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The final was held on 6 August at 20:50 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1] The race, as expected, was led by the defending Olympic champion and Olympic record holder Jakob Ingebrigtsen nearly wire-to-wire. However in the final 100 metres, Josh Kerr began to move quickly on the outside.
The Men's 1500m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Stade de France from 31 August to 7 September, 2024. A total of 6 events will be contested over this distance. A total of 6 events will be contested over this distance.
Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon. [ 4 ] At this event a men's 1500 m was held and the reigning 800 metres and 1500 m champion from the 1904 Olympics, James Lightbody , was the winner.
Through the final turn, Kipyegon opened up a gap. On the other end, Muir was sprinting to bridge back to the leaders. Coming off the turn, Hull went into full sprint but Kipyegon just continued to spread the gap, opening it up to 7 metres by the finish. Halfway down the home stretch, Hull got past Welteji, with Bell a step behind.
There were bronzes for Daryll Neita in the 60m and Melissa Courtney-Bryant in the 3,000m.
The 1500 m was the event that first saw the disqualification of a World Championships medallist on the grounds of doping. The 1987 women's bronze medallist Sandra Gasser gave a positive test for anabolic steroids at the competition and received a two-year ban from the sport later that month. [5]
The Paris Games will be a second Olympics for Britain's undisputed best 1500m swimmer of the last decade, Dan Jervis. The Resolven product has won medals for Team Wales at the Commonwealth Games ...
Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova is banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and is stripped of her London 2012 1500m silver medal for doping. Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets ...