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Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

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The 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday 24 March 2006 and Saturday 25 March 2006.

Men's 1500 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The top four runners in each of the two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 12 runners competed in the final.

Records

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World Record 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco Rome, Italy 14 July 1998
Games Record 3:32.16 Filbert Bayi   Tanzania Christchurch, New Zealand January 1974

Medals

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Gold: Silver: Bronze:
  Nick Willis, New Zealand   Nathan Brannen, Canada   Mark Fountain, Australia

Qualification

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Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank Athlete Nation Games
Result 		27 March Rank
Comm. World Comm. World
1 1 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen   Kenya Did not compete 1 1
2 =5 Suleiman Simotwo   Kenya Did not compete 2 =5
3 7 Alex Kipchirchir   Kenya Did not compete 3 7
4 11 Laban Rotich   Kenya Did not compete 4 11
5 14 Elkanah Angwenyi   Kenya Did not compete 5 14
6 15 William Chirchir   Kenya Did not compete 6 15
7 17 Michael East   England Did not compete 8 18
8 20 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 7th 10 22
9 22 Nick McCormick   England 5th 11 23
10 23 Bernard Kiptum   Kenya Did not compete =13 =26
  • Craig Mottram's 9th in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 17th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth.
  • Nick Willis' gold in this event took him from 28th to 21st in the world, and from 12th to ninth in the Commonwealth.
  • Mark Fountain's bronze in this event took him from equal 37th to 25th in the world, and from 15th to 12th in the Commonwealth.
  • Nathan Brannen's silver in this event took him from 31st to equal 26th in the world, and from outright 13th to equal 13th in the Commonwealth.

Results

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All times shown are in minutes.

  • Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
  • q denotes qualification by overall place.
  • DNS denotes did not start.
  • DNF denotes did not finish.
  • DQ denotes disqualification.
  • NR denotes national record.
  • GR denotes Games record.
  • WR denotes world record.
  • PB denotes personal best.
  • SB denotes season best.

Heats

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Heat 1 of 2
Date: Friday 24 March 2006
Time: ??:?? AM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 6 Nick Willis   New Zealand 6 3:40.49 Q
2 7 Andrew Baddeley   England 1 3:40.60 Q
3 8 Ismael Kombich   Kenya 10 3:40.68 Q
4 10 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 5 3:41.25 Q
5 11 Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 4 3:41.98 q
6 12 Jeremy Roff   Australia 11 3:42.04 q
7 13 Churchill Kipsang   Kenya 7 3:42.84
8 17 James Thie   Wales 8 3:47.88
9 20 Alexandros Kalogerogiannis   Cyprus 9 3:55.93
10 21 Chauncy Master   Malawi 2 3:56.76 PB
- - James Mcilroy   Northern Ireland 3 DNS
Splits
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 1:00.68
800 m Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 1:59.09
1200 m Andrew Baddeley   England 2:58.38
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Friday 24 March 2006
Time: ??:?? AM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1 Craig Mottram   Australia 9 3:38.02 Q
2 2 Mark Fountain   Australia 2 3:38.31 Q
3 3 Nathan Brannen   Canada 5 3:38.55 Q
4 4 Nick McCormick   England 3 3:38.66 Q
5 5 Paul Hamblyn   New Zealand 7 3:38.83 q
6 9 Jonathan Komen   Kenya 8 3:41.18 q
7 14 Jimmy Adar   Uganda 6 3:43.20
8 15 Lee Merrien   Guernsey 11 3:43.26
9 16 Moeketsi Mosuhli   Lesotho 4 3:47.36 PB
10 18 Setefano Mika   Samoa 1 3:53.61 PB
11 19 Ansu Sowe   The Gambia 10 3:54.66
Splits
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Nick McCormick   England 57.44 s
800 m Nick McCormick   England 1:58.19
1200 m Craig Mottram   Australia 2:56.66
Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Order Place Time Qual. Record
1 Craig Mottram   Australia 2 9 1 3:38.02 Q
2 Mark Fountain   Australia 2 2 2 3:38.31 Q
3 Nathan Brannen   Canada 2 5 3 3:38.55 Q
4 Nick McCormick   England 2 3 4 3:38.66 Q
5 Paul Hamblyn   New Zealand 2 7 5 3:38.83 q
6 Nick Willis   New Zealand 1 6 1 3:40.49 Q
7 Andrew Baddeley   England 1 1 2 3:40.60 Q
8 Ismael Kombich   Kenya 1 10 3 3:40.68 Q
9 Jonathan Komen   Kenya 2 8 6 3:41.18 q
10 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 1 5 4 3:41.25 Q
11 Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 1 4 5 3:41.98 q
12 Jeremy Roff   Australia 1 11 6 3:42.04 q
13 Churchill Kipsang   Kenya 1 7 7 3:42.84
14 Jimmy Adar   Uganda 2 6 7 3:43.20
15 Lee Merrien   Guernsey 2 11 8 3:43.26
16 Moeketsi Mosuhli   Lesotho 2 4 9 3:47.36 PB
17 James Thie   Wales 1 8 8 3:47.88
18 Setefano Mika   Samoa 2 1 10 3:53.61 PB
19 Ansu Sowe   The Gambia 2 10 11 3:54.66
20 Alexandros Kalogerogiannis   Cyprus 1 9 9 3:55.93
21 Chauncy Master   Malawi 1 2 10 3:56.76 PB
- James Mcilroy   Northern Ireland 1 3 - DNS

Final

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Final
Date: Friday 25 March 2006
Time: ??:?? PM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Record
1 Nick Willis   New Zealand 1 3:38.49
2 Nathan Brannen   Canada 11 3:39.20
3 Mark Fountain   Australia 3 3:39.33
4 Paul Hamblyn   New Zealand 4 3:39.38
5 Nick McCormick   England 12 3:39.55
6 Ismael Kombich   Kenya 7 3:40.92
7 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 8 3:41.19
8 Jeremy Roff   Australia 10 3:41.50
9 Craig Mottram   Australia 6 3:44.37
10 Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 9 3:44.88
11 Jonathan Komen   Kenya 5 3:53.73
12 Andrew Baddeley   England 2 4:24.14
Splits
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 59.89 s
800 m Nick McCormick   England 2:00.36
1200 m Nick Willis   New Zealand 2:57.36

References

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