2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Abdalaati Iguider	Ilham Tanui Özbilen	Mekonnen Gebremedhin

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	3:31.18	Stuttgart, Germany	2 February 1997
Championship record	3:33.77	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading	3:34.10	Liévin, France	14 February 2012
African record	3:31.18	Stuttgart, Germany	2 February 1997
Asian record	3:36.28	Stockholm, Sweden	20 February 2007
European record	3:33.32	Piraeus, Greece	24 February 1999
North and Central American and Caribbean record	3:35.23	Birmingham, Great Britain	16 February 2008
Oceanian Record	3:35.80	Birmingham, Great Britain	20 February 2010
South American record	3:42.70	Piraeus, Greece	8 March 1989

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	12:55	Heats
March 10, 2012	19:00	Final

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times qualified (q). The qualification round started at 12:59 and ended at 13:10.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	3:38.41	Q
2	2	3:39.16	Q
3	2	3:39.51	Q, NR
4	2	3:39.54	q
5	2	3:39.59	q
6	2	3:40.55	q
7	1	3:41.93	Q
8	1	3:42.24	Q
9	1	3:42.36	Q
10	1	3:42.72
11	2	3:43.33
12	1	3:43.39	PB
13	1	3:43.66
14	1	3:44.20
15	1	3:44.28
16	1	3:45.04
	2	~~3:45.12~~	NR, Doping
17	2	3:45.33	SB
18	2	3:46.26	PB
19	2	3:47.58
20	1	3:47.63
21	1	3:50.12	PB
22	1	4:47.24	NR

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.^[2]

Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – 1500 Metres Men (heats) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316144341/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-1500-M-h----.RS6.pdf . 2012-03-16 .
Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – 1500 Metres Men (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-11.