Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Half marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's 1500 metres at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 14 and 15 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.

Medalists

Gold	Caleb Ndiku (KEN)
Silver	Collins Cheboi (KEN)
Bronze	Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG)

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
World Leading	Silas Kiplagat (KEN)	3:30.47	Monaco	22 July 2011
African record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 11, 2011	18:35	Semifinals
September 13, 2011	19:05	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	3:47.29	Q
2	1	Soresa Fida	Ethiopia	3:47.49	Q
3	1	Imad Touil	Algeria	3:47.77	Q
4	1	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	3:47.98	Q
5	1	Ghyrmay Yowhanes	Eritrea	3:48.90	Q
6	2	Caleb Ndiku	Kenya	3:48.92	Q
7	2	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	3:48.96	Q
8	1	Boaz Lalang	Kenya	3:49.00	q
9	1	Cornelius Panga	Tanzania	3:49.01
10	2	Collins Cheboi	Kenya	3:49.10	Q
11	2	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	3:49.22	Q
12	2	Anyaleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3:49.27	Q
13	2	Osman Yahya	Sudan	3:50.82
14	1	Godfrey Rutayisire	Rwanda	3:51.41
15	2	Bazil John	Tanzania	3:52.44
16	2	Flavio Daniel Seholhi	Mozambique	3:53.90
17	2	Kristof Shaanika	Namibia	3:55.51
18	1	Lourenco Antonio	Angola	3:56.34
19	2	Ngouari Mouissi	Republic of the Congo	3:58.60
20	2	Moussa Camara	Mali	3:58.85
21	1	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	4:04.80
	1	Roberto Mandje	Equatorial Guinea	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Caleb Ndiku	Kenya	3:39.12
	Collins Cheboi	Kenya	3:39.72
	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	3:39.99
4	Imad Touil	Algeria	3:40.39
5	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	3:41.04
6	Anyaleh Souleiman	Djibouti	3:44.77
7	Soresa Fida	Ethiopia	3:45.10
8	Ghyrmay Yowhanes	Eritrea	3:45.88
9	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	3:48.13
10	Cornelius Panga	Tanzania	3:48.22
	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	DNF
	Boaz Lalang	Kenya	DNS