2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku
Silver	Ayanleh Souleiman
Bronze	James Magut

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record		3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
African record		3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
Championship record		3:36.19	Nairobi, Kenya	1 August 2010
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record		3:35.71	Porto Novo, Benin	1 July 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	15:40	Round 1
1 July 2012	16:40	Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			3:40.79	Q
1	2			3:40.79	Q
3	2			3:41.00	Q
4	2			3:41.19	Q
5	2			3:41.37	q
6	2			3:41.45	q
7	1			3:42.20	Q
8	1			3:42.21	Q
9	1			3:42.34	Q
10	2			3:42.42	q
11	1			3:42.60	Q
12	1			3:42.72	q
13	1			3:46.08
14	2			3:47.24
15	1			3:50.13
16	1			3:50.72
17	2			3:54.32
18	1			3:57.93
19	1			3:58.02
20	1			4:00.40
21	1			4:08.58
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	2
	2
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			3:35.71	CR
			3:36.34
			3:36.35
			3:36.76
			3:38.27
			3:38.46
			3:39.90
			3:40.80
			3:40.95
10			3:41.00
11			3:43.40
12			3:45.65

References

• Results