Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres

The 1,500 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 20 to August 24.

Records

Medalists

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Event Summary

Qualifying

The first round comprised of three heats with the first five in each plus the next nine fastest losers progressing to the two semi-finals. Here the first five and the two fastest losers went to the final.

Heats

All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes seasons best.

Round 1

Heat 1

# 3:37.86 Q
# 3:37.98 Q
# 3:38.34 Q
# 3:38.59 Q
# 3:38.89 Q
# 3:39.30 q
# 3:39.68 q
# 3:41.14 q
# 3:46.75
# 3:51.08
# 3:53.66
# 4:03.37 NR
# DNS

Heat 2

# , Spain 3:39.71 Q
# , Kenya 3:39.80 Q
# 3:39.80 Q
# , Morocco 3:39.88 Q
# 3:39.96 Q
# 3:40.10 q
# 3:40.78 q
# 3:40.99 q
# , United States 3:41.25
# 3:41.37
# 3:42.00
# , Algeria 3:42.47
# , France 3:46.06

Heat 3

# 3:37.37 Q
# , Kenya 3:37.71 Q
# 3:37.78 Q
# 3:37.93 Q
# , Algeria 3:37.94 Q
# , Spain 3:38.36 q
# , Morocco 3:38.71 q
# , Portugal 3:39.94 q
# , United States 3:41.73
# 3:48.28
# 3:50.28
# 4:05.86
# 4:14.11
# DNS

emi-finals

Heat 1

#Adil Kaouch, Morocco 3:35.69 Q
#Bernard Lagat, Kenya 3:35.84 Q
#Gert-Jan Liefers, Netherlands 3:36.00 Q
#Reyes Estevez, Spain 3:36.05 Q
#Ivan Heshko, Ukraine 3:36.20 Q
#Michael East, Great Britain 3:36.46 q
#Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenya 3:37.10 q
#Manuel Damiao, Portugal 3:37.16
#Hudson Santos de Souza, Brazil 3:38.83
#James Nolan, Ireland 3:42.61
#Rashid Ramzi, Bahrain 3:44.60
#Grant Robison, United States 3:47.03
*Tarek Boukensa, Algeria DNF

Heat 2

#Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 3:40.87 Q
#Rui Silva, Portugal 3:40.99 Q
#Timothy Kiptanui, Kenya 3:41.04 Q
#Mulugeta Wendimu, Ethiopia 3:41.14 Q
#Kamal Boulahfane, Algeria 3:41.27 Q
#Nicholas Willis, New Zealand 3:41.46
#Álvaro Fernández, Spain 3:42.01
#Juan Carlos Higuero, Spain 3:42.13
#Kevin Sullivan, Canada 3:42.86
#Youssef Baba, Morocco 3:42.96
#Johan Cronje, South Africa 3:44.41
#Michal Sneberger, Czech Republic 3:47.03

Final

#Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 3:34.19s
#Bernard Lagat, Kenya 3:34.30s
#Rui Silva, Portugal 3:34.68s
#Timothy Kiptanui, Kenya 3:35.61s
#Ivan Heshko, Ukraine 3:35.82s
#Michael East, Great Britain 3:36.33s
#Reyes Estevez, Spain 3:36.63s
#Gert-Jan Liefers, Netherlands 3:37.17s
#Adil Kaouch, Morocco 3:38.26s
#Mulugeta Wendimu, Ethiopia 3:38.33s
#Kamal Boulahfane, Algeria 3:39.02s
#Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenya 3:41.72s