2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Deresse Mekonnen
  Ethiopia
Abdalaati Iguider
  Morocco
Haron Keitany
  Kenya

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2010 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   Deresse Mekonnen (ETH) 3:33.10 Birmingham, Great Britain 20 February 2010
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 edit

Indoor Outdoor
3:42.50 or 4:00.00 (Mile) 3:34.50 or 3:52.00 (Mile)

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
March 12, 2010 15:45 Heats
March 13, 2010 17:45 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

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   Morocco 3:37.14 Q
2 3 Mekonnen Gebremedhin   Ethiopia 3:38.90 Q
3 3 Garrett Heath   United States 3:39.25 q, PB
4 3 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France 3:39.63 q
5 2 Deresse Mekonnen   Ethiopia 3:39.66 Q
6 1 Amine Laâlou   Morocco 3:39.96 Q, PB
7 2 Diego Ruiz   Spain 3:40.00 Q
8 2 Haron Keitany   Kenya 3:40.04 q
9 1 Juan Van Deventer   South Africa 3:40.07 Q
10 1 Gideon Gathimba   Kenya 3:40.08
11 1 Abdelkader Bakhtache   France 3:40.49
12 3 Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 3:40.50 PB
13 1 Álvaro Rodríguez   Spain 3:40.96
14 2 Will Leer   United States 3:42.16
15 2 Tim Bayley   Great Britain 3:42.57
16 3 Goran Nava   Serbia 3:42.79
17 1 Bruno Albuquerque   Portugal 3:44.32
18 2 Peter van der Westhuizen   South Africa 3:45.76
19 1 Christian Klein   Germany 3:46.14
20 3 Christian Obrist   Italy 3:46.33
21 1 Abubaker Ali Kamal   Qatar 3:46.51
22 2 Thamer Kamal Ali   Qatar 3:49.64
23 2 Alex Ngouari-Mouissi   Republic of the Congo 4:02.55 PB
24 2 Ajmal Amirov   Tajikistan 4:03.75 SB
3 Belal Mansoor Ali   Bahrain DNS

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Deresse Mekonnen   Ethiopia 3:41.86
  Abdalaati Iguider   Morocco 3:41.96
  Haron Keitany   Kenya 3:42.32
4 Mekonnen Gebremedhin   Ethiopia 3:42.42
5 Amine Laâlou   Morocco 3:42.42
6 Juan Van Deventer   South Africa 3:43.77
7 Garrett Heath   United States 3:43.81
8 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France 3:45.22
9 Diego Ruiz   Spain 3:52.45

References edit