1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Noureddine Morceli
Algeria (ALG)
Silver Wilfred Kirochi
Kenya (KEN)
Bronze Hauke Fuhlbrügge
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Heats
29.08.1991 – 16:50h
Semifinals
30.08.1991 – 17:30h
Final
01.09.1991 – 15:40h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:29.46 Berlin, Germany August 23, 1985
Championship Record  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:35.67 Rome, Italy September 4, 1987

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:32.84 CR
 Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:34.84
 Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) 3:35.28
4.  Jens-Peter Herold (GER) 3:35.37
5.  Fermín Cacho (ESP) 3:35.62
6.  Mario Silva (POR) 3:35.76
7.  David Kibet (KEN) 3:36.03
8.  Gennaro di Napoli (ITA) 3:36.56
9.  Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) 3:38.12
10.  Matthew Yates (GBR) 3:38.71
11.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:39.49
12.  Simon Doyle (AUS) 3:41.54

Semi-Finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:39.90
2.  Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:40.73
3.  Fermín Cacho (ESP) 3:40.83
4.  Gennaro di Napoli (ITA) 3:40.84
5.  Mario Silva (POR) 3:40.94
6.  Matthew Yates (GBR) 3:41.24
7.  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) 3:41.41
8.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:41.76
9.  Rachid El Basir (MAR) 3:42.89
10.  Mikael Svensson (SWE) 3:43.69
11.  João N'Tyamba (ANG) 3:44.64
12.  Pat Scammell (AUS) 3:45.17
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Jens-Peter Herold (GER) 3:41.23
2.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:41.45
3.  Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) 3:41.48
4.  Simon Doyle (AUS) 3:41.52
5.  David Kibet (KEN) 3:41.54
6.  Teófilo Benito (ESP) 3:41.61
7.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:41.67
8.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:41.71
9.  Davide Tirelli (ITA) 3:43.08
10.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:44.34
11.  Sergey Melnikov (URS) 3:44.62
12.  Pascal Thiébaut (FRA) 3:45.18
13.  Mitsuhiro Okuyama (JPN) 3:49.96

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:43.45
2.  Teófilo Benito (ESP) 3:43.88
3.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:43.93
4.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:44.37
5.  Pat Scammell (AUS) 3:44.60
6.  Mikael Svensson (SWE) 3:44.66
7.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:44.69
8.  Karol Dudij (POL) 3:44.89
9.  Mbiganyi Thee (BOT) 3:45.04
10.  Edgar de Oliveira (BRA) 3:45.59
11.  Alex Geissbuhler (SUI) 3:46.38
12.  Terrance Herrington (USA) 3:47.28
13.  Dale Jones (ATG) 3:55.41
14.  Elonga Lucas Eningo (GEQ) 4:31.23
 Abdi Bile (SOM) DNS
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Jens-Peter Herold (GER) 3:41.21
2.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:41.48
3.  Simon Doyle (AUS) 3:41.50
4.  Pascal Thiébaut (FRA) 3:41.50
5.  Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:41.64
6.  Davide Tirelli (ITA) 3:41.77
7.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:42.00
8.  Sergey Melnikov (URS) 3:42.15
9.  Zeki Oztürk (TUR) 3:42.86
10.  Luis Núñez (DOM) 3:48.54
11.  Fabian Franco (GIB) 4:03.94
 Han Kulker (NED) DNS
 Jim Spivey (USA) DNS
 Daouda Kassougue (MTN) DNS
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  David Kibet (KEN) 3:38.07
2.  Rachid El Basir (MAR) 3:38.29
3.  Fermín Cacho (ESP) 3:38.31
4.  Mario Silva (POR) 3:38.37
5.  Gennaro di Napoli (ITA) 3:38.63
6.  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) 3:38.65
7.  Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) 3:38.89
8.  Matthew Yates (GBR) 3:39.30
9.  Mitsuhiro Okuyama (JPN) 3:40.35
10.  João N'Tyamba (ANG) 3:41.05
11.  Alemayehu Roba (ETH) 3:42.76
12.  José Lopez (VEN) 3:45.61
13.  Luis Martínez (GUA) 3:46.39
 Joe Falcon (USA) DNS

See also

References