Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics - 1,500 meters (men)

Athletics on 2012 Summer Olympics
Running disciplines
100 meters		men		women
200 meters		men		women
400 meters		men		women
800 meters		men		women
1500 meters		men		women
5000 meters		men		women
10,000 meters		men		women
100 meters hurdles				women
110 meters hurdles		men
400 meters hurdles		men		women
3000 meters with obstacles		men		women
Relay 4 × 100 meters		men		women
4 × 400 meters relay		men		women
Road disciplines
Marathon		men		women
Walking for 20 kilometers		men		women
Walking for 50 kilometers		men
Technical disciplines
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin-throwing		men		women
Hammer throwing		men		women
All-around
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Qualification

Competitions in the men's 1,500 meters at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held on August 3, 5 and 7 at the Olympic Stadium .

Taufik Makhlufi is the second Algerian who won 1,500 meters at the Olympic Games after Nureddin Morseli in 1996. The American won the Olympic medal in this discipline for the first time since 1968, when Jim Ryan was the second.

The main favorite of the final is the 2008 Olympic champion and 2011 world champion Kenyan Asbel Kiprop unexpectedly finished last. Kenyans were left without medals at this distance at the Olympic Games for the first time since 1992.