1991 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 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 1st September 1991. The winning margin was 2.00 seconds.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Algeria.svg Noureddine Morceli
Algeria (ALG)
Silver Flag of Kenya.svg Wilfred Kirochi
Kenya (KEN)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg 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 RecordFlag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)3:29.46 Berlin, Germany August 23, 1985
Championship RecordFlag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)3:35.67 Rome, Italy September 4, 1987

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)3:32.84CR
Med 2.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Wilfred Kirochi  (KEN)3:34.84
Med 3.png Flag of Germany.svg  Hauke Fuhlbrügge  (GER)3:35.28
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Jens-Peter Herold  (GER)3:35.37
5.Flag of Spain.svg  Fermín Cacho  (ESP)3:35.62
6.Flag of Portugal.svg  Mario Silva  (POR)3:35.76
7.Flag of Kenya.svg  David Kibet  (KEN)3:36.03
8.Flag of Italy.svg  Gennaro Di Napoli  (ITA)3:36.56
9.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Suleiman  (QAT)3:38.12
10.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Yates  (GBR)3:38.71
11.Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)3:39.49
12.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Doyle  (AUS)3:41.54

Semi-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)3:39.90
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Wilfred Kirochi  (KEN)3:40.73
3.Flag of Spain.svg  Fermín Cacho  (ESP)3:40.83
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Gennaro Di Napoli  (ITA)3:40.84
5.Flag of Portugal.svg  Mario Silva  (POR)3:40.94
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Yates  (GBR)3:41.24
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Hauke Fuhlbrügge  (GER)3:41.41
8.Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Rono  (KEN)3:41.76
9.Flag of Morocco.svg  Rachid El Basir  (MAR)3:42.89
10.Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Svensson  (SWE)3:43.69
11.Flag of Angola.svg  João N'Tyamba  (ANG)3:44.64
12.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Pat Scammell  (AUS)3:45.17


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Jens-Peter Herold  (GER)3:41.23
2.Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)3:41.45
3.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Suleiman  (QAT)3:41.48
4.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Doyle  (AUS)3:41.52
5.Flag of Kenya.svg  David Kibet  (KEN)3:41.54
6.Flag of Spain.svg  Teófilo Benito  (ESP)3:41.61
7.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cram  (GBR)3:41.67
8.Flag of Spain.svg  José Luis González  (ESP)3:41.71
9.Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Tirelli  (ITA)3:43.08
10.Flag of Denmark.svg  Mogens Guldberg  (DEN)3:44.34
11.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Melnikov  (URS)3:44.62
12.Flag of France.svg  Pascal Thiébaut  (FRA)3:45.18
13.Flag of Japan.svg  Mitsuhiro Okuyama  (JPN)3:49.96

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)3:43.45
2.Flag of Spain.svg  Teófilo Benito  (ESP)3:43.88
3.Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)3:43.93
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Rono  (KEN)3:44.37
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Pat Scammell  (AUS)3:44.60
6.Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Svensson  (SWE)3:44.66
7.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cram  (GBR)3:44.69
8.Flag of Poland.svg  Karol Dudij  (POL)3:44.89
9.Flag of Botswana.svg  Mbiganyi Thee  (BOT)3:45.04
10.Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Edgar de Oliveira  (BRA)3:45.59
11.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alex Geissbühler  (SUI)3:46.38
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Terrance Herrington  (USA)3:47.28
13.Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Dale Jones  (ATG)3:55.41
14.Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Elonga Lucas Eningo  (GEQ)4:31.23
Flag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)DNS


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Jens-Peter Herold  (GER)3:41.21
2.Flag of Spain.svg  José Luis González  (ESP)3:41.48
3.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Doyle  (AUS)3:41.50
4.Flag of France.svg  Pascal Thiébaut  (FRA)3:41.50
5.Flag of Kenya.svg  Wilfred Kirochi  (KEN)3:41.64
6.Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Tirelli  (ITA)3:41.77
7.Flag of Denmark.svg  Mogens Guldberg  (DEN)3:42.00
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Melnikov  (URS)3:42.15
9.Flag of Turkey.svg  Zeki Öztürk  (TUR)3:42.86
10.Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Luis Núñez  (DOM)3:48.54
11.Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Fabian Franco  (GIB)4:03.94
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Han Kulker  (NED)DNS
Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Spivey  (USA)DNS
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Daouda Kassougue  (MTN)DNS


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  David Kibet  (KEN)3:38.07
2.Flag of Morocco.svg  Rachid El Basir  (MAR)3:38.29
3.Flag of Spain.svg  Fermín Cacho  (ESP)3:38.31
4.Flag of Portugal.svg  Mario Silva  (POR)3:38.37
5.Flag of Italy.svg  Gennaro Di Napoli  (ITA)3:38.63
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Hauke Fuhlbrügge  (GER)3:38.65
7.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Suleiman  (QAT)3:38.89
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Yates  (GBR)3:39.30
9.Flag of Japan.svg  Mitsuhiro Okuyama  (JPN)3:40.35
10.Flag of Angola.svg  João N'Tyamba  (ANG)3:41.05
11.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Alemayehu Roba  (ETH)3:42.76
12.Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  José Lopez  (VEN)3:45.61
13.Flag of Guatemala.svg  Luis Martínez  (GUA)3:46.39
Flag of the United States.svg  Joe Falcon  (USA)DNS

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