2020 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's 1500m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
 |  NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:28.32 OR |
 |  KENKenya | Timothy Cheruiyot | 3:29.01 |
 |  GBRGreat Britain | Josh Kerr | 3:29.05 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Abel Kipsang | 3:29.56 |
| 5 |  ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:30.77 |
| 6 |  USAUnited States | Cole Hocker | 3:31.40 |
| 7 |  AUSAustralia | Stewart Mcsweyn | 3:31.91 |
| 8 |  POLPoland | Michal Rozmys | 3:32.67 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Heyward | 3:34.43 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Wightman | 3:35.09 |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | Oliver Hoare | 3:35.79 |
| 12 |  LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 3:36.80 |
| 13 | ESPSpain | Ignacio Fontes | 3:38.56 |
| 14 |  MARMorocco | Abdelatif Sadiki | 3:33.59 |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:33.69 |
| 16 | KENKenya | Charles Cheboi Simotwo | 3:34.61 |
| 17 |  ETHEthiopia | Teddese Lemi | 3:34.81 |
| 18 |  FRAFrance | Azeddine Habz | 3:35.12 |
| 19 |  GERGermany | Robert Farken | 3:35.21 |
| 20 |  NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:35.41 |
| 21 |  IRLIreland | Andrew Coscoran | 3:35.84 |
| 22 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Abate | 3:37.66 |
| 23 |  BELBelgium | Ismael Debjani | 3:42.18 |
| 24 | ESPSpain | Jesús Gómez | 3:44.46 |
| 25 |  DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | DNF |
| 25 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | DNF |
| 27 | FRAFrance | Baptiste Mischler | 3:37.53 |
| 28 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Tefera | 3:37.78 |
| 29 | NORNorway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 3:38.02 |
| 30 | GERGermany | Amos Bartelsmeyer | 3:38.36 |
| 31 |  HUNHungary | István Szögi | 3:38.79 |
| 32 |  SSDSouth Sudan | Abraham Guem | 3:40.86 |
| 33 | FRAFrance | Alexis Miellet | 3:41.23 |
| 34 |  QATQatar | Adam Ali Mousab | 3:42.55 |
| 35 | AUSAustralia | Jye Edwards | 3:42.62 |
| 36 |  BRNBahrain | Alsadik Mikhou | 3:42.87 |
| 37 | NZLNew Zealand | Samuel Tanner | 3:43.22 |
| 38 |  SOMSomalia | Ali Udou Hassan | 3:43.96 |
| 39 | MARMorocco | Anass Essayi | 3:45.92 |
| 40 |  BRABrazil | Thiago Andrè | 3:47.71 |
| 41 |  GEQEquatorial Guinea | Benjamín Enzema | 3:48.17 |
| 42 |  SWESweden | Kalle Berglund | 3:49.43 |
| 43 |  TLSEast Timor | Felisberto De Deus | 3:51.03 |
| 44 |  EORRefugee Olympic Team | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 3:51.78 |
| MARMorocco | Soufiane Elbakkali | DNF | |
| QATQatar | Abdirahman Saeed Hassan | DNF | |
 UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | DNF | |
| USAUnited States | Yared Nuguse | DNS | |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | BELBelgium | Ismael Debjani | 3:36.00 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Timothy Cheruiyot | 3:36.01 Q |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Oliver Hoare | 3:36.09 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Cole Hocker | 3:36.16 Q |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Abdelatif Sadiki | 3:36.23 Q |
| 6 | POLPoland | Michal Rozmys | 3:36.28 Q |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Josh Kerr | 3:36.29 q |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Ignacio Fontes | 3:36.95 q |
| 9 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Tefera | 3:37.78 |
| 10 | NORNorway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 3:38.02 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Amos Bartelsmeyer | 3:38.36 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | István Szögi | 3:38.79 |
| 13 | SSDSouth Sudan | Abraham Guem | 3:40.86 |
| 14 | FRAFrance | Alexis Miellet | 3:41.23 |
| 15 | QATQatar | Adam Ali Mousab | 3:42.55 |
| 16 | TLSEast Timor | Felisberto De Deus | 3:51.03 |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | BELBelgium | Ismael Debjani | 3:36.00 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Timothy Cheruiyot | 3:36.01 Q |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Oliver Hoare | 3:36.09 Q |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Heyward | 3:36.14 Q |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Cole Hocker | 3:36.16 Q |
| 6 | MARMorocco | Abdelatif Sadiki | 3:36.23 Q |
| 7 | ETHEthiopia | Teddese Lemi | 3:36.26 Q |
| 8 | POLPoland | Michal Rozmys | 3:36.28 Q |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Josh Kerr | 3:36.29 q |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Stewart Mcsweyn | 3:36.39 Q |
| 11 | NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:36.49 Q |
| 12 | GERGermany | Robert Farken | 3:36.61 Q |
| 13 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:36.74 Q |
| 14 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:36.88 q |
| 15 | ESPSpain | Ignacio Fontes | 3:36.95 q |
| 16 | IRLIreland | Andrew Coscoran | 3:37.11 q |
| 17 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:37.25 q |
| 18 | KENKenya | Charles Cheboi Simotwo | 3:37.26 q |
| 19 | FRAFrance | Baptiste Mischler | 3:37.53 |
| 20 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Tefera | 3:37.78 |
| 21 | NORNorway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 3:38.02 |
| 22 | GERGermany | Amos Bartelsmeyer | 3:38.36 |
| 23 | HUNHungary | István Szögi | 3:38.79 |
| 24 | KENKenya | Abel Kipsang | 3:40.68 Q |
| 25 | SSDSouth Sudan | Abraham Guem | 3:40.86 |
| 26 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:41.12 Q |
| 27 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Wightman | 3:41.18 Q |
| 28 | FRAFrance | Alexis Miellet | 3:41.23 |
| 29 | FRAFrance | Azeddine Habz | 3:41.24 Q |
| 30 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Abate | 3:41.63 Q |
| 31 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 3:41.90 Q |
| 32 | QATQatar | Adam Ali Mousab | 3:42.55 |
| 33 | AUSAustralia | Jye Edwards | 3:42.62 |
| 34 | BRNBahrain | Alsadik Mikhou | 3:42.87 |
| 35 | NZLNew Zealand | Samuel Tanner | 3:43.22 |
| 36 | SOMSomalia | Ali Udou Hassan | 3:43.96 |
| 37 | MARMorocco | Anass Essayi | 3:45.92 |
| 38 | ESPSpain | Jesús Gómez | 3:47.27 q |
| 39 | BRABrazil | Thiago Andrè | 3:47.71 |
| 40 | GEQEquatorial Guinea | Benjamín Enzema | 3:48.17 |
| 41 | SWESweden | Kalle Berglund | 3:49.43 |
| 42 | TLSEast Timor | Felisberto De Deus | 3:51.03 |
| 43 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 3:51.78 |
| 44 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 4:43.96 q |
| MARMorocco | Soufiane Elbakkali | DNF | |
| QATQatar | Abdirahman Saeed Hassan | DNF | |
| UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | DNF | |
| USAUnited States | Yared Nuguse | DNS | |
| Men's 1500m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:28.32 OR/WR |
| 1 | NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:28.32 |
| 2 | KENKenya | Timothy Cheruiyot | 3:29.01 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Josh Kerr | 3:29.05 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Abel Kipsang | 3:29.56 |
| 5 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:30.77 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Cole Hocker | 3:31.40 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Stewart Mcsweyn | 3:31.91 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Michal Rozmys | 3:32.67 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Heyward | 3:34.43 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Wightman | 3:35.09 |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | Oliver Hoare | 3:35.79 |
| 12 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 3:36.80 |
| 13 | ESPSpain | Ignacio Fontes | 3:38.56 |
| Men's 1500m, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 5 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Abel Kipsang | 3:31.65 Q OR |
| 2 | NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:32.13 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Josh Kerr | 3:32.18 Q |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:32.19 Q |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Stewart Mcsweyn | 3:32.54 Q |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Heyward | 3:32.82 |
| 7 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 3:32.86 |
| 8 | MARMorocco | Abdelatif Sadiki | 3:33.59 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:33.69 |
| 10 | FRAFrance | Azeddine Habz | 3:35.12 |
| 11 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Abate | 3:37.66 |
| 12 | ESPSpain | Jesús Gómez | 3:44.46 |
| 13 | POLPoland | Michal Rozmys | 3:54.53 |
| Men's 1500m, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 5 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Wightman | 3:33.48 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Cole Hocker | 3:33.87 Q |
| 3 | KENKenya | Timothy Cheruiyot | 3:33.95 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Oliver Hoare | 3:34.35 Q |
| 5 | ESPSpain | Ignacio Fontes | 3:34.49 Q |
| 6 | KENKenya | Charles Cheboi Simotwo | 3:34.61 |
| 7 | ETHEthiopia | Teddese Lemi | 3:34.81 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Robert Farken | 3:35.21 |
| 9 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:35.41 |
| 10 | IRLIreland | Andrew Coscoran | 3:35.84 |
| 11 | BELBelgium | Ismael Debjani | 3:42.18 |
| DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | DNF | |
| POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | DNF | |
| Men's 1500m, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 5 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Abel Kipsang | 3:31.65 Q |
| 2 | NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:32.13 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Josh Kerr | 3:32.18 Q |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:32.19 Q |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Stewart Mcsweyn | 3:32.54 Q |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Heyward | 3:32.82 q |
| 7 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 3:32.86 q |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Wightman | 3:33.48 Q |
| 9 | MARMorocco | Abdelatif Sadiki | 3:33.59 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:33.69 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Cole Hocker | 3:33.87 Q |
| 12 | KENKenya | Timothy Cheruiyot | 3:33.95 Q |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Oliver Hoare | 3:34.35 Q |
| 14 | ESPSpain | Ignacio Fontes | 3:34.49 Q |
| 15 | KENKenya | Charles Cheboi Simotwo | 3:34.61 |
| 16 | ETHEthiopia | Teddese Lemi | 3:34.81 |
| 17 | FRAFrance | Azeddine Habz | 3:35.12 |
| 18 | GERGermany | Robert Farken | 3:35.21 |
| 19 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:35.41 |
| 20 | IRLIreland | Andrew Coscoran | 3:35.84 |
| 21 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Abate | 3:37.66 |
| 22 | BELBelgium | Ismael Debjani | 3:42.18 |
| 23 | ESPSpain | Jesús Gómez | 3:44.46 |
| 24 | POLPoland | Michal Rozmys | 3:54.53 q |
| DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | DNF | |
| POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | DNF | |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Heyward | 3:36.14 Q |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Teddese Lemi | 3:36.26 Q |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Stewart Mcsweyn | 3:36.39 Q |
| 4 | NORNorway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 3:36.49 Q |
| 5 | GERGermany | Robert Farken | 3:36.61 Q |
| 6 | ESPSpain | Adel Mechaal | 3:36.74 Q |
| 7 | NZLNew Zealand | Nicholas Willis | 3:36.88 q |
| 8 | IRLIreland | Andrew Coscoran | 3:37.11 q |
| 9 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 3:37.25 q |
| 10 | KENKenya | Charles Cheboi Simotwo | 3:37.26 q |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Baptiste Mischler | 3:37.53 |
| 12 | SWESweden | Kalle Berglund | 3:49.43 |
| 13 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 3:51.78 |
| MARMorocco | Soufiane Elbakkali | DNF | |
| UGAUganda | Ronald Musagala | DNF | |
| USAUnited States | Yared Nuguse | DNS | |
| Men's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Abel Kipsang | 3:40.68 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:41.12 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Jake Wightman | 3:41.18 Q |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Azeddine Habz | 3:41.24 Q |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Samuel Abate | 3:41.63 Q |
| 6 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 3:41.90 Q |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Jye Edwards | 3:42.62 |
| 8 | BRNBahrain | Alsadik Mikhou | 3:42.87 |
| 9 | NZLNew Zealand | Samuel Tanner | 3:43.22 |
| 10 | SOMSomalia | Ali Udou Hassan | 3:43.96 |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Anass Essayi | 3:45.92 |
| 12 | ESPSpain | Jesús Gómez | 3:47.27 q |
| 13 | BRABrazil | Thiago Andrè | 3:47.71 |
| 14 | GEQEquatorial Guinea | Benjamín Enzema | 3:48.17 |
| 15 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 4:43.96 q |
| QATQatar | Abdirahman Saeed Hassan | DNF | |
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