2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Hamza Driouch
  Qatar
Silver Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich
  Kenya
Bronze Abdelhadi Labäli
  Morocco

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record   Cornelius Chirchir (KEN) 3:30.24 Fontvieille, Monaco 19 July 2002
Championship Record   Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:35.53 Grosseto, Italy 15 July 2004
World Junior Leading   Geoffrey Barusei (KEN) 3:33.39 Hengelo, Netherlands 27 May 2012

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 7 Hamza Driouch   Qatar 3:38.06 Q
2 1 2 Teshome Dirirsa   Ethiopia 3:41.78 Q
3 1 10 Dominic Mutuku Mutili   Kenya 3:41.97 Q
4 1 5 Mohammed Abid   Morocco 3:42.58 Q
5 2 12 Yenew Tebikew   Ethiopia 3:42.69 Q
6 2 11 Carlos Díaz   Chile 3:43.16 Q, NJ
7 2 8 Filip Ingebrigtsen   Norway 3:44.04 q, PB
8 2 13 Federico Bruno   Argentina 3:44.81 q
9 1 9 Mohamed Abdikadar   Italy 3:46.37 q
10 3 1 Teklit Teweldebrhan   Eritrea 3:46.46 Q
11 3 10 Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich   Kenya 3:46.54 Q
12 3 4 Abdelhadi Labäli   Morocco 3:46.75 Q
13 3 6 Charlie Grice   Great Britain 3:47.05
14 1 3 Robert Denault   Canada 3:48.47
15 2 6 Abdessalem Ayouni   Tunisia 3:48.67
16 2 2 Fabian Brunswig   Germany 3:48.72
17 3 2 Yusuke Uchikoshi   Japan 3:49.06
18 1 12 Sean Tobin   Ireland 3:49.11
19 1 1 Izaic Yorks   United States 3:49.21
20 3 5 Joao Bussotti Neves   Italy 3:49.37
21 1 7 Julian Oakley   New Zealand 3:49.43
22 1 11 Julius Lawnik   Germany 3:49.51
23 3 8 Łukasz Gurtkiewicz   Poland 3:49.61
24 3 12 Yunus Emre Cavusli   Turkey 3:50.12
25 2 5 Ben Moynihan   New Zealand 3:50.59
26 1 8 Ferdinand Kvan Edman   Norway 3:50.95
27 2 3 Abdullah Obaid Al Salhi   Saudi Arabia 3:51.78
28 3 11 David Lorenzo   Spain 3:52.98
29 3 9 Ruairí Finnegan   Ireland 3:53.95
30 2 9 Kyle Grieve   Canada 3:54.37
31 2 1 Austin Mudd   United States 3:54.82
32 3 3 Ioran Etchechury   Brazil 3:55.15
33 1 4 Marc Alcalá   Spain 3:55.68
34 2 10 Egide Kayigire   Rwanda 3:56.75 PB
35 1 6 Mandhar Legseir   Algeria 3:59.30
36 2 4 Boldoo Odbayar   Mongolia 4:04.65 PB
37 3 7 Carles Gómez   Andorra 4:16.99 PB

Final

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Rank Order Name Nationality Time Note
  6 Hamza Driouch   Qatar 3:39.04
  1 Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich   Kenya 3:40.39 PB
  12 Abdelhadi Labäli   Morocco 3:40.60
4 7 Mohammed Abid   Morocco 3:41.73
5 8 Teklit Teweldebrhan   Eritrea 3:42.63
6 2 Dominic Mutuku Mutili   Kenya 3:42.79
7 3 Carlos Díaz   Chile 3:44.02
8 11 Yenew Tebikew   Ethiopia 3:44.02
9 4 Teshome Dirirsa   Ethiopia 3:44.54
10 5 Filip Ingebrigtsen   Norway 3:46.54
11 9 Mohamed Abdikadar   Italy 3:53.74
12 10 Federico Bruno   Argentina 3:55.38

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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