2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
# 2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June and 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti |
| Bronze | James Magut Kenya |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
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| African record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Championship record | Asbel Kiprop (KEN) | 3:36.19 | Nairobi, Kenya | 1 August 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics |||||
| Championship record | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku (KEN) | 3:35.71 | Porto Novo, Benin | 1 July 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 30 June 2012 | 15:40 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 16:40 | Final |

## Results

### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:40.79 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | James Magut | Kenya | 3:40.79 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Imad Touil | Algeria | 3:41.00 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Zebene Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 3:41.19 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 3:41.37 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Fouad El Kam | Morocco | 3:41.45 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Abednego Miti Chesebe | Kenya | 3:42.20 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku | Kenya | 3:42.21 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Abiyot Abinet | Ethiopia | 3:42.34 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Yakdah Ousman | Sudan | 3:42.42 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:42.60 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Peter van der Westhuizen | South Africa | 3:42.72 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Flavio Seholhe | Mozambique | 3:46.08 | |
| 14 | 2 | Daniel Gidey | Ethiopia | 3:47.24 | |
| 15 | 1 | Daniel Nghipandula | Namibia | 3:50.13 | |
| 16 | 1 | Jaida Khaled | Libya | 3:50.72 | |
| 17 | 2 | Franck Ngouari Mouissi | Republic of the Congo | 3:54.32 | |
| 18 | 1 | Aboubakr Ahmed | Uganda | 3:57.93 | |
| 19 | 1 | Bachir Maman Moutari | Niger | 3:58.02 | |
| 20 | 1 | Alassan Aboudou | Togo | 4:00.40 | |
| 21 | 1 | Ali Ahmed Mohamed | Djibouti | 4:08.58 | |
| | 2 | Omar Adam | Libya | DNF | |
| | 1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 1 | Cornelus Bura | Tanzania | DNS | |
| | 2 | Emile Zangre | Burkina Faso | DNS | |
| | 2 | Senay Amlesom | Eritrea | DNS | |
| | 2 | Abdoulaye Alassani | Togo | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku | Kenya | 3:35.71 | CR |
| | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:36.34 | |
| | James Magut | Kenya | 3:36.35 | |
| 4 | Abednego Miti Chesebe | Kenya | 3:36.76 | |
| 5 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:38.27 | |
| 6 | Abiyot Abinet | Ethiopia | 3:38.46 | |
| 7 | Fouad El Kam | Morocco | 3:39.90 | |
| 8 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 3:40.80 | |
| 9 | Imad Touil | Algeria | 3:40.95 | |
| 10 | Zebene Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 3:41.00 | |
| 11 | Peter van der Westhuizen | South Africa | 3:43.40 | |
| 12 | Yakdah Ousman | Sudan | 3:45.65 | |
