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.
width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Hicham El Guerrouj | Rüdiger Stenzel | William Tanui |
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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Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
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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 |