2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

IAAF 2001

Events at the 2001 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 16:00h. The winning margin was 0.42 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Bernard Lagat Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Driss Maazouzi France (FRA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00	July 14, 1998	Rome, Italy
Event Record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:27.65	August 24, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:28.38	July 6, 2001	Paris, France

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:30.68
	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	3:31.10
	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:31.54
4.	William Chirchir (KEN)	3:31.91
5.	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:32.34
6.	José Antonio Redolat (ESP)	3:34.29
7.	Rui Silva (POR)	3:35.74
8.	Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)	3:36.54
9.	Gert-Jan Liefers (NED)	3:36.99
10.	Paul McMullen (USA)	3:39.35
11.	Adil Kaouch (MAR)	3:48.45
12.	Mehdi Baala (FRA)	3:55.36

Semi-final

Held on Friday 10 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	3:35.82
2.	Adil Kaouch (MAR)	3:36.01
3.	Rui Silva (POR)	3:36.07
4.	Mehdi Baala (FRA)	3:36.15
5.	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:36.46
6.	Gert-Jan Liefers (NED)	3:36.64
7.	Anthony Whiteman (GBR)	3:36.77
8.	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	3:37.13
9.	Peter Philipp (SUI)	3:39.66
10.	Mohamed Khaldi (ALG)	3:40.38
11.	Graham Hood (CAN)	3:40.52
12.	Youssef Baba (MAR)	3:44.90

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:39.54
2.	José Antonio Redolat (ESP)	3:39.75
3.	Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)	3:40.16
4.	William Chirchir (KEN)	3:40.23
5.	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:40.26
6.	Paul McMullen (USA)	3:40.57
7.	Laban Rotich (KEN)	3:41.09
8.	Daniel Zegeye (ETH)	3:42.15
9.	Kevin Sullivan (CAN)	3:42.30
10.	John Mayock (GBR)	3:42.63
11.	Craig Mottram (AUS)	3:43.21
12.	Saïd Chébili (FRA)	3:43.58

Heats

Held on Thursday 9 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:36.97
2.	Mehdi Baala (FRA)	3:38.18
3.	Laban Rotich (KEN)	3:38.37
4.	Daniel Zegeye (ETH)	3:38.48
5.	Paul McMullen (USA)	3:38.48
6.	Adil Kaouch (MAR)	3:38.49
7.	Graham Hood (CAN)	3:38.99
8.	John Mayock (GBR)	3:39.24
9.	Alexis Sharangabo (RWA)	3:42.72
10.	James Nolan (IRL)	3:42.84
11.	José Luis Ebatela Nvó (GEQ)	4:08.01
12.	Benson Korimara (KIR)	4:51.36
—	Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	José Antonio Redolat (ESP)	3:36.24
2.	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	3:36.49
3.	Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)	3:36.62
4.	Mohamed Khaldi (ALG)	3:36.92
5.	Gert-Jan Liefers (NED)	3:37.37
6.	Anthony Whiteman (GBR)	3:37.75
7.	Saïd Chébili (FRA)	3:37.99
8.	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	3:38.03
9.	Peter Philipp (SUI)	3:39.20
10.	Luís Feiteira (POR)	3:41.63
11.	Gabriel Jennings (USA)	3:46.07
12.	Christian Thielen (LUX)	3:54.20
13.	Pedro Ventura Jiménez (HON)	4:22.09
—	Ntoka Kapinga (CGO)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:38.27
2.	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:38.44
3.	William Chirchir (KEN)	3:38.69
4.	Youssef Baba (MAR)	3:38.72
5.	Rui Silva (POR)	3:38.74
6.	Kevin Sullivan (CAN)	3:38.76
7.	Craig Mottram (AUS)	3:39.10
8.	Julius Achon (UGA)	3:39.57
9.	Wolfram Müller (GER)	3:39.95
10.	Andrew Griffin (GBR)	3:40.44
11.	Seneca Lassiter (USA)	3:44.50
12.	Víctor Martínez (AND)	3:52.29
—	Amadou Diallo (GUI)	DNS

References

v t e 1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships
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v t e World champions in men's 1500 metres
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)

World champions in men's 1500 metres

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