Some of Ingebrigtsen's performances during the 2019 season were controversial. In the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he was disqualified in his 1500 meters heat for running off the track. His brother Jakob remarked that "It was the stupidest thing I'll see all year". A few months later, at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Filip Ingebrigtsen was seen to push another runner, Tedesse Lemi, causing him to fall, but he was not disqualified and proceeded to the semifinals.