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1,500 metres, Men

Date	3 – 8 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	51 from 40 countries

The heavy favorite was 1992 world champion Noureddine Morceli but he ran a strangely passive race and finished only 7th. The final started slowly, with nobody wanting to take the lead. The bell was passed in 2:49.7, with Kenya’s Joseph Chesire leading, after 800 had been passed in a pedestrian 2:06.83. Morceli was trapped in the pack and never challenged. Spain’s Fermín Cacho saw a small gap on the inside and took the lead 250 metres from the finish. He pulled away and won over Rachid El-Basir quite easily, looking around frequently on the final stretch. Mohamed Sulaiman’s medal was the first ever for Qatar in the Olympics.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	404	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3:37.04 (1 h1)	3:34.93 (2 h2)	3:40.12 (1)	Gold
2	1205	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	3:38.01 (4 h1)	3:39.26 (2 h1)	3:40.62 (2)	Silver
3	1443	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3:36.72 (2 h4)	3:34.77 (1 h2)	3:40.69 (3)	Bronze
4	1112	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3:44.06 (1 h3)	3:39.43 (3 h1)	3:41.12 (4)
5	1106	Jonah Birir	KEN	3:38.29 (5 h1)	3:35.41 (3 h2)	3:41.27 (5)
6	812	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3:36.76 (3 h4)	3:39.55 (5 h1)	3:41.53 (6)
7	10	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3:37.98 (1 h2)	3:39.22 (1 h1)	3:41.70 (7)
8	1765	Jim Spivey	USA	3:38.01 (3 h1)	3:35.55 (4 h2)	3:41.74 (8)
9	223	Graham Hood	CAN	3:44.44 (2 h3)	3:36.12 (6 h2)	3:42.55 (9)
10	1117	David Kibet	KEN	3:36.32 (1 h4)	3:35.82 (5 h2)	3:42.62 (10)
11	442	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3:37.62 (6 h4)	3:39.52 (4 h1)	3:43.51 (11)
12	552	Azat Rakipau	EUN	3:38.64 (6 h1)	3:36.16 (7 h2)	3:44.66 (12)
6 h1 r2/3	1002	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	3:44.55 (4 h3)	3:39.56 (6 h1)	–
7 h1 r2/3	335	Branko Zorko	CRO	3:44.47 (3 h3)	3:39.71 (7 h1)	–
8 h1 r2/3	851	Rüdiger Stenzel	GER	3:44.70 (5 h3)	3:40.23 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	959	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3:37.07 (4 h4)	3:37.16 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r2/3	1710	Steve Holman	USA	3:38.38 (2 h2)	3:40.49 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r2/3	1419	Mário Silva	POR	3:38.57 (3 h2)	3:38.09 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r2/3	740	Kevin McKay	GBR	3:37.39 (5 h4)	3:40.80 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r2/3	1820	Philemon Harineki	ZIM	3:37.65 (2 h1)	3:38.09 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r2/3	1652	Zeki Öztürk	TUR	3:38.68 (4 h2)	3:41.98 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r2/3	801	Hauke Fuhlbrügge	GER	3:38.92 (6 h2)	3:38.45 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r2/3	147	Edgard de Oliveira	BRA	3:38.68 (7 h1)	3:42.53 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r2/3	771	Matt Yates	GBR	3:38.73 (5 h2)	3:40.53 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r2/3	1851	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	–	4:13.52 (13 h1)	–
6 h3 r1/3	1708	Terrance Herrington	USA	3:44.80 (6 h3)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	19	João N'Tyamba	ANG	3:39.54 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	425	José Luis González	ESP	3:46.75 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	382	Houssein Djama	DJI	3:44.13 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	1148	Kim Bong-Yu	KOR	3:40.73 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	469	Mitiku Megersa	ETH	3:41.54 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	132	Bobby Gaseitsiwe	BOT	3:48.33 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	1580	Sipho Dlamini	SWZ	3:46.33 (8 h4)	–	–
9 h1 r1/3	697	Steve Crabb	GBR	3:41.00 (9 h1)	–	–
9 h2 r1/3	1345	Nadir Khan	PAK	3:44.96 (9 h2)	–	–
9 h3 r1/3	896	Malal Sy Savané	GUI	3:51.96 (9 h3)	–	–
9 h4 r1/3	475	Hailu Zewde	ETH	3:47.79 (9 h4)	–	–
10 h1 r1/3	1655	Mohamed Amer Al-Nahdi	UAE	3:48.08 (10 h1)	–	–
10 h2 r1/3	1554	Markus Hacksteiner	SUI	3:45.27 (10 h2)	–	–
10 h3 r1/3	20	Reuben Appleton	ANT	4:02.99 (10 h3)	–	–
10 h4 r1/3	1812	Kaleka Mutoke	COD	3:53.71 (10 h4)	–	–
11 h1 r1/3	200	Zacharia Maidjida	CAF	3:55.72 (11 h1)	–	–
11 h2 r1/3	1804	Awad Salah Nasser	YEM	3:51.89 (11 h2)	–	–
11 h3 r1/3	1182	Bassam Kawas	LBN	4:17.40 (11 h3)	–	–
11 h4 r1/3	775	Bernardo Elonga	GEQ	4:25.78 (11 h4)	–	–
12 h1 r1/3	1163	Khambieng Khamiar	LAO	4:04.82 (12 h1)	–	–
12 h2 r1/3	112	Idrissou Tamimou	BEN	3:56.45 (12 h2)	–	–
13 h1 r1/3	1790	Ancel Nalau	VAN	4:13.88 (13 h1)	–	–
13 h2 r1/3	1489	Alphonse Munyeshyaka	RWA	3:58.75 (13 h2)	–	–
AC h3 r1/3	119	Ian Gray	BIZ	– (DNF h3)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	1288	Robin van Helden	NED	– (DNF h4)	–	–
DNS	1198	Saïd Aouita	MAR	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One (3 August 1992)

Top five in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (11:15)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3:37.04	Q
2	3	Philemon Harineki	ZIM	3:37.65	Q
3	6	Jim Spivey	USA	3:38.01	Q
4	7	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	3:38.01	Q
5	12	Jonah Birir	KEN	3:38.29	Q
6	8	Azat Rakipau	EUN	3:38.64	q
7	10	Edgard de Oliveira	BRA	3:38.68	q
8	11	Kim Bong-Yu	KOR	3:40.73
9	1	Steve Crabb	GBR	3:41.00
10	13	Mohamed Amer Al-Nahdi	UAE	3:48.08
11	9	Zacharia Maidjida	CAF	3:55.72
12	5	Khambieng Khamiar	LAO	4:04.82
13	2	Ancel Nalau	VAN	4:13.88

Splits

400 m	1:00.07	Edgard de Oliveira
800 m	1:57.94	Edgard de Oliveira
1,200 m	2:57.07	Edgard de Oliveira

Heat Two (11:25)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3:37.98	Q
2	4	Steve Holman	USA	3:38.38	Q
3	5	Mário Silva	POR	3:38.57	Q
4	7	Zeki Öztürk	TUR	3:38.68	Q
5	11	Matt Yates	GBR	3:38.73	Q
6	10	Hauke Fuhlbrügge	GER	3:38.92	q
7	8	João N'Tyamba	ANG	3:39.54
8	3	Mitiku Megersa	ETH	3:41.54
9	2	Nadir Khan	PAK	3:44.96
10	12	Markus Hacksteiner	SUI	3:45.27
11	9	Awad Salah Nasser	YEM	3:51.89
12	13	Idrissou Tamimou	BEN	3:56.45
13	6	Alphonse Munyeshyaka	RWA	3:58.75

Splits

400 m	59.30	Zeki Öztürk
800 m	1:59.23	Matt Yates
1,200 m	2:57.21	Matt Yates

Heat Three (11:35)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	12	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3:44.06	Q
2	6	Graham Hood	CAN	3:44.44	Q
3	2	Branko Zorko	CRO	3:44.47	Q
4	11	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	3:44.55	Q
5	5	Rüdiger Stenzel	GER	3:44.70	Q
6	4	Terrance Herrington	USA	3:44.80
7	8	José Luis González	ESP	3:46.75
8	9	Bobby Gaseitsiwe	BOT	3:48.33
9	1	Malal Sy Savané	GUI	3:51.96
10	7	Reuben Appleton	ANT	4:02.99
11	10	Bassam Kawas	LBN	4:17.40
DNF	13	Ian Gray	BIZ	–
DNS	3	Saïd Aouita	MAR	–

Splits

400 m	1:00.81	Rüdiger Stenzel
800 m	2:05.66	Rüdiger Stenzel
1,200 m	3:05.57	Rüdiger Stenzel

Heat Four (11:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	David Kibet	KEN	3:36.32	Q
2	5	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3:36.72	Q
3	7	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3:36.76	Q
4	1	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3:37.07	Q
5	3	Kevin McKay	GBR	3:37.39	Q
6	8	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3:37.62	q
7	11	Houssein Djama	DJI	3:44.13
8	9	Sipho Dlamini	SWZ	3:46.33
9	6	Hailu Zewde	ETH	3:47.79
10	12	Kaleka Mutoke	COD	3:53.71
11	2	Bernardo Elonga	GEQ	4:25.78
DNF	10	Robin van Helden	NED	–

Splits

400 m	59.68	Mohamed Suleiman
800 m	1:57.57	Mohamed Suleiman
1,200 m	2:54.52	Mohamed Suleiman

Semi-Finals (6 August 1992)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3:39.22	Q
2	10	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	3:39.26	Q
3	9	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3:39.43	Q
4	3	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3:39.52	Q
5	8	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3:39.55	Q
6	1	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	3:39.56
7	12	Branko Zorko	CRO	3:39.71
8	5	Rüdiger Stenzel	GER	3:40.23
9	2	Steve Holman	USA	3:40.49
10	11	Kevin McKay	GBR	3:40.80
11	6	Zeki Öztürk	TUR	3:41.98
12	4	Edgard de Oliveira	BRA	3:42.53
13	13	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	4:13.52		1

Splits

400 m	59.25	Gennaro Di Napoli
800 m	2:01.72	Edgard de Oliveira
1,200 m	3:00.02	Edgard de Oliveira

Heat Two (19:55)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3:34.77	Q
2	1	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3:34.93	Q
3	9	Jonah Birir	KEN	3:35.41	Q
4	3	Jim Spivey	USA	3:35.55	Q
5	4	David Kibet	KEN	3:35.82	Q
6	5	Graham Hood	CAN	3:36.12	q
7	11	Azat Rakipau	EUN	3:36.16	q
8	10	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3:37.16
9	12	Mário Silva	POR	3:38.09
10	6	Philemon Harineki	ZIM	3:38.09
11	8	Hauke Fuhlbrügge	GER	3:38.45
12	2	Matt Yates	GBR	3:40.53

Splits

400 m	57.21	Matt Yates
800 m	1:57.46	Matt Yates
1,200 m	2:55.03	Mohamed Suleiman

Final (8 August 1992 — 20:15)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3:40.12
2	4	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	3:40.62
3	11	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3:40.69
4	6	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3:41.12
5	5	Jonah Birir	KEN	3:41.27
6	12	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3:41.53
7	8	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3:41.70
8	9	Jim Spivey	USA	3:41.74
9	10	Graham Hood	CAN	3:42.55
10	7	David Kibet	KEN	3:42.62
11	2	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3:43.51
12	3	Azat Rakipau	EUN	3:44.66

Splits

400 m	1:02.25	Joseph Chesire
800 m	2:06.83	Joseph Chesire
1,200 m	3:02.55	Joseph Chesire