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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 in the 1,500 metres 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 Suleiman’s bronze medal was the first ever for Qatar in the Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	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

Date	3 August 1992
Format	Top 5 in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	1117	David Kibet	KEN	3:36.32	Q
2	1443	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3:36.72	Q
3	812	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3:36.76	Q
4	404	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3:37.04	Q
5	959	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3:37.07	Q
6	740	Kevin McKay	GBR	3:37.39	Q
7	442	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3:37.62	q
8	1820	Philemon Harineki	ZIM	3:37.65	Q
9	10	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3:37.98	Q
10	1765	Jim Spivey	USA	3:38.01	Q
11	1205	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	3:38.01	Q
12	1106	Jonah Birir	KEN	3:38.29	Q
13	1710	Steve Holman	USA	3:38.38	Q
14	1419	Mário Silva	POR	3:38.57	Q
15	552	Azat Rakipau	EUN	3:38.64	q
=16	147	Edgard de Oliveira	BRA	3:38.68	q
=16	1652	Zeki Öztürk	TUR	3:38.68	Q
18	771	Matt Yates	GBR	3:38.73	Q
19	801	Hauke Fuhlbrügge	GER	3:38.92	q
20	19	João N'Tyamba	ANG	3:39.54
21	1148	Kim Bong-Yu	KOR	3:40.73
22	697	Steve Crabb	GBR	3:41.00
23	469	Mitiku Megersa	ETH	3:41.54
24	1112	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3:44.06	Q
25	382	Houssein Djama	DJI	3:44.13
26	223	Graham Hood	CAN	3:44.44	Q
27	335	Branko Zorko	CRO	3:44.47	Q
28	1002	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	3:44.55	Q
29	851	Rüdiger Stenzel	GER	3:44.70	Q
30	1708	Terrance Herrington	USA	3:44.80
31	1345	Nadir Khan	PAK	3:44.96
32	1554	Markus Hacksteiner	SUI	3:45.27
33	1580	Sipho Dlamini	SWZ	3:46.33
34	425	José Luis González	ESP	3:46.75
35	475	Hailu Zewde	ETH	3:47.79
36	1655	Mohamed Amer Al-Nahdi	UAE	3:48.08
37	132	Bobby Gaseitsiwe	BOT	3:48.33
38	1804	Awad Salah Nasser	YEM	3:51.89
39	896	Malal Sy Savané	GUI	3:51.96
40	1812	Kaleka Mutoke	COD	3:53.71
41	200	Zacharia Maidjida	CAF	3:55.72
42	112	Idrissou Tamimou	BEN	3:56.45
43	1489	Alphonse Munyeshyaka	RWA	3:58.75
44	20	Reuben Appleton	ANT	4:02.99
45	1163	Khambieng Khamiar	LAO	4:04.82
46	1790	Ancel Nalau	VAN	4:13.88
47	1182	Bassam Kawas	LBN	4:17.40
48	775	Bernardo Elonga	GEQ	4:25.78
DNF	119	Ian Gray	BIZ	–
DNF	1288	Robin van Helden	NED	–
DNS	1198	Saïd Aouita	MAR	–

Heat #1

Time	11:15

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Edgard de Oliveira	1:00.07
800 m	Edgard de Oliveira	1:57.94
1,200 m	Edgard de Oliveira	2:57.07

Heat #2

Time	11:25

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Zeki Öztürk	59.30
800 m	Matt Yates	1:59.23
1,200 m	Matt Yates	2:57.21

Heat #3

Time	11:35

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Rüdiger Stenzel	1:00.81
800 m	Rüdiger Stenzel	2:05.66
1,200 m	Rüdiger Stenzel	3:05.57

Heat #4

Time	11:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Mohamed Suleiman	59.68
800 m	Mohamed Suleiman	1:57.57
1,200 m	Mohamed Suleiman	2:54.52

Semi-Finals

Date	6 August 1992
Format	Top 5 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	1443	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3:34.77	Q
2	404	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3:34.93	Q
3	1106	Jonah Birir	KEN	3:35.41	Q
4	1765	Jim Spivey	USA	3:35.55	Q
5	1117	David Kibet	KEN	3:35.82	Q
6	223	Graham Hood	CAN	3:36.12	q
7	552	Azat Rakipau	EUN	3:36.16	q
8	959	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3:37.16
9	1419	Mário Silva	POR	3:38.09
10	1820	Philemon Harineki	ZIM	3:38.09
11	801	Hauke Fuhlbrügge	GER	3:38.45
12	10	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3:39.22	Q
13	1205	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	3:39.26	Q
14	1112	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3:39.43	Q
15	442	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3:39.52	Q
16	812	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3:39.55	Q
17	1002	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	3:39.56
18	335	Branko Zorko	CRO	3:39.71
19	851	Rüdiger Stenzel	GER	3:40.23
20	1710	Steve Holman	USA	3:40.49
21	771	Matt Yates	GBR	3:40.53
22	740	Kevin McKay	GBR	3:40.80
23	1652	Zeki Öztürk	TUR	3:41.98
24	147	Edgard de Oliveira	BRA	3:42.53
25	1851	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	4:13.52		1

Heat #1

Time	19:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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		2

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Gennaro Di Napoli	59.25
800 m	Edgard de Oliveira	2:01.72
1,200 m	Edgard de Oliveira	3:00.02

Heat #2

Time	19:55

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Matt Yates	57.21
800 m	Matt Yates	1:57.46
1,200 m	Mohamed Suleiman	2:55.03

Final Round

Date	8 August 1992 — 20:15

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
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

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Joseph Chesire	1:02.25
800 m	Joseph Chesire	2:06.83
1,200 m	Joseph Chesire	3:02.55