1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–8 March 1997.

The winning margin was 1.93 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 1500 metres was won by more than 1.2 seconds at these championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Hicham El Guerrouj	Rüdiger Stenzel	William Tanui

Results

Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			3:39.36	Q
2	3			3:39.49	Q
3	3			3:39.52	Q, PB
4	3			3:39.61	q
5	3			3:40.07	q
6	3			3:40.13	q
7	1			3:40.18	Q
8	1			3:40.77	Q
9	1			3:41.11	Q
10	2			3:41.32	Q
11	2			3:41.34	Q
12	1			3:41.46	PB
13	1			3:41.94
14	2			3:41.97	Q
15	1			3:42.30
16	2			3:42.52
17	2			3:43.10
18	3			3:45.33
19	1			3:46.06
20	2			3:48.01
21	2			3:51.41
22	3			3:51.78
23	2			3:57.65
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Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:35.31	CR
			3:37.24
			3:37.48
			3:39.25
			3:39.73	SB
			3:39.91
			3:41.64
			3:42.65
			3:42.89
10			3:44.85
11			3:45.03
12			3:49.47

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819042626/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/1500/rr1.html Heats results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307231249/http://www2.iaaf.org/WIC97/results/m/1500/rf.html Final results