1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 39 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 6th September 1987. The winning margin was 1.23 seconds.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Somalia.svg Abdi Bile
Somalia (SOM)
Silver Flag of Spain.svg José Luis González
Spain (ESP)
Bronze Flag of the United States.svg Jim Spivey
United States (USA)

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)3:36.80
Med 2.png Flag of Spain.svg  José Luis González  (ESP)3:38.03
Med 3.png Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Spivey  (USA)3:38.82
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Chesire  (KEN)3:39.36
5.Flag of Sudan.svg  Omer Khalifa  (SUD)3:39.81
6.Flag of East Germany.svg  Jens-Peter Herold  (GDR)3:40.14
7.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Hillardt  (AUS)3:40.23
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cram  (GBR)3:41.19
9.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Han Kulker  (NED)3:42.16
10.Flag of France.svg  Remy Geoffroy  (FRA)3:43.03
11.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kipkoech Cheruiyot  (KEN)3:44.54
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Scott  (USA)3:45.92

Semi-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)3:35.67
2.Flag of Spain.svg  José Luis González  (ESP)3:35.68
3.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cram  (GBR)3:35.78
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Chesire  (KEN)3:35.82
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Scott  (USA)3:35.91
6.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Han Kulker  (NED)3:36.08
7.Flag of France.svg  Remy Geoffroy  (FRA)3:37.47
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Masunov  (URS)3:38.24
9.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Bourke  (AUS)3:38.42
10.Flag of the United States.svg  Chuck Aragon  (USA)3:39.45
11.Flag of Turkey.svg  Zeki Öztürk  (TUR)3:42.17
12.Flag of Germany.svg  Dieter Baumann  (FRG)3:47.71


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of East Germany.svg  Jens-Peter Herold  (GDR)3:40.57
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Spivey  (USA)3:40.63
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kipkoech Cheruiyot  (KEN)3:40.64
4.Flag of Sudan.svg  Omer Khalifa  (SUD)3:40.79
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Hillardt  (AUS)3:40.95
6.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Mario Silva  (POR)3:41.12
7.Flag of Ireland.svg  Marcus O'Sullivan  (IRL)3:41.24
8.Flag of Spain.svg  Teófilo Benito  (ESP)3:41.89
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Crabb  (GBR)3:42.12
10.Flag of Germany.svg  Uwe Becker  (FRG)3:43.73
11.Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Rono  (KEN)3:44.76
12.Flag of Denmark.svg  Mogens Guldberg  (DEN)3:50.79

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Sudan.svg  Omer Khalifa  (SUD)3:41.93
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cram  (GBR)3:42.05
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Rono  (KEN)3:42.26
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Scott  (USA)3:42.43
5.Flag of France.svg  Remy Geoffroy  (FRA)3:42.45
6.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Mike Hillardt  (AUS)3:42.79
7.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Peter Wirz  (SUI)3:43.00
8.Flag of Ireland.svg  Ray Flynn  (IRL)3:43.06
9.Flag of Spain.svg  Andrés Vera  (ESP)3:43.24
10.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  David Campbell  (CAN)3:43.80
11.Flag of Burundi.svg  Dieudonne Kwizera  (BDI)3:44.36
12.Flag of Chile.svg  Manuel Balmaceda  (CHI)3:49.52
Flag of Finland.svg  Ari Suhonen  (FIN)DNS


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)3:38.05
2.Flag of East Germany.svg  Jens-Peter Herold  (GDR)3:38.10
3.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Crabb  (GBR)3:38.11
4.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Bourke  (AUS)3:38.18
5.Flag of Ireland.svg  Marcus O'Sullivan  (IRL)3:38.20
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Dieter Baumann  (FRG)3:38.31
7.Flag of Denmark.svg  Mogens Guldberg  (DEN)3:38.67
8.Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Chesire  (KEN)3:38.71
9.Flag of Spain.svg  Teofilo Benito  (ESP)3:38.90
10.Flag of Turkey.svg  Zeki Öztürk  (TUR)3:40.38
11.Flag of the United States.svg  Chuck Aragon  (USA)3:40.82
12.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Getahun Ayana  (ETH)3:42.29
13.Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Moubarak Mohamed Abdullah  (UAE)3:51.04


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kipkoech Cheruiyot  (KEN)3:40.22
2.Flag of Spain.svg  José Luis González  (ESP)3:40.28
3.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Han Kulker  (NED)3:40.32
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Spivey  (USA)3:40.48
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Uwe Becker  (FRG)3:40.63
6.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Masunov  (URS)3:40.68
7.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Mário Silva  (POR)3:40.99
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adrian Passey  (GBR)3:41.44
9.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Markus Hacksteiner  (SUI)3:42.04
10.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Pat Scammell  (AUS)3:44.93
11.Flag of Ireland.svg  Gerry O'Reilly  (IRL)3:45.77
12.Flag of Sweden.svg  Johnny Kroon  (SWE)3:49.06
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg Mohamed El-Moctar Ould Khayar (MTN) [1] DNF

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