2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 27 and 29 August. The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Medalists

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Bernard Lagat
Rashid Ramzi
Shedrack Kibet Korir

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record3:26.0014 July 1998
Championship record3:27.65Seville, Spain14 August 1999
World Leading3:30.54Saint-Denis, France6 July 2007

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 25, 2007 11:25 Heats
August 27, 2007 20:40 Semifinals
August 29, 2007 22:05 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
2 3:38.65 Q
2 3:38.72 Q, SB
2 3:39.54 Q
2 3:39.55 Q
2 3:39.60 Q
2 3:39.92 Q
2 3:40.18 q
1 3:40.65 Q
1 3:40.73 Q
10 1 3:40.93 Q
11 1 3:40.96 Q
12 1 3:40.97 Q
13 2 3:41.05 q
14 2 3:41.19 q
15 3 3:41.33 Q
16 1 3:41.39 Q
17 3 3:41.43 Q
18 2 3:41.49 q
19 1 3:41.58 q
20 3 3:41.68 Q
21 3 3:41.71 Q
22 3 3:41.74 Q
23 3 3:41.87 Q
24 3 3:41.96 q
25 1 3:42.08
26 1 3:42.20
27 1 3:42.68
28 2 3:43.15
29 3 3:43.25
30 1 3:43.37
31 3 3:43.51
32 2 3:43.88
33 3 3:45.59
34 3 3:45.70
35 2 3:45.97
36 1 3:50.77 NR
37 3 3:55.18
38 1 4:00.61
39 3 4:08.31 SB
40 3 4:10.42
41 2 4:19.80

Semifinals

Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
2 3:40.53 Q
2 3:40.79 Q
2 3:40.83 Q
2 3:41.01 Q
2 3:41.08 Q
2 3:41.14 q
2 3:41.15 q
2 3:41.17
2 3:41.27
10 1 3:42.39 Q
11 1 3:42.88 Q
12 2 3:42.93
13 1 3:42.99 Q
14 1 3:43.03 Q
15 1 3:43.34 Q
16 1 3:43.39
17 1 3:43.41
18 2 3:43.64
19 1 3:44.15 q
20 2 3:44.54
21 1 3:46.21
22 1 4:02.95
23 1 4:16.23 q
1 DSQ

Note: Mehdi Baala originally won the spot in the final but was later disqualified for causing a collision during his race. Additional spots in the final were awarded to Juan Carlos Higuero and Youssef Baba who suffered in that collision.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
3:34.77
3:35.00 SB
3:35.04
3:35.24 PB
3:35.26
3:35.29
3:35.62
3:35.69
3:35.95
10 3:36.13
11 3:36.44
12 3:37.03
13 3:38.43
14 3:38.78

References

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