Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30–31 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Michael East	William Chirchir	Youcef Abdi

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			3:43.25	Q, SB
2	2			3:43.32	Q
3	2			3:43.56	Q
4	2			3:44.88	Q
5	2			3:45.56	q
6	2			3:45.72	q
7	2			3:45.81	q, NR
8	1			3:46.75	Q
9	1			3:46.79	Q
10	1			3:46.90	Q
11	1			3:47.21	Q
12	1			3:47.37	q
13	2			3:47.68
14	1			3:47.83
15	1			3:53.09	PB
16	1			3:54.50
17	1			4:13.15
18	2			4:18.39

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:37.35	PB
			3:37.70
			3:37.77
			3:38.04	SB
			3:38.08	SB
			3:38.33	SB
			3:40.95	SB
			3:41.70
			3:42.87
10			3:43.50	NR
11			3:48.02
12			3:51.90

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC