Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Men's 1500m winner Matthew Centrowitz
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 16 August 2016 (heats) 18 August 2016 (semi-final) 20 August 2016 (final) |
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| Winning time | 3:50.00 | ||||||||||||
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Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. |
 United States
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Taoufik Makhloufi |
 Algeria
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Nick Willis |
 New Zealand
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 16–20 August at the Olympic Stadium.
Asbel Kiprop entered as the highest ranked athlete of the year with his run of 3:29.33 minutes, and was the gold medallist at the 2008 Olympics and the previous three World Championships in Athletics. In his race immediately prior to the Olympics, however, he had been beaten by his compatriot Ronald Kwemoi and Elijah Motonei Manangoi (second and third in the seasonal rankings). The reigning Olympic champion from 2012, Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria, was fourth on the world lists, but faced the challenge of also running the 800 m which overlapped on the programme. The next highest ranked runners, Abdalaati Iguider and Ayanleh Souleiman, also entered for doubles.
In the first round the main protagonists progressed, although a notable elimination was reigning European champion Filip Ingebrigtsen, who was disqualified for impeding Charlie Grice and Homiyu Tesfaye (both runners were advanced as a result). İlham Tanui Özbilen of Turkey (a 2012 World Indoor medallist) was knocked out, having shown poor form that year. Jakub Holuša of the Czech Republic was fastest in the heats with 3:38.31 minutes, leading a race which saw ten men run under 3:40.
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