Overview
- Portugal’s Isaac Nader won in 3:34.10 with a late surge, pipping Britain’s Jake Wightman, who clocked 3:34.12, as Kenya’s Reynold Cheruiyot took bronze.
- Defending champion Josh Kerr struggled with a leg issue, fell off the pace with 600m to go and finished last.
- World Athletics’ earlier rulings reshaped the event after American Cole Hocker was disqualified for jostling in the semi-finals and Germany’s Robert Farken was reinstated.
- In 200m heats, Noah Lyles (19.99), Kenny Bednarek (19.98) and Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo (20.18) advanced, with Jamaica’s Bryan Levell fastest in 19.84.
- Australia’s 17-year-old Gout Gout qualified for the 200m semi-finals on his senior world debut, finishing third in his heat in 20.23 after entering Tokyo with a national record of 20.02.