Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres


The Men's 1500 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 15–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 3:36.60 and 3:39.00.
The initial winner, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain, tested positive for the blood-booster CERA and was disqualified on November 18, 2009.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.

Results

Round 1

HeatLaneAthleteCountryPBSBTimeNotes
11Tarek Boukensa3:30.923:31.983:36.11Q
12Nicholas Willis3:32.173:33.513:36.01Q
13Javier Carriqueo3:38.623:39.363:39.36
14Leonel Manzano3:35.293:36.673:36.67Q
15Taylor Milne3:36.003:36.003:41.56
16Juan Luis Barrios3:37.713:37.87DNS
17Mehdi Baala3:28.983:32.003:35.87Q
18Youssef Baba3:32.133:33.853:42.13
19Daham Naim Bashir3:31.043:34.773:36.05Q
110Vyacheslav Shabunin3:32.283:37.993:42.53
111Deresse Mekonnen3:33.713:33.713:36.22Q
112Reyes Estevez3:30.573:34.983:39.62
21Nathan Brannen3:34.653:34.653:41.45Q
22Juan Carlos Higuero3:31.573:32.573:41.70Q
23Asbel Kiprop3:31.643:31.643:41.28Q
24Mitchell Kealey3:36.213:36.213:46.31
25Bernard Lagat3:26.343:35.143:41.98Q
26Hais Welday3:37.253:37.253:45.06
27Ivan Heshko3:30.333:43.95DNS
28Alistair Cragg3:36.183:39.123:44.90
29Mohammed Othman Shaween3:33.903:33.903:45.82
210Isiah Msibi3:51.353:51.353:51.35PB
211Thomas Lancashire3:35.333:35.333:43.40
212Goran Nava3:38.353:38.353:42.92
213Antar Zerguelaine3:31.953:33.323:42.30Q
31David Freeman3:38.903:39.703:39.70SB
32Hudson de Souza3:33.253:36.893:37.06
33Byron Piedra3:37.883:45.173:45.57
34Demma Daba3:35.273:35.273:37.78
35Arturo Casado3:33.143:33.143:36.42Q
36Lopez Lomong3:36.363:36.363:36.70Q
37Abdalaati Iguider3:31.883:31.883:36.48Q
38Andrew Baddeley3:34.363:34.363:36.47Q
39Juan van Deventer3:34.463:34.463:36.32Q
310Nicholas Kemboi3:33.723:35.253:41.56
311Tiidrek Nurme3:38.593:38.593:38.59PB, NR
312Belal Mansoor Ali3:31.493:33.123:36.84q
313Abdalla Abdelgadir3:38.933:38.933:47.65
41Mulugeta Wendimu3:31.133:34.673:36.67q
42Kamal Thamer Ali3:35.563:35.563:41.08
43Rashid Ramzi3:29.143:32.89DQ
44Mohamed Moustaoui3:32.063:32.063:34.80Q
45Kevin Sullivan3:31.713:35.783:36.05Q
46Christian Obrist3:35.323:35.913:35.91Q SB
47Carsten Schlangen3:34.993:34.993:36.34q
48Chauncy Master3:42.733:42.733:44.96
49Augustine Kiprono Choge3:31.573:31.573:35.47Q
410Mahamoud Farah3:39.293:39.293:43.62
411Kamel Boulahfane3:32.443:33.333:45.59
412Jeffrey Riseley3:36.033:36.033:53.95

Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times qualified.

Semifinal 1

17 August 2008 - 21:55
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Asbel Kiprop3:37.04Q
2Abdalaati Iguider3:37.21Q
3Juan Carlos Higuero3:37.31Q
4Christian Obrist3:37.47Q
5Belal Mansoor Ali3:37.60Q
6Juan van Deventer3:37.75q
7Daham Najim Bashir3:37.77q
8Carsten Schlangen3:37.94
9Nathan Brannen3:39.10
10Mulugeta Wendimu3:40.16
11Antar Zerguelaine3:40.64
12Lopez Lomong3:41.00

Semifinal 2

17 August 2008 - 22:04
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mehdi Baala3:37.47Q
2Andrew Baddeley3:37.47Q
3Augustine Kiprono Choge3:37.54Q
4Nicholas Willis3:37.54Q
5Bernard Lagat3:37.79
6Deresse Mekonnen3:37.85
7Tarek Boukensa3:39.73
8Kevin Sullivan3:40.30
9Mohamed Moustaoui3:40.90
10Arturo Casado3:41.57
11Leonel Manzano3:50.33
Rashid RamziDQ-

Final

19 August 2008 - 22:50.
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Asbel Kiprop3:33.11
Nicholas Willis3:34.16
Mehdi Baala3:34.21
4Juan Carlos Higuero3:34.44
5Abdalaati Iguider3:34.66
6Juan van Deventer3:34.77
7Belal Mansoor Ali3:35.23
8Andrew Baddeley3:35.37
9Augustine Kiprono Choge3:35.50
10Daham Najim Bashir3:37.68
11Christian Obrist3:39.87
Rashid RamziDQ

Splits