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Men's 1500 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
Men's 1500 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 8
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	3:39.93
Medalists
	José Carlos Villarreal; Mexico
	John Gregorek Jr.; United States
	William Paulson; Canada
	«2015 2023»

The men's 1500 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 8 August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Andrew Wheating from United States. The event was won by José Carlos Villareal of Mexico.

Summary

Assuming the lead 50 metres into the race, John Gregorek Jr. strung out the field with William Paulson next in line. Gregorek took them through a 43.7 first 300, while José Carlos Villarreal worked his way into the third position in line. They remained in that position through the next lap at 1:44.2. Through the penultimate lap, Federico Bruno moved forward, poking into the lead at the bell in 2:45.1. Through the turn, Gregorek held him to the outside, a little jostling, then Bruno accelerated into the lead. Paulson followed Bruno and accelerated into a 3-metre lead down the backstretch as Bruno strained and Gregorek moved back into second place. Gregorek slowly gained to be in position to sprint past Paulson coming off the turn, executing his move and pulling away from Paulson. However, halfway through the turn, Villarreal launched into a sprint to get around Bruno. He kept his sprint going after the leaders. By the time he caught them, he was in a different gear and was no match, going on to take the win by 4 metres. This kind of kick is not a surprise to YouTubers. Running as Carlos Villarreal from the University of Arizona, he executed the same kick in a viral Video on YouTube.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	July 14, 1998
Pan American Games record	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	3:36.32	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 25, 2007

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 8, 2019	16:55	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best	DQ	Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Carlos Villarreal	Mexico	3:39.93
	John Gregorek Jr.	United States	3:40.42
	William Paulson	Canada	3:41.15
4	Santiago Catrofe	Uruguay	3:43.17
5	Federico Bruno	Argentina	3:43.17	SB
6	Carlos Santos	Brazil	3:44.47	SB
7	Fernando Daniel Martínez	Mexico	3:45.13
8	Carlos Hernández Samacá	Colombia	3:45.35	PB
9	Diego Lacamoire	Argentina	3:45.36
10	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	3:47.42
11	Dage Minors	Bermuda	3:48.85
12	Carlos Díaz	Chile	3:49.33
13	Eduardo Gregorio	Uruguay	3:49.66

References

^ "Men's 1500 metres − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 14 Aug 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}