The men's 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August.

But in case anybody wanted to run fast, Kiprop also left a message at the fastest race of the year in Monaco, where he blew away many of the members of this field by almost 2 seconds in his near miss of the world record.

As Kiprop swept past the field after the North African duo, only Silas Kiplagat came with him, these four breaking from the rest.

Kiprop broke past the two North Africans and ran on to victory, while Iguider edged ahead of a spent Makhloufi.

Out of nowhere (actually a distant fifth place) came sprinting Manangoi, faster than any of the leaders, drifting out to lane 3 for clear sailing.