ismael Kombich Kenya Kenya 7 3:40.92
7 Kevin Sullivan Canada Canada 8 3:41.19
8 Jeremy Roff Australia Australia 10 3:41.50
9 Craig Mottram Australia Australia 6 3:44.37
10 Adrian Blincoe New Zealand New Zealand 9 3:44.88
11 Jonathan Komen Kenya Kenya 5 3:53.73
12 Andrew Baddeley England England 2 4:24.14
Splits
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Adrian Blincoe New Zealand New Zealand 59.89 s
800 m Nick McCormick England England 2:00.36
1200 m Nick Willis New Zealand New Zealand 2:57.36

References

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