If Hocker were in the race, he would've won easily

Woulda, shoulda, coulda…

The whole race may have played out differently if he were there. This hypothetical is irrelevant.

What a crap final. The great Laros doesn't medal. Kerr out of it. Koech out of it. Nader wins? No Jakob, 1500 goes to hell

if jakob was in the race and fit he would have won the race too...

also if kerr didn't do whatever he did, he would have won the race

Change is hard, hang on.

Your post will probably be downvoted a lot since it's disrespectful towards Nader and Hocker getting DQed was largely his own fault. But, the truth is that he very likely would have won. Beamish probably would have won as well. As a side note, it's a shame this was an off year for Hobb Kessler since he likely would have thrived in this field as well in the shape he was in last year.

Kerr must have rolled his ankle. If that didn’t happen he probably would have medaled.,

If Bolt was 25 again, and they'd gone out slow enough, if he he'd made the final, he'd have out kicked them all for the win.

Its a race.

Best racer won

If Hocker were in the race, he would have been boxed in and unable to pass the guys in front of him.

Wouldn'ta, shouldn'ta, couldn'ta…

I think a healthy Jakob might have won if he took the role tim did. Probably 50/50. But if he ever had a chance to break the field from the front it would’ve been this year. No one in that field was running 3:28 low today

And if Cooper Teare was in the race, he'd be wearing giant JNCO pants

The first lap in 59.5 would have probably ruined his chances of winning.

He's not in the final because he had to cheat to have a chance to qualify for the final.

Jakob is done medaling at outdoor championship 1500m for good.

Different people would have won today, but still the same outcome - no medals for Jakob. No matter how you twist it, there will always be at least 3 people to beat him in any scenario. The field is just too thick these days.

If Kerr hadn't got injured, he would have won. The only way Hockster could win would be if he shoved Kerr off the track at the finish.

Which 3 run 3:28.2 or better with him going from the front like last year. Maybe the people who wouldve had you believe Laros could run the world record would’ve said him, but I doubt it. And I don’t think anyone else would even have a chance

He needs to learn to stop, relying on someone else to open up the inside rail

Maybe he'll learn basic racing tactics that the rest of us learned running track in high school: don't get boxed in on the last lap.