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1,500 metres, Men

Date	2 – 6 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Participants	45 from 21 countries

Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway was the defending gold medalist and had mostly been the top runner at this distance since Tokyo 2020, ranking #1 in the world in 2021-2023, although he had been beaten at the 2023 World Championships by Britain’s Josh Kerr. The two were expected to battle for gold and silver at Paris, with the 2020 silver medalist and 2019 World Champion Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) also looking to medal.

All three made the final along with the American favorite Yared Nuguse, who was joined by his teammates Cole Hocker and the young Hobbs Kessler.

Ingebrigtsen shot to the front at the gun, taking the field through an opening lap of 54.82, as the field strung out single-file behind the fast pace. He continued to lead through 800 (1:51.38) and 1,200 metres (2:47.27), followed by Cheruiyot and Kerr. On the final backstretch, Hocker and Nuguse passed Cheruiyot, with Hocker now challenging Ingebrigtsen.

On the straight, Kerr moved past Ingebrigtsen on the outside and then Hocker passed him on the inside. Hocker had the strongest finish to win a very surprising gold medal in 3:27.65, with Kerr taking silver and Nuguse closing fast, taking bronze only 1/100th second behind Kerr. Ingebrigtsen faded to fourth while Kessler finished fifth.

The final was the fastest and closest ever Olympic 1,500 metres as all three medalists were within 0.15 seconds of each other. Hocker broke Ingebrigtsen’s Olympic record and the North American record. The USA threesome finished 1-3-5, its best “team” finish since 1912, when they went 1-2-4.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Rep	SF	Final
1	1312	Cole Hocker	USA	3:35.27 (2 h2)	–	3:32.54 (3 h1)	3:27.65 (1)	Gold
2	708	Josh Kerr	GBR	3:35.83 (1 h1)	–	3:32.46 (2 h1)	3:27.79 (2)	Silver
3	1339	Yared Nuguse	USA	3:36.56 (5 h1)	–	3:31.72 (1 h2)	3:27.80 (3)	Bronze
4	1092	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	3:37.04 (3 h3)	–	3:32.38 (1 h1)	3:28.24 (4)
5	1320	Hobbs Kessler	USA	3:36.87 (2 h3)	–	3:31.97 (2 h2)	3:29.45 (5)
6	1055	Niels Laros	NED	3:35.38 (4 h2)	–	3:32.22 (4 h2)	3:29.54 (6)
7	1098	Narve Gilje Nordås	NOR	3:36.41 (3 h1)	–	3:32.34 (6 h2)	3:30.46 (7)
8	841	Pietro Arese	ITA	3:35.30 (3 h2)	–	3:33.03 (6 h1)	3:30.74 (8)
9	1059	Stefan Nillessen	NED	3:36.77 (1 h3)	–	3:32.73 (5 h1)	3:30.75 (9)
10	701	Neil Gourley	GBR	3:37.18 (5 h3)	–	3:32.11 (3 h2)	3:30.88 (10)
11	964	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	3:35.39 (5 h2)	–	3:32.30 (5 h2)	3:31.35 (11)
12	977	Brian Komen	KEN	3:36.31 (2 h1)	–	3:32.57 (4 h1)	3:35.59 (12)
7h1 r3/4	744	Robert Farken	GER	3:36.62 (6 h1)	–	3:33.35 (7 h1)	–
7h2 r3/4	1023	Anass Essayi	MAR	3:36.44 (4 h1)	–	3:32.49 (7 h2)	–
8h1 r3/4	1156	Isaac Nader	POR	3:35.44 (6 h2)	–	3:34.75 (8 h1)	–
8h2 r3/4	860	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:39.96 (15 h1)	3:35.32 (3 h1)	3:32.77 (8 h2)	–
9h1 r3/4	866	Federico Riva	ITA	3:41.78 (14 h3)	3:32.84 (1 h2)	3:35.26 (9 h1)	–
9h2 r3/4	621	Samuel Tefera	ETH	3:37.34 (6 h3)	–	3:33.02 (9 h2)	–
10h1 r3/4	963	Reynold Cheruiyot	KEN	3:37.12 (4 h3)	–	3:35.32 (10 h1)	–
10h2 r3/4	824	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:37.82 (9 h1)	3:34.92 (1 h1)	3:33.15 (10 h2)	–
11h1 r3/4	712	George Mills	GBR	3:35.99 (10 h2)	3:33.56 (3 h2)	3:37.12 (11 h1)	–
11h2 r3/4	465	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:36.92 (14 h2)	3:33.53 (2 h2)	3:33.29 (11 h2)	–
12h1 r3/4	617	Ermias Girma Shire	ETH	3:35.21 (1 h2)	–	3:40.27 (12 h1)	–
12h2 r3/4	653	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:37.95 (9 h3)	3:35.10 (2 h1)	3:34.35 (12 h2)	–
4h1 r2/4	1193	Tshepo Tshite	RSA	3:36.87 (13 h2)	3:35.35 (4 h1)	–	–
4h2 r2/4	1240	Samuel Pihlström	SWE	3:36.80 (8 h1)	3:33.58 (4 h2)	–	–
5h1 r2/4	462	Kieran Lumb	CAN	3:38.11 (10 h3)	3:35.76 (5 h1)	–	–
5h2 r2/4	332	Oliver Hoare	AUS	3:39.11 (13 h1)	3:34.00 (5 h2)	–	–
6h1 r2/4	394	Jochem Vermeulen	BEL	3:36.66 (7 h1)	3:36.14 (6 h1)	–	–
6h2 r2/4	346	Adam Spencer	AUS	3:37.68 (8 h3)	3:34.45 (6 h2)	–	–
7h1 r2/4	828	Luke McCann	IRL	3:35.73 (8 h2)	3:36.50 (7 h1)	–	–
7h2 r2/4	1136	Filip Rak	POL	3:38.12 (11 h1)	3:34.53 (7 h2)	–	–
8h1 r2/4	765	Marius Probst	GER	3:35.65 (7 h2)	3:36.54 (8 h1)	–	–
8h2 r2/4	590	Ignacio Fontes	ESP	3:37.50 (7 h3)	3:35.04 (8 h2)	–	–
9h1 r2/4	1144	Maciej Wyderka	POL	3:38.79 (12 h3)	3:36.79 (9 h1)	–	–
9h2 r2/4	652	Maël Gouyette	FRA	3:37.87 (15 h2)	3:35.42 (9 h2)	–	–
10h1 r2/4	613	Abdisa Fayisa	ETH	3:39.67 (14 h1)	3:36.82 (10 h1)	–	–
10h2 r2/4	393	Ruben Verheyden	BEL	3:36.62 (12 h2)	3:36.06 (10 h2)	–	–
11h1 r2/4	592	Mario García	ESP	3:37.90 (10 h1)	3:37.01 (11 h1)	–	–
11h2 r2/4	1183	Ryan Mphahlele	RSA	3:38.48 (12 h1)	3:36.64 (11 h2)	–	–
12h1 r2/4	340	Stewart McSweyn	AUS	3:36.55 (11 h2)	3:37.49 (12 h1)	–	–
12h2 r2/4	823	Andrew Coscoran	IRL	3:42.07 (15 h3)	3:39.45 (12 h2)	–	–
13h1 r2/4	358	Raphael Pallitsch	AUT	3:38.20 (11 h3)	3:39.32 (13 h1)	–	–
13h2 r2/4	1110	Sam Tanner	NZL	3:39.87 (13 h3)	3:40.71 (13 h2)	–	–
14h2 r2/4	599	Adel Mechaal	ESP	3:35.81 (9 h2)	3:42.79 (14 h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	2 August 2024 — 11:10
Format	Top 6 in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals, all others to the repêchage.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	617	Ermias Girma Shire	ETH	3:35.21	Q
2	1312	Cole Hocker	USA	3:35.27	Q
3	841	Pietro Arese	ITA	3:35.30	Q
4	1055	Niels Laros	NED	3:35.38	Q
5	964	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	3:35.39	Q
6	1156	Isaac Nader	POR	3:35.44	Q
7	765	Marius Probst	GER	3:35.65
8	828	Luke McCann	IRL	3:35.73
9	599	Adel Mechaal	ESP	3:35.81
10	708	Josh Kerr	GBR	3:35.83	Q
11	712	George Mills	GBR	3:35.99
12	977	Brian Komen	KEN	3:36.31	Q
13	1098	Narve Gilje Nordås	NOR	3:36.41	Q
14	1023	Anass Essayi	MAR	3:36.44	Q
15	340	Stewart McSweyn	AUS	3:36.55
16	1339	Yared Nuguse	USA	3:36.56	Q
=17	744	Robert Farken	GER	3:36.62	Q
=17	393	Ruben Verheyden	BEL	3:36.62
19	394	Jochem Vermeulen	BEL	3:36.66
20	1059	Stefan Nillessen	NED	3:36.77	Q
21	1240	Samuel Pihlström	SWE	3:36.80
=22	1193	Tshepo Tshite	RSA	3:36.87
=22	1320	Hobbs Kessler	USA	3:36.87	Q
24	465	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:36.92
25	1092	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	3:37.04	Q
26	963	Reynold Cheruiyot	KEN	3:37.12	Q
27	701	Neil Gourley	GBR	3:37.18	Q
28	621	Samuel Tefera	ETH	3:37.34	Q
29	590	Ignacio Fontes	ESP	3:37.50
30	346	Adam Spencer	AUS	3:37.68
31	824	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:37.82
32	652	Maël Gouyette	FRA	3:37.87
33	592	Mario García	ESP	3:37.90
34	653	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:37.95
35	462	Kieran Lumb	CAN	3:38.11
36	1136	Filip Rak	POL	3:38.12
37	358	Raphael Pallitsch	AUT	3:38.20
38	1183	Ryan Mphahlele	RSA	3:38.48
39	1144	Maciej Wyderka	POL	3:38.79
40	332	Oliver Hoare	AUS	3:39.11
41	613	Abdisa Fayisa	ETH	3:39.67
42	1110	Sam Tanner	NZL	3:39.87
43	860	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:39.96
44	866	Federico Riva	ITA	3:41.78
45	823	Andrew Coscoran	IRL	3:42.07

Heat #1

Time	11:10

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	11	Josh Kerr	GBR	3:35.83	Q
2	2	Brian Komen	KEN	3:36.31	Q
3	6	Narve Gilje Nordås	NOR	3:36.41	Q
4	7	Anass Essayi	MAR	3:36.44	Q
5	14	Yared Nuguse	USA	3:36.56	Q
6	13	Robert Farken	GER	3:36.62	Q
7	12	Jochem Vermeulen	BEL	3:36.66
8	3	Samuel Pihlström	SWE	3:36.80
9	10	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:37.82
10	1	Mario García	ESP	3:37.90
11	9	Filip Rak	POL	3:38.12
12	8	Ryan Mphahlele	RSA	3:38.48
13	5	Oliver Hoare	AUS	3:39.11
14	4	Abdisa Fayisa	ETH	3:39.67
15	15	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:39.96

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Brian Komen	1:00.48
800 m	Narve Gilje Nordås	2:01.00
1200 m	Robert Farken	2:55.88

Heat #2

Time	11:21

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	14	Ermias Girma Shire	ETH	3:35.21	Q
2	6	Cole Hocker	USA	3:35.27	Q
3	10	Pietro Arese	ITA	3:35.30	Q
4	15	Niels Laros	NED	3:35.38	Q
5	13	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	3:35.39	Q
6	1	Isaac Nader	POR	3:35.44	Q
7	7	Marius Probst	GER	3:35.65
8	11	Luke McCann	IRL	3:35.73
9	5	Adel Mechaal	ESP	3:35.81
10	2	George Mills	GBR	3:35.99
11	9	Stewart McSweyn	AUS	3:36.55
12	12	Ruben Verheyden	BEL	3:36.62
13	4	Tshepo Tshite	RSA	3:36.87
14	8	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:36.92
15	3	Maël Gouyette	FRA	3:37.87

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Stewart McSweyn	1:00.41
800 m	Stewart McSweyn	1:57.69
1200 m	Timothy Cheruiyot	2:54.85

Heat #3

Time	11:32

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Stefan Nillessen	NED	3:36.77	Q
2	7	Hobbs Kessler	USA	3:36.87	Q
3	5	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	3:37.04	Q
4	13	Reynold Cheruiyot	KEN	3:37.12	Q
5	9	Neil Gourley	GBR	3:37.18	Q
6	11	Samuel Tefera	ETH	3:37.34	Q
7	10	Ignacio Fontes	ESP	3:37.50
8	3	Adam Spencer	AUS	3:37.68
9	8	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:37.95
10	15	Kieran Lumb	CAN	3:38.11
11	14	Raphael Pallitsch	AUT	3:38.20
12	2	Maciej Wyderka	POL	3:38.79
13	12	Sam Tanner	NZL	3:39.87
14	1	Federico Riva	ITA	3:41.78
15	4	Andrew Coscoran	IRL	3:42.07

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Neil Gourley	1:03.39
800 m	Samuel Tefera	2:01.36
1200 m	Samuel Tefera	2:56.58

Repêchage

Date	2 August 2024 — 19:15
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	866	Federico Riva	ITA	3:32.84	Q
2	465	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:33.53	Q
3	712	George Mills	GBR	3:33.56	Q
4	1240	Samuel Pihlström	SWE	3:33.58
5	332	Oliver Hoare	AUS	3:34.00
6	346	Adam Spencer	AUS	3:34.45
7	1136	Filip Rak	POL	3:34.53
8	824	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:34.92	Q
9	590	Ignacio Fontes	ESP	3:35.04
10	653	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:35.10	Q
11	860	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:35.32	Q
12	1193	Tshepo Tshite	RSA	3:35.35
13	652	Maël Gouyette	FRA	3:35.42
14	462	Kieran Lumb	CAN	3:35.76
15	393	Ruben Verheyden	BEL	3:36.06
16	394	Jochem Vermeulen	BEL	3:36.14
17	828	Luke McCann	IRL	3:36.50
18	765	Marius Probst	GER	3:36.54
19	1183	Ryan Mphahlele	RSA	3:36.64
20	1144	Maciej Wyderka	POL	3:36.79
21	613	Abdisa Fayisa	ETH	3:36.82
22	592	Mario García	ESP	3:37.01
23	340	Stewart McSweyn	AUS	3:37.49
24	358	Raphael Pallitsch	AUT	3:39.32
25	823	Andrew Coscoran	IRL	3:39.45
26	1110	Sam Tanner	NZL	3:40.71
27	599	Adel Mechaal	ESP	3:42.79

Heat #1

Time	19:15

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:34.92	Q
2	3	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:35.10	Q
3	7	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:35.32	Q
4	6	Tshepo Tshite	RSA	3:35.35
5	1	Kieran Lumb	CAN	3:35.76
6	2	Jochem Vermeulen	BEL	3:36.14
7	12	Luke McCann	IRL	3:36.50
8	8	Marius Probst	GER	3:36.54
9	10	Maciej Wyderka	POL	3:36.79
10	4	Abdisa Fayisa	ETH	3:36.82
11	9	Mario García	ESP	3:37.01
12	11	Stewart McSweyn	AUS	3:37.49
13	13	Raphael Pallitsch	AUT	3:39.32

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Stewart McSweyn	57.09
800 m	Stewart McSweyn	1:55.07
1200 m	Azeddine Habz	2:53.57

Heat #2

Time	19:26

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	10	Federico Riva	ITA	3:32.84	Q
2	9	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:33.53	Q
3	14	George Mills	GBR	3:33.56	Q
4	11	Samuel Pihlström	SWE	3:33.58
5	13	Oliver Hoare	AUS	3:34.00
6	3	Adam Spencer	AUS	3:34.45
7	8	Filip Rak	POL	3:34.53
8	1	Ignacio Fontes	ESP	3:35.04
9	5	Maël Gouyette	FRA	3:35.42
10	6	Ruben Verheyden	BEL	3:36.06
11	7	Ryan Mphahlele	RSA	3:36.64
12	12	Andrew Coscoran	IRL	3:39.45
13	2	Sam Tanner	NZL	3:40.71
14	4	Adel Mechaal	ESP	3:42.79

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Ryan Mphahlele	55.62
800 m	Ryan Mphahlele	1:53.96
1200 m	Ryan Mphahlele	2:51.66

Semi-Finals

Date	4 August 2024 — 21:10
Format	Top 6 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	1339	Yared Nuguse	USA	3:31.72	Q
2	1320	Hobbs Kessler	USA	3:31.97	Q
3	701	Neil Gourley	GBR	3:32.11	Q
4	1055	Niels Laros	NED	3:32.22	Q
5	964	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	3:32.30	Q
6	1098	Narve Gilje Nordås	NOR	3:32.34	Q
7	1092	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	3:32.38	Q
8	708	Josh Kerr	GBR	3:32.46	Q
9	1023	Anass Essayi	MAR	3:32.49
10	1312	Cole Hocker	USA	3:32.54	Q
11	977	Brian Komen	KEN	3:32.57	Q
12	1059	Stefan Nillessen	NED	3:32.73	Q
13	860	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:32.77
14	621	Samuel Tefera	ETH	3:33.02
15	841	Pietro Arese	ITA	3:33.03	Q
16	824	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:33.15
17	465	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:33.29
18	744	Robert Farken	GER	3:33.35
19	653	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:34.35
20	1156	Isaac Nader	POR	3:34.75
21	866	Federico Riva	ITA	3:35.26
22	963	Reynold Cheruiyot	KEN	3:35.32
23	712	George Mills	GBR	3:37.12
24	617	Ermias Girma Shire	ETH	3:40.27

Heat #1

Time	21:10

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	3:32.38	Q
2	3	Josh Kerr	GBR	3:32.46	Q
3	8	Cole Hocker	USA	3:32.54	Q
4	1	Brian Komen	KEN	3:32.57	Q
5	10	Stefan Nillessen	NED	3:32.73	Q
6	6	Pietro Arese	ITA	3:33.03	Q
7	2	Robert Farken	GER	3:33.35
8	11	Isaac Nader	POR	3:34.75
9	9	Federico Riva	ITA	3:35.26
10	12	Reynold Cheruiyot	KEN	3:35.32
11	4	George Mills	GBR	3:37.12
12	7	Ermias Girma Shire	ETH	3:40.27

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	1:00.93
800 m	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	1:57.29
1200 m	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	2:52.38

Heat #2

Time	21:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Yared Nuguse	USA	3:31.72	Q
2	2	Hobbs Kessler	USA	3:31.97	Q
3	7	Neil Gourley	GBR	3:32.11	Q
4	4	Niels Laros	NED	3:32.22	Q
5	1	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	3:32.30	Q
6	11	Narve Gilje Nordås	NOR	3:32.34	Q
7	9	Anass Essayi	MAR	3:32.49
8	10	Ossama Meslek	ITA	3:32.77
9	5	Samuel Tefera	ETH	3:33.02
10	8	Cathal Doyle	IRL	3:33.15
11	3	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	CAN	3:33.29
12	12	Azeddine Habz	FRA	3:34.35

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Yared Nuguse	57.22
800 m	Yared Nuguse	1:55.59
1200 m	Yared Nuguse	2:50.62

Final Round

Date	6 August 2024 — 20:50

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	8	Cole Hocker	USA	3:27.65	OR
2	7	Josh Kerr	GBR	3:27.79
3	6	Yared Nuguse	USA	3:27.80
4	10	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	3:28.24
5	4	Hobbs Kessler	USA	3:29.45
6	9	Niels Laros	NED	3:29.54
7	3	Narve Gilje Nordås	NOR	3:30.46
8	1	Pietro Arese	ITA	3:30.74
9	11	Stefan Nillessen	NED	3:30.75
10	12	Neil Gourley	GBR	3:30.88
11	5	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	3:31.35
12	2	Brian Komen	KEN	3:35.59

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	54.82
800 m	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	1:51.38
1200 m	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	2:47.27