# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 16 to 19 July 2022. The winning margin was 0.24 seconds.

## Summary

Right from the start, Abel Kipsang went to the front to keep the pace honest. Josh Thompson moved in to follow until Stewart McSweyn took the second position. They completed the first lap in 55.5. When defending champion Timothy Cheruiyot moved up to join his Kenyan teammate, Olympic Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took that seriously and followed. The second time down the home stretch, Ingebrigtsen cruised past the Kenyans into the lead. Cheruiyot marked Ingebrigtsen, with British runners Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr moving toward the front. By the bell the two Spaniards Mohamed Katir and Mario García Romo had come up to behind the Brits. Three teams cued up behind Ingebrigtsen. On the rail, Wightman traded elbows with Kipsang boxing him to the outside. With 300 to go, Wightman accelerated past Cheruiyot to Ingebrigtsen's shoulder. With 200 to go, Wightman went for it, passing Ingebrigtsen at the start of the turn. It opened into little more than a metre gap, but all the way down the homestretch, Ingebrigtsen was unable to close it. Behind them, Katir came through on the rail, also trading elbows with Cheruiyot before breaking free, drifting to the outside. Wightman beat Ingebrigtsen to the line to complete the upset. Katir trailed them by 3 metres in for bronze.
Wightman's victory was called for the fans in attendance as usual by the stadium commentator. Uniquely, on this occasion that also happened to be the gold medalist's coach and father, Geoff Wightman.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Championship record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:27.65 | Seville, Spain | 24 August 1999 |
| World Leading | Abel Kipsang (KEN) | 3:31.01 | Nairobi, Kenya | 7 May 2022 |
| African Record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Asian Record | Rashid Ramzi (BHR) | 3:29.14 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Bernard Lagat (USA) | 3:29.30 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 |
| South American Record | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | 3:33.25 | Rieti, Italy | 28 August 2005 |
| European Record | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 3:28.32 | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 |
| Oceanian record | Stewart McSweyn (AUS) | 3:29.51 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 9 July 2021 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| World Leading | 3:29.23 | Jake Wightman | GBR | 19 Jul 2022 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:35.00.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 July | 18:30 | Heats |
| 17 July | 19:00 | Semi-finals |
| 19 July | 19:30 | Final |

## Results

The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Stewart McSweyn | Australia (AUS) | 3:34.91 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada (CAN) | 3:35.02 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway (NOR) | 3:35.12 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:35.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Mario García Romo | Spain (ESP) | 3:35.43 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | John Gregorek Jr. | United States (USA) | 3:35.65 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Santiago Catrofe | Uruguay (URU) | 3:35.86 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Olli Hoare | Australia (AUS) | 3:36.17 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Teddese Lemi | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:36.24 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Samuel Tefera | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:36.35 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Andrew Coscoran | Ireland (IRL) | 3:36.36 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 1 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 3:36.41 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Kumari Taki | Kenya (KEN) | 3:36.47 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Charles Grethen | Luxembourg (LUX) | 3:36.51 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Neil Gourley | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:36.54 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Ignacio Fontes | Spain (ESP) | 3:36.69 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Michał Rozmys | Poland (POL) | 3:36.76 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Cameron Proceviat | Canada (CAN) | 3:37.43 | q |
| 19 | 1 | Christoph Kessler | Germany (GER) | 3:37.57 | |
| 20 | 2 | Charles Simotwo | Kenya (KEN) | 3:37.66 | |
| 21 | 1 | Abdellatif Sadiki | Morocco (MAR) | 3:37.76 | |
| 22 | 2 | Anass Essayi | Morocco (MAR) | 3:38.60 | SB |
| 23 | 3 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:38.94 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | Joshua Thompson | United States (USA) | 3:39.10 | Q |
| 25 | 1 | Ryan Mphahlele | South Africa (RSA) | 3:39.17 | |
| 26 | 3 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya (KEN) | 3:39.21 | Q |
| 27 | 3 | William Paulson | Canada (CAN) | 3:39.21 | Q |
| 28 | 3 | Samuel Tanner | New Zealand (NZL) | 3:39.33 | Q |
| 29 | 3 | Mohamed Katir | Spain (ESP) | 3:39.45 | Q |
| 30 | 3 | Ruben Verheyden | Belgium (BEL) | 3:39.46 | |
| 31 | 3 | Filip Sasínek | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3:39.47 | |
| 32 | 3 | Matthew Ramsden | Australia (AUS) | 3:39.83 | |
| 33 | 3 | Ferdinand Kvan Edman | Norway (NOR) | 3:39.92 | |
| 34 | 2 | Ismael Debjani | Belgium (BEL) | 3:39.96 | |
| 35 | 3 | Elhassane Moujahid | Morocco (MAR) | 3:39.98 | |
| 36 | 3 | Samuel Zeleke | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:40.77 | |
| 37 | 3 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda (UGA) | 3:40.87 | |
| 38 | 1 | Cooper Teare | United States (USA) | 3:41.15 | |
| 39 | 3 | Yervand Mkrtchyan | Armenia (ARM) | 3:42.37 | |
| 40 | 2 | Isaac Nader | Portugal (POR) | 3:42.81 | |
| 41 | 1 | Abraham Guem | South Sudan (SSD) | 3:43.47 | |
| | 2 | Thiago André | Brazil (BRA) | | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya (KEN) | 3:33.68 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mohamed Katir | Spain (ESP) | 3:34.45 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:34.48 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Teddese Lemi | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:35.04 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Stewart McSweyn | Australia (AUS) | 3:35.07 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Michał Rozmys | Poland (POL) | 3:35.27 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Joshua Thompson | United States (USA) | 3:35.55 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Samuel Tanner | New Zealand (NZL) | 3:36.32 | |
| 9 | 1 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:36.92 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Mario García Romo | Spain (ESP) | 3:37.01 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway (NOR) | 3:37.02 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 3:37.04 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Ignacio Fontes | Spain (ESP) | 3:37.21 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Neil Gourley | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:37.22 | |
| 15 | 1 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada (CAN) | 3:37.29 | |
| 16 | 1 | John Gregorek Jr. | United States (USA) | 3:37.35 | |
| 17 | 1 | Samuel Tefera | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:37.71 | |
| 18 | 1 | Ollie Hoare | Australia (AUS) | 3:38.36 | |
| 19 | 2 | Cameron Proceviat | Canada (CAN) | 3:38.83 | |
| 20 | 2 | Santiago Catrofe | Uruguay (URU) | 3:40.16 | |
| 21 | 1 | Charles Grethen | Luxembourg (LUX) | 3:40.41 | |
| 21 | 2 | William Paulson | Canada (CAN) | 3:40.41 | |
| 23 | 1 | Andrew Coscoran | Ireland (IRL) | 3:44.66 | |
| 24 | 2 | Kumari Taki | Kenya (KEN) | 3:50.15 | |

### Final

The final took place on 19 July at 19:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jake Wightman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:29.23 |
| | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway (NOR) | 3:29.47 |
| | Mohamed Katir | Spain (ESP) | 3:29.90 |
| 4 | Mario García | Spain (ESP) | 3:30.20 |
| 5 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:30.60 |
| 6 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 3:30.69 |
| 7 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya (KEN) | 3:31.21 |
| 8 | Teddese Lemi | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:32.98 |
| 9 | Stewart McSweyn | Australia (AUS) | 3:33.24 |
| 10 | Michał Rozmys | Poland (POL) | 3:34.58 |
| 11 | Ignacio Fontes | Spain (ESP) | 3:34.71 |
| 12 | Joshua Thompson | United States (USA) | 3:35.57 |