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USA's Cole Hocker Wins Men's 1,500m: Olympic Medal Winners, Times and Results

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Cole Hocker of the United States delivered the biggest surprise on the track yet at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 1,500 meters.

Hocker upset Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Great Britain's Josh Kerr with a tremendous push in the final 100 meters to win the gold and set a new Olympic record.

Ingebrigtsen, the Tokyo gold medalist, took the race out in a lightning-fast pace, but he faded into fourth place as things picked up down the final stretch.

Yared Nuguse of the United States sprinted past Ingebrigtsen toward the end to take bronze and give Team USA two medals in the 1,500 meters for the first time in over 100 years.