Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 1,500 metres

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The 1,500 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 20 to August 24.

[edit] Records

World Record	3:26.00	Hicham El Geurrouj	Morocco	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
Olympic Record	3:32.07	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	Sydney, Australia	29 September 2000

[edit] Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Bernard Lagat, Kenya	Rui Silva, Portugal

[edit] Event Summary

[edit] Qualifying

The first round comprised of three heats with the first five in each plus the next nine fastest losers progressing to the two semi-finals. Here the first five and the two fastest losers went to the final.

[edit] Heats

All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes seasons best.

[edit] Round 1

[edit] Heat 1

1. Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 3:37.86 Q
2. Rui Silva, Portugal 3:37.98 Q
3. Alvaro Fernandez, Spain 3:38.34 Q
4. Kamal Boulahfane, Algeria 3:38.59 Q
5. Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenya 3:38.89 Q
6. Kevin Sullivan, Canada 3:39.30 q
7. Michal Sneberger, Czech Republic 3:39.68 q
8. James Nolan, Ireland 3:41.14 q
9. Wolfram Mueller, Germany 3:46.75
10. Mounir Yemmouni, France 3:51.08
11. Grant Robison, United States 3:53.66
12. Roberto Caraciolo Mandje, Equatorial Guinea 4:03.37 NR
13. Peter Roko Ashak, Sudan DNS

[edit] Heat 2

1. Reyes Estevez, Spain 3:39.71 Q
2. Bernard Lagat, Kenya 3:39.80 Q
3. Nicholas Willis, New Zealand 3:39.80 Q
4. Adil Kaouch, Morocco 3:39.88 Q
5. Mulugeta Wendimu, Ethiopia 3:39.96 Q
6. Gert-Jan Liefers, Netherlands 3:40.10 q
7. Hudson Santos de Souza, Brazil 3:40.78 q
8. Johan Cronje, South Africa 3:40.99 q
9. Alan Webb, United States 3:41.25
10. Aleksandr Krivchonkov, Russia 3:41.37
11. Abdulrahman Suleiman, Qatar 3:42.00
12. Mohamed Khaldi, Algeria 3:42.47
13. Mehdi Baala, France 3:46.06

[edit] Heat 3

1. Michael East, Great Britain 3:37.37 Q
2. Timothy Kiptanui, Kenya 3:37.71 Q
3. Ivan Heshko, Ukraine 3:37.78 Q
4. Rashid Ramzi, Bahrain 3:37.93 Q
5. Tarek Boukensa, Algeria 3:37.94 Q
6. Juan Carlos Higuero, Spain 3:38.36 q
7. Youssef Baba, Morocco 3:38.71 q
8. Manuel Damiao, Portugal 3:39.94 q
9. Charlie Gruber, United States 3:41.73
10. Branko Zorko, Croatia 3:48.28
11. Zhaobo Dou, China 3:50.28
12. Neil Weare, Guam 4:05.86
13. Jimmy Anak Ahar, Brunei 4:14.11
14. Mwera Samwel, Tanzania DNS

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Heat 1

1. Adil Kaouch, Morocco 3:35.69 Q
2. Bernard Lagat, Kenya 3:35.84 Q
3. Gert-Jan Liefers, Netherlands 3:36.00 Q
4. Reyes Estevez, Spain 3:36.05 Q
5. Ivan Heshko, Ukraine 3:36.20 Q
6. Michael East, Great Britain 3:36.46 q
7. Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenya 3:37.10 q
8. Manuel Damiao, Portugal 3:37.16
9. Hudson Santos de Souza, Brazil 3:38.83
10. James Nolan, Ireland 3:42.61
11. Rashid Ramzi, Bahrain 3:44.60
12. Grant Robison, United States 3:47.03

• Tarek Boukensa, Algeria DNF

[edit] Heat 2

1. Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 3:40.87 Q
2. Rui Silva, Portugal 3:40.99 Q
3. Timothy Kiptanui, Kenya 3:41.04 Q
4. Mulugeta Wendimu, Ethiopia 3:41.14 Q
5. Kamal Boulahfane, Algeria 3:41.27 Q
6. Nicholas Willis, New Zealand 3:41.46
7. Alvaro Fernandez, Spain 3:42.01
8. Juan Carlos Higuero, Spain 3:42.13
9. Kevin Sullivan, Canada 3:42.86
10. Youssef Baba, Morocco 3:42.96
11. Johan Cronje, South Africa 3:44.41
12. Michal Sneberger, Czech Republic 3:47.03

[edit] Final

1. Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 3:34.18s
2. Bernard Lagat, Kenya 3:34.30s
3. Rui Silva, Portugal 3:34.68s
4. Timothy Kiptanui, Kenya 3:35.61s
5. Ivan Heshko, Ukraine 3:35.82s
6. Michael East, Great Britain 3:36.33s
7. Reyes Estevez, Spain 3:36.63s
8. Gert-Jan Liefers, Netherlands 3:37.17s
9. Adil Kaouch, Morocco 3:38.26s
10. Mulugeta Wendimu, Ethiopia 3:38.33s
11. Kamal Boulahfane, Algeria 3:39.02s
12. Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenya 3:41.72s

The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

100 m | 110 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m steeplechase | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | decathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer

Women

100 m | 100 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | heptathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer