2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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The men's 1500 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6, 8 and 10 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The winning margin was 0.12 seconds.

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With the retirement of defending champion, reigning Olympic Champion and World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj and Olympic silver medalist Bernard Lagat involved in citizenship issues as he moved to the United States, the role of favorite opened up to another Moroccan, Rashid Ramzi who had transplanted his citizenship to Bahrain while continuing to train in Morocco. Returning silver medalist Mehdi Baala didn't make it out of the semi-final round.

The race was led from the start, as it had been two years earlier, by Reyes Estévez who was known as a kicker, leading the field though a casual 60+ second first lap. Alan Webb marked Estévez, nervously trying to figure out a way to take the kick out of the faster runners. Rams added to his tension by coasting up to Webb's shoulder as the second lap began with the rest of the field bunching up behind. Just after the end of the second lap, Webb took off sprinting, timed in 12.3 between 800 and 900 meters. He opened up a four mere lead but Alex Kipchirchir and Ramzi followed by the rest of the field were in hot pursuit. Webb was unable to maintain his breakaway. In the penultimate turn he was passed by Ramzi who did have a breakaway, chased most closely by returning bronze medalist Ivan Heshko. Down the final backstretch Kipchirchir went by on the outside and Olympic bronze medalist Rui Silva squeezed by on the inside, Webb was cooked. From 9th place, deep in the field, Adil Kaouch began a final sprint, passing three as the slowing Webb was an obstacle. Continuing through the final turn, Kaouch passed everybody except Ramzi. Down the final stretch Ramzi's lead looked like it might not be enough but Ramzi was able to hold on for the win. Following Kaouch, Silva was also sprinting, after passing Heshko the medalists were decided. As Kaouch's gaining diminished he continued at his same pace, but Silva finished with an all out rush to the line missing the silver medal by a mere .02 of a second.

Lagat would return to competition to beat Ramzi to silver in 2007. But Ramzi took the Olympic gold medal in 2008. That gold was short-lived as Ramzi was disqualified for having CERA in his system. While Ramzi's World Championship medals have not been disqualified, the Olympic disqualification puts a taint on Ramzi's accomplishments.

Medalists

Gold Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi
Bahrain (BHR)
Silver Flag of Morocco.svg Adil Kaouch
Morocco (MAR)
Bronze Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Silva
Portugal (POR)

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Heats

August 6, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of France.svg Mehdi Baala 3:36.56 Q
  2. Flag of Algeria.svg Tarek Boukensa 3:36.70 Q
  3. Flag of Kenya.svg Alex Kipchirchir 3:36.74 Q
  4. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Sullivan 3:36.80 Q
  5. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael East 3:36.84 Q
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Alan Webb 3:36.84 q
  7. Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bensghir 3:37.11 q
  8. Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Higuero 3:37.40 q
  9. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joeri Jansen 3:39.43 q
  10. Flag of New Zealand.svg Adrian Blincoe 3:39.54 q
  11. Flag of Finland.svg Jonas Hamm 3:43.20
  12. Flag of Djibouti.svg Ahmed Mohamed Abdillahi 3:50.92 (PB)
  13. Flag of Japan.svg Fumikazu Kobayashi 3:51.76

Heat 2

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Arturo Casado 3:41.64 Q
  2. Flag of Morocco.svg Adil Kaouch 3:41.75 Q (SB)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Lukezic 3:41.80 Q
  4. Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Silva 3:41.83 Q
  5. Flag of Qatar.svg Daham Najim Bashir 3:41.88 Q
  6. Flag of Kenya.svg Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 3:41.91
  7. Flag of France.svg Mounir Yemmouni 3:42.39
  8. Flag of Algeria.svg Antar Zerguelaine 3:43.02
  9. Flag of Bahrain.svg Belal Mansoor Ali 3:43.15
  10. Flag of Brazil.svg Hudson de Souza 3:43.18
  11. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick McCormick 3:44.40
  12. Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Mulugeta Wendimu 3:44.42

Heat 3

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi 3:38.32 Q
  2. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Heshko 3:39.84 Q
  3. Flag of New Zealand.svg Nicholas Willis 3:39.89 Q
  4. Flag of Spain.svg Reyes Estévez 3:39.93 Q
  5. Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Markos Geneti 3:39.94 Q
  6. Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef Baba 3:39.96 q
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Rob Myers 3:40.16 q
  8. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Brannen 3:40.69 q
  9. Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Cronje 3:41.43 q
  10. Flag of Kenya.svg Augustine Kiprono Choge 3:41.70
  11. Flag of Ireland.svg James Nolan 3:42.53
  12. Flag of Armenia.svg Armen Asyran 4:03.21

Semifinals

August 8, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of Morocco.svg Adil Kaouch 3:40.51 Q (SB)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Arturo Casado 3:40.61 Q
  3. Flag of Kenya.svg Alex Kipchirchir 3:40.68 Q
  4. Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Silva 3:40.72 Q
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Reyes Estévez 3:40.73 Q
  6. Flag of New Zealand.svg Nicholas Willis 3:40.87
  7. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Sullivan 3:41.00
  8. Flag of France.svg Mehdi Baala 3:41.34
  9. Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef Baba 3:42.12
  10. Flag of the United States.svg Rob Myers 3:42.38
  11. Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Cronje 3:42.77
  12. Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Markos Geneti 3:42.80

Heat 2

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi 3:34.69 Q
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Alan Webb 3:36.07 Q
  3. Flag of Algeria.svg Tarek Boukensa 3:36.14 Q
  4. Flag of Qatar.svg Daham Najim Bashir 3:36.38 Q
  5. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Heshko 3:36.60 Q
  6. Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Higuero 3:36.65 q
  7. Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bensghir 3:36.76 q
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Lukezic 3:37.20
  9. Flag of New Zealand.svg Adrian Blincoe 3:38.20
  10. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Brannen 3:39.37
  11. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael East 3:40.27
  12. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joeri Jansen 3:44.88

Final

August 10, 2005

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi 3:37.88
  2. Flag of Morocco.svg Adil Kaouch 3:38.00 (SB)
  3. Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Silva 3:38.02
  4. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Heshko 3:38.71
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Arturo Casado 3:39.45
  6. Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Higuero 3:40.34
  7. Flag of Kenya.svg Alex Kipchirchir 3:40.43
  8. Flag of Algeria.svg Tarek Boukensa 3:41.01
  9. Flag of the United States.svg Alan Webb 3:41.04
  10. Flag of Qatar.svg Daham Najim Bashir 3:43.48
  11. Flag of Spain.svg Reyes Estévez 3:46.65
  12. Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bensghir 3:50.19

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