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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Medalists

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

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

Held on Friday 1991-08-30

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

Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

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 Geissbühler (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 Öztürk (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

References

v t e 1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships
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1983: Steve Cram (GBR) 1987: Abdi Bile (SOM) 1991: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 1993: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 1995: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 1997: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 1999: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2001: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2003: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2005: Rashid Ramzi (BHR) 2007: Bernard Lagat (USA) 2009: Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) 2011: Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 2013: Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 2015: Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 2017: Elijah Manangoi (KEN) 2019: Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) 2022: Jake Wightman (GBR) 2023: Josh Kerr (GBR)

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