Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres
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| Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games  |
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| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Disability events | ||||
| 100 m (T37) | women | |||
| 100 m (T46) | men | |||
| 1500 m (T54) | men | women | ||
| Shot put (F32–34/52/53) |
women | |||
| Shot put (F32/34/52) |
men | |||
The Men's 1500 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday 11 October till Tuesday 12 October 2010.
The top four runners in each of the initial two heats plus the next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the final.
Records
| World Record | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | Roma, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Games Record | 3:32.16 | Filbert Bayi | TAN | Christchurch, New Zealand | 1974 |
Heats
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  James Magut (KEN) |
3:40.47 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 9 |  Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI) |
3:40.78 | Q, PB, NR |
| 3 | 13 |  Thomas Lancashire (ENG) |
3:40.84 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Andrew Baddeley (ENG) |
3:41.25 | Q |
| 5 | 10 |  Adrian Blincoe (NZL) |
3:41.54 | q |
| 6 | 12 |  Mitchell Kealey (AUS) |
3:41.64 | q |
| 7 | 2 |  Alastair Hay (SCO) |
3:43.21 | q |
| 8 | 7 |  Cleveland Forde (GUY) |
3:44.23 | PB, NR |
| 9 | 3 |  Hamza Chatholi (IND) |
3:44.72 | SB |
| 10 | 8 |  Jon Rankin (CAY) |
3:46.12 | |
| 11 | 4 |  Taylor Milne (CAN) |
3:49.53 | |
| 12 | 14 |  Shifaz Mohamed (MDV) |
4:17.39 | PB |
| – | 1 |  Shawn Pitter (JAM) |
DNF | |
| – | 6 |  Tony Ialu (VAN) |
DNS |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Gideon Gathimba (KEN) |
3:41.59 | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Silas Kiplagat (KEN) |
3:41.67 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jeremy Roff (AUS) |
3:41.86 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Nick Willis (NZL) |
3:42.47 | Q |
| 5 | 15 |  James Thie (WAL) |
3:42.74 | q |
| 6 | 6 | Sandeep Sandeep (IND) |
3:44.55 | |
| 7 | 1 |  Jimmy Adar (UGA) |
3:45.98 | |
| 8 | 9 |  Joseph Nzirorera (RWA) |
3:48.40 | PB |
| 9 | 10 |  Barae Saqware (TAN) |
3:48.82 | |
| 10 | 11 |  James McIlroy (NIR) |
3:50.13 | |
| 11 | 7 |  Chauncy Master (MAW) |
3:52.43 | |
| 12 | 4 | Colin McCourt (ENG) |
3:59.68 | |
| 13 | 2 |  Baba Gibba (GAM) |
4:06.14 | |
| 14 | 12 |  Alusine Deen-Sesay (SLE) |
4:13.19 | |
| 15 | 13 | Hameed Mohamed (MDV) |
4:26.10 | SB |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
7 | Silas Kiplagat (KEN) |
3:41.78 | |
 |
6 | James Magut (KEN) |
3:42.27 | |
 |
4 | Nick Willis (NZL) |
3:42.38 | |
| 4 | 5 | Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI) |
3:42.93 | |
| 5 | 12 | Gideon Gathimba (KEN) |
3:43.11 | |
| 6 | 9 | Andrew Baddeley (ENG) |
3:43.33 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jeremy Roff (AUS) |
3:43.53 | |
| 8 | 11 | Thomas Lancashire (ENG) |
3:43.58 | |
| 9 | 1 | James Thie (WAL) |
3:44.25 | |
| 10 | 10 | Adrian Blincoe (NZL) |
3:44.47 | |
| 11 | 8 | Mitchell Kealey (AUS) |
3:44.57 | |
| 12 | 3 | Alastair Hay (SCO) |
3:44.61 |
