2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's 1500m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:50.00 |
 |  ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 3:50.11 |
 |  NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:50.24 |
| 4 |  DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:50.29 |
| 5 |  MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:50.58 |
| 6 |  KENKenya | Asbel Kiprop | 3:50.87 |
| 7 |  ESPSpain | David Bustos | 3:51.06 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Benjamin Blankenship | 3:51.09 |
| 9 |  AUSAustralia | Ryan Gregson | 3:51.39 |
| 10 |  CANCanada | Nathan Brannen | 3:51.45 |
| 11 |  UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | 3:51.68 |
| 12 |  GBRGreat Britain | Charlie Grice | 3:51.73 |
| 13 | KENKenya | Ronald Kwemoi | 3:56.76 |
| 14 |  BRNBahrain | Benson Seurei | 3:40.53 |
| 15 |  ETHEthiopia | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:40.69 |
| 16 |  GERGermany | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:40.76 |
| 17 | CANCanada | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 3:40.79 |
| 18 |  CZECzechia | Jakub Holuša | 3:40.83 |
| 19 | MARMorocco | Fouad Elkaam | 3:40.93 |
| 20 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Wolde | 3:41.42 |
| 21 |  NORNorway | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:42.51 |
| 22 |  BELBelgium | Pieter-Jan Hannes | 3:43.71 |
| 23 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris O'Hare | 3:44.27 |
| 24 | MARMorocco | Brahim Kaazouzi | 3:48.66 |
| 25 | KENKenya | Elijah Manangoi | DNS |
| 25 | USAUnited States | Robby Andrews | DSQ |
| 27 | NZLNew Zealand | Julian Matthews | 3:40.40 |
| 28 | ALGAlgeria | Salim Keddar | 3:40.63 |
| 29 |  FRAFrance | Florian Carvalho | 3:41.87 |
| 30 |  BRABrazil | Thiago Andrè | 3:44.42 |
| 31 | AUSAustralia | Luke Mathews | 3:44.51 |
| 32 |  SSDSouth Sudan | Santino Kenyi | 3:45.27 |
| 33 | NZLNew Zealand | Hamish Carson | 3:48.18 |
| 34 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:48.41 |
| 35 |  TURTürkiye | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | 3:49.02 |
| 36 |  YEMYemen | Mohammed Maamon Ali Abdo Rageh | 3:58.99 |
| 37 |  NCANicaragua | Érick Rodríguez | 4:00.30 |
| 38 |  UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Saud Alzaabi | 4:02.35 |
| 39 |  EORRefugee Olympic Team | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 4:03.96 |
| 40 |  TLSEast Timor | Augusto Ramos Soares | 4:11.35 |
| DJIDjibouti | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | DNF | |
| ETHEthiopia | Aman Wote | DNS | |
| NORNorway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | DSQ | |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Asbel Kiprop | 3:38:97 Q |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Ryan Gregson | 3:39:13 Q |
| 3 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:39:25 Q |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris O'Hare | 3:39:26 Q |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:39:31 Q |
| 6 | MARMorocco | Fouad Elkaam | 3:39:51 Q |
| 7 | ESPSpain | David Bustos | 3:39:73 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 3:40:04 |
| 9 | NZLNew Zealand | Julian Matthews | 3:40:40 |
| 10 | FRAFrance | Florian Carvalho | 3:41:87 |
| 11 | BRABrazil | Thiago Andrè | 3:44:42 |
| 12 | SSDSouth Sudan | Santino Kenyi | 3:45:27 |
| 13 | UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Saud Alzaabi | 4:02:35 |
| ETHEthiopia | Aman Wote | DNS | |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | CZECzechia | Jakub Holuša | 3:38.31 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Ronald Kwemoi | 3:38.33 Q |
| 3 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:38.40 Q |
| 4 | UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | 3:38.45 Q |
| 5 | NORNorway | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:38.50 Q |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:38.55 Q |
| 7 | BRNBahrain | Benson Seurei | 3:38.82 q |
| 8 | BELBelgium | Pieter-Jan Hannes | 3:38.89 q |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Benjamin Blankenship | 3:38.92 q |
| 10 | KENKenya | Asbel Kiprop | 3:38.97 Q |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | Ryan Gregson | 3:39.13 Q |
| 12 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:39.25 Q |
| 13 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris O'Hare | 3:39.26 Q |
| 14 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Wolde | 3:39.29 q |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:39.31 Q |
| 16 | MARMorocco | Fouad Elkaam | 3:39.51 Q |
| 17 | ESPSpain | David Bustos | 3:39.73 q |
| 18 | CANCanada | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 3:40.04 q |
| 19 | NZLNew Zealand | Julian Matthews | 3:40.40 |
| 20 | ALGAlgeria | Salim Keddar | 3:40.63 |
| 21 | FRAFrance | Florian Carvalho | 3:41.87 |
| 22 | BRABrazil | Thiago Andrè | 3:44.42 |
| 23 | AUSAustralia | Luke Mathews | 3:44.51 |
| 24 | SSDSouth Sudan | Santino Kenyi | 3:45.27 |
| 25 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 3:46.82 Q |
| 26 | KENKenya | Elijah Manangoi | 3:46.83 Q |
| 27 | USAUnited States | Robby Andrews | 3:46.97 Q |
| 28 | CANCanada | Nathan Brannen | 3:47.07 Q |
| 29 | ETHEthiopia | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:47.33 Q |
| 30 | MARMorocco | Brahim Kaazouzi | 3:47.39 Q |
| 31 | GERGermany | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:47.44 q |
| 32 | NZLNew Zealand | Hamish Carson | 3:48.18 |
| 33 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:48.41 |
| 34 | GBRGreat Britain | Charlie Grice | 3:48.51 q |
| 35 | TURTürkiye | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | 3:49.02 |
| 36 | YEMYemen | Mohammed Maamon Ali Abdo Rageh | 3:58.99 |
| 37 | NCANicaragua | Érick Rodríguez | 4:00.30 |
| 38 | UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Saud Alzaabi | 4:02.35 |
| 39 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 4:03.96 |
| 40 | TLSEast Timor | Augusto Ramos Soares | 4:11.35 |
| DJIDjibouti | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | DNF | |
| ETHEthiopia | Aman Wote | DNS | |
| NORNorway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | DSQ | |
| Men's 1500m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 21 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:50.00 |
| 2 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 3:50.11 |
| 3 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:50.24 |
| 4 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:50.29 |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:50.58 |
| 6 | KENKenya | Asbel Kiprop | 3:50.87 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | David Bustos | 3:51.06 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Benjamin Blankenship | 3:51.09 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Ryan Gregson | 3:51.39 |
| 10 | CANCanada | Nathan Brannen | 3:51.45 |
| 11 | UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | 3:51.68 |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Charlie Grice | 3:51.73 |
| 13 | KENKenya | Ronald Kwemoi | 3:56.76 |
| Men's 1500m, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Ronald Kwemoi | 3:39.42 Q |
| 2 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:39.46 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:39.61 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Ryan Gregson | 3:40.02 Q |
| 5 | UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | 3:40.37 Q |
| 6 | ETHEthiopia | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:40.69 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:40.76 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 3:40.79 |
| 9 | MARMorocco | Fouad Elkaam | 3:40.93 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris O'Hare | 3:44.27 |
| 11 | ESPSpain | David Bustos | 3:56.54 |
| KENKenya | Elijah Manangoi | DNS | |
| USAUnited States | Robby Andrews | DSQ | |
| Men's 1500m, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Asbel Kiprop | 3:39.73 Q |
| 2 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 3:39.88 Q |
| 3 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:39.96 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Benjamin Blankenship | 3:39.99 Q |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Charlie Grice | 3:40.05 Q |
| 6 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:40.11 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Nathan Brannen | 3:40.20 |
| 8 | BRNBahrain | Benson Seurei | 3:40.53 |
| 9 | CZECzechia | Jakub Holuša | 3:40.83 |
| 10 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Wolde | 3:41.42 |
| 11 | NORNorway | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:42.51 |
| 12 | BELBelgium | Pieter-Jan Hannes | 3:43.71 |
| 13 | MARMorocco | Brahim Kaazouzi | 3:48.66 |
| Men's 1500m, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Ronald Kwemoi | 3:39.42 Q |
| 2 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:39.46 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:39.61 Q |
| 4 | KENKenya | Asbel Kiprop | 3:39.73 Q |
| 5 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 3:39.88 Q |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:39.96 Q |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Benjamin Blankenship | 3:39.99 Q |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Ryan Gregson | 3:40.02 Q |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Charlie Grice | 3:40.05 Q |
| 10 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:40.11 q |
| 11 | CANCanada | Nathan Brannen | 3:40.20 q |
| 12 | UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | 3:40.37 Q |
| 13 | BRNBahrain | Benson Seurei | 3:40.53 |
| 14 | ETHEthiopia | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:40.69 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:40.76 |
| 16 | CANCanada | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 3:40.79 |
| 17 | CZECzechia | Jakub Holuša | 3:40.83 |
| 18 | MARMorocco | Fouad Elkaam | 3:40.93 |
| 19 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Wolde | 3:41.42 |
| 20 | NORNorway | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:42.51 |
| 21 | BELBelgium | Pieter-Jan Hannes | 3:43.71 |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris O'Hare | 3:44.27 |
| 23 | MARMorocco | Brahim Kaazouzi | 3:48.66 |
| 24 | ESPSpain | David Bustos | 3:56.54 q |
| KENKenya | Elijah Manangoi | DNS | |
| USAUnited States | Robby Andrews | DSQ | |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | CZECzechia | Jakub Holuša | 3:38.31 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Ronald Kwemoi | 3:38.33 Q |
| 3 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 3:38.40 Q |
| 4 | UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | 3:38.45 Q |
| 5 | NORNorway | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | 3:38.50 Q |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:38.55 Q |
| 7 | BRNBahrain | Benson Seurei | 3:38.82 |
| 8 | BELBelgium | Pieter-Jan Hannes | 3:38.89 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Benjamin Blankenship | 3:38.92 |
| 10 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Wolde | 3:39.29 |
| 11 | ALGAlgeria | Salim Keddar | 3:40.63 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Luke Mathews | 3:44.51 |
| 13 | TURTürkiye | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | 3:49.02 |
| 14 | YEMYemen | Mohammed Maamon Ali Abdo Rageh | 3:58.99 |
| 15 | NCANicaragua | Érick Rodríguez | 4:00.30 |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 3:46.82 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Elijah Manangoi | 3:46.83 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Robby Andrews | 3:46.97 Q |
| 4 | CANCanada | Nathan Brannen | 3:47.07 Q |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:47.33 Q |
| 6 | MARMorocco | Brahim Kaazouzi | 3:47.39 Q |
| 7 | GERGermany | Homiyu Tesfaye | 3:47.44 |
| 8 | NZLNew Zealand | Hamish Carson | 3:48.18 |
| 9 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:48.41 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Charlie Grice | 3:48.51 |
| 11 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 4:03.96 |
| 12 | TLSEast Timor | Augusto Ramos Soares | 4:11.35 |
| DJIDjibouti | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | DNF | |
| NORNorway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | DSQ | |
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