Zagreb 1500m - Makhloufi dominates

Olympic Champ Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria makes his first appearance in the 1500 meters since his win in the finals of the London Olympic Games. The pace of the race called for a world leading effort going through the first half on near world record pace but Makhloufi fell off that pace over the final 400 meters. He won race but failed to run faster than his season's best of 3:30 he set in Monaco. Zagreb World Challenge September 4, 2012 Men's 1500m 1 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 3:32.58 2 James Kiplagat Magut KEN 3:33.31 3 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 3:33.39 4 Collins Cheboi KEN 3:34.39 5 Gideon Mwangi Gathimba KEN 3:34.52 6 Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN 3:34.66 7 Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich KEN 3:36.15 8 Cornelius Ndiwa KEN 3:36.29 9 Hamza Driouch QAT 3:36.58 10 Yoann Kowal FRA 3:38.30 11 Reuben Bett KEN 3:39.82 12 Andrew Wheating USA 3:40.22 13 Jan Petrac SLO 3:50.97 14 Stefan Breit SUI 3:54.33 Matthew Scherer USA DNF Benson Seurei KEN DNF