Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres

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Athletics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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
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