This 1st 1500 heat is a heat of death. The commentators on the BBC are really saying O'Hare has a tough one.
I mean what do you do when it's top 2 and next 3. Iguider, O'Hare, Levandowski, Blankenship. Who is possibly going to take it out?
Engels/Wightman lucky as hell. With this qualifyign format, it seems like there are always 5 qualifiers from the last heat and he's in that.
HEAT 1
1 370 Dey Tuach DEY SSD SSD 3:45.54o
2 310 Abdelaati IGUIDER MAR MAR 3:34.10 3:35.79
3 216 Aman WOTE ETH ETH 3:35.31 3:38.35
4 403 Ben BLANKENSHIP USA USA 3:35.28 3:39.19
5 315 Dario IVANOVSKI MKD MKD 3:52.59 3:52.59
6 236 Chris O'HARE GBR GBR 3:37.03 3:37.03
7 341 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL POL 3:37.37 3:37.67
8 368 Mohamed Ismail MOHAMED SOM SOM 4:11.68
HEAT 2
1 374 Kalle BERGLUND SWE SWE 3:37.69 3:39.55
2 179 Jakub HOLUŠA CZE CZE 3:37.68 3:37.91
3 108 Ryan GREGSON AUS AUS 3:36.50 3:38.00
4 299 Musa HAJDARI KOS KOS 3:53.18
5 214 Samuel TEFERA ETH ETH 3:36.05 3:36.05
6 295 Vincent KIBET KEN KEN 3:34.91 3:36.86
7 258 Harvey DIXON GIB GIB 3:50.19
8 196 Marc ALCALÁ ESP ESP 3:39.33 3:39.45
HEAT 3
ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY PB SB 2018
1 242 Jake WIGHTMAN GBR GBR 3:37.43 3:37.43
2 187 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI DJI 3:35.2 3:35.39
3 311 Brahim KAAZOUZI MAR MAR 3:36.95 3:36.95
4 414 Craig ENGELS USA USA 3:38.53 3:38.53
5 144 Oddom SAT CAM CAM
6 138 Sadik MIKHOU BRN BRN 3:38.48 3:38.48
7 244 Benjamín ENZEMA GEQ GEQ 3:53.07 3:53.07
8 298 Mikhail SOLOSHENKO KGZ KGZ 4:04.83 4:04.83