Results Round 1 1500m Men’s Qualifying 2013 World Championships
by: LetsRun.com
August 14, 2013
Results of round 1 of the men’s 1500m. No real surprises here as 24 of the 37 competitors made the next round. LRC recaps and coverage coming.
Heat 1: Kiprop Cruises, Lomong Qualifies and so Does Souleiman
Favorite Asbel Kiprop controlled this race and Lopez Lomong qualified with ease. 800m bronze medallist Ayanleh Souleiman was back a little over 12 hours after his bronze medal to qualify as well.
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1 | 711 | Asbel KIPROP | KEN |
3:38.15 Q | |
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2 | 776 | Abdalaati IGUIDER | MAR |
3:38.41 Q | |
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3 | 1144 | Lopez LOMONG | USA |
3:38.48 Q | |
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4 | 343 | Ayanleh SOULEIMAN | DJI |
3:38.63 Q | |
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5 | 446 | Florian CARVALHO | FRA |
3:38.70 Q | |
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6 | 837 | Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN | NOR |
3:38.78 Q | |
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7 | 432 | Aman WOTE | ETH |
3:38.89 q | |
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8 | 970 | Valentin SMIRNOV | RUS |
3:39.21 q | |
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9 | 846 | Nicholas WILLIS | NZL |
3:39.83 q | |
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10 | 896 | Mohamad AL-GARNI | QAT |
3:40.01 | |
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11 | 375 | David BUSTOS | ESP |
3:41.69 | |
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12 | 565 | Mamadou BARRY | GUI |
4:16.38 | SB |
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13 | 187 | Thinley TENZIN | BHU |
4:24.54 | PB |
Splits:
400M 59.65 Asbel KIPROP KENYA KEN
800M 2:00.19 Asbel KIPROP KENYA KEN
1200M 2:56.64 Asbel KIPROP KENYA KEN
Hear 2: Silver Medalists Kiplagat and Manzano Cruise
No surprises here. Olympic silver medalist Leo Manzano looked good as did World Champs silver medalist Silas Kiplagat.
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1 | 710 | Silas KIPLAGAT | KEN |
3:39.31 Q | |
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2 | 1146 | Leonel MANZANO | USA |
3:39.39 Q | |
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3 | 1073 | Ilham Tanui ÖZBILEN | TUR |
3:39.73 Q | |
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4 | 910 | Johan CRONJE | RSA |
3:39.95 Q | |
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5 | 543 | Carsten SCHLANGEN | GER |
3:40.31 Q | |
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6 | 779 | Zakaria MAZOUZI | MAR |
3:40.76 Q | |
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7 | 413 | Zebene ALEMAYEHU | ETH |
3:41.28 | |
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8 | 148 | Andreas VOJTA | AUT |
3:41.51 | |
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9 | 746 | Emad NOOR | KSA |
3:41.68 | |
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10 | 448 | Simon DENISSEL | FRA |
3:42.06 | |
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11 | 996 | Omar Mohamed ABDI | SOM |
4:00.00 | |
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109 | Imed TOUIL | ALG |
DNS |
Splits: 400M 58.19 Ilham Tanui ÖZBILEN TURKEY TUR
800M 2:00.52 Ilham Tanui ÖZBILEN TURKEY TUR
1200M 2:59.24 Johan CRONJE SOUTH AFRICA RSA
Heat 3: Little Raced Nate Brannen Cruises, Centro Auto Qualifies
Nate Brannen has only been racing in N. America this year but he looked good. Matt Centrowitz had to work a little the last straight to get an auto spot.
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1 | 700 | Nixon Kiplimo CHEPSEBA | KEN |
3:38.37 Q | |
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2 | 242 | Nathan BRANNEN | CAN |
3:38.49 Q | |
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3 | 421 | Mekonnen GEBREMEDHIN | ETH |
3:38.55 Q | |
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4 | 698 | Bethwell BIRGEN | KEN |
3:38.60 Q | |
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5 | 1114 | Matthew CENTROWITZ | USA |
3:38.62 Q | |
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6 | 547 | Homiyu TESFAYE | GER |
3:38.66 Q | |
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7 | 472 | Bouabdellah TAHRI | FRA |
3:38.82 q | |
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8 | 497 | Chris O’HARE | GBR |
3:38.86 q | |
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9 | 780 | Mohamed MOUSTAOUI | MAR |
3:39.20 q | |
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10 | 182 | Pieter-Jan HANNES | BEL |
3:40.39 | |
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11 | 805 | Flavio SEHOLHE | MOZ |
3:53.18 | |
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12 | 1203 | Nabil Mohammed AL-GARBI | YEM |
3:59.95 | SB |
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13 | 833 | Omar BACHIR | NIG |
4:00.18 | PB |
Splits:
400M 1:01.46 Nixon Kiplimo CHEPSEBA KENYA KEN
800M 2:01.58 Nixon Kiplimo CHEPSEBA KENYA KEN
1200M 2:57.37 Chris O’HARE GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. GBR


KEN
MAR
USA
DJI
FRA
NOR
ETH
RUS
NZL
QAT
ESP
GUI
BHU
TUR
RSA
GER
AUT
KSA
SOM
ALG
CAN
GBR
BEL
MOZ
YEM
NIG