2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres explained

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
	3:26.00	July 14, 1998
	3:27.65	August 24, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	3:28.38	July 6, 2001

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		3:30.68
		3:31.10
		3:31.54
4.		3:31.91
5.		3:32.34
6.		3:34.29
7.		3:35.74
8.		3:36.54
9.		3:36.99
10.		3:39.35
11.		3:48.45
12.		3:55.36

Semi-final

Held on Friday 10 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		3:35.82
2.		3:36.01
3.		3:36.07
4.		3:36.15
5.		3:36.46
6.		3:36.64
7.		3:36.77
8.		3:37.13
9.		3:39.66
10.		3:40.38
11.		3:40.52
12.		3:44.90

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		3:39.54
2.		3:39.75
3.		3:40.16
4.		3:40.23
5.		3:40.26
6.		3:40.57
7.		3:41.09
8.		3:42.15
9.		3:42.30
10.		3:42.63
11.		3:43.21
12.		3:43.58

Heats

Held on Thursday 9 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		3:36.97
2.		3:38.18
3.		3:38.37
4.		3:38.48
5.		3:38.48
6.		3:38.49
7.		3:38.99
8.		3:39.24
9.		3:42.72
10.		3:42.84
11.		4:08.01
12.		4:51.36
-		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		3:36.24
2.		3:36.49
3.		3:36.62
4.		3:36.92
5.		3:37.37
6.		3:37.75
7.		3:37.99
8.		3:38.03
9.		3:39.20
10.		3:41.63
11.		3:46.07
12.		3:54.20
13.		4:22.09
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		3:38.27
2.		3:38.44
3.		3:38.69
4.		3:38.72
5.		3:38.74
6.		3:38.76
7.		3:39.10
8.		3:39.57
9.		3:39.95
10.		3:40.44
11.		3:44.50
12.		3:52.29
-		DNS