Themen's1500 metres at the2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9 and 10 March at theAtaköy Athletics Arena.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Abdalaati Iguider Morocco | Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey | Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:31.18 | Stuttgart,Germany | 2 February 1997 |
| Championship record | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 3:33.77 | Maebashi,Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| World Leading | Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) | 3:34.10 | Liévin,France | 14 February 2012 |
| African record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:31.18 | Stuttgart, Germany | 2 February 1997 |
| Asian record |  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) | 3:36.28 | Stockholm,Sweden | 20 February 2007 |
| European record |  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) | 3:33.32 | Piraeus,Greece | 24 February 1999 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |  Bernard Lagat (USA) | 3:35.23 | Birmingham,Great Britain | 16 February 2008 |
| Oceanian Record |  Nick Willis (NZL) | 3:35.80 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 20 February 2010 |
| South American record |  Agberto Guimarães (BRA) | 3:42.70 | Piraeus, Greece | 8 March 1989 |
| Indoor | Outdoor |
|---|---|
| 3:42.00 or 3:59.00 (Mile) | 3:34.25 or 3:52.00 (Mile) |
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2012 | 12:55 | Heats |
| March 10, 2012 | 19:00 | Final |
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times qualified (q). The qualification round started at 12:59 and ended at 13:10.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:38.41 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:39.16 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ayanleh Souleiman |  Djibouti | 3:39.51 | Q,NR |
| 4 | 2 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | United States | 3:39.54 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Silas Kiplagat |  Kenya | 3:39.59 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Francisco Javier Abad | Spain | 3:40.55 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | Turkey | 3:41.93 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Aman Wote | Ethiopia | 3:42.24 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 3:42.36 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Bethwell Birgen | Kenya | 3:42.72 | |
| 11 | 2 | Yegor Nikolayev |  Russia | 3:43.33 | |
| 12 | 1 | Galen Rupp | United States | 3:43.39 | PB |
| 13 | 1 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:43.66 | |
| 14 | 1 | Gregory Beugnet |  France | 3:44.20 | |
| 15 | 1 | Oleksandr Borysiuk |  Ukraine | 3:44.28 | |
| 16 | 1 | Lewis Moses |  Great Britain | 3:45.04 | |
| DQ | 2 | Mohammed Shaween |  Saudi Arabia | ||
| 17 | 2 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey | 3:45.33 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Ryan Foster |  Australia | 3:46.26 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | James Brewer | Great Britain | 3:47.58 | |
| 20 | 1 | Mohamad Al-Garni |  Qatar | 3:47.63 | |
| 21 | 1 | Ciaran O'Lionaird |  Ireland | 3:50.12 | PB |
| 22 | 1 | Abdallahi Cheikh |  Mauritania | 4:47.24 | NR |
9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 19:01 and ended at 19:05.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:45.21 | |
 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | Turkey | 3:45.35 | |
 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:45.90 | |
| 4 | Aman Wote | Ethiopia | 3:47.02 | |
| 5 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:47.35 | |
| 6 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 3:47.42 | |
| 7 | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | United States | 3:47.42 | |
| 8 | Francisco Javier Abad | Spain | 3:48.14 | |
| 9 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 3:49.14 |
