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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 39 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 6th September 1987. The winning margin was 1.23 seconds.

Medalists

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Gold Somalia Abdi Bile
Somalia (SOM)
Silver Spain José Luis González
Spain (ESP)
Bronze United States Jim Spivey
United States (USA)

Final

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RANK FINAL TIME
 Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:36.80
 José Luis González (ESP) 3:38.03
 Jim Spivey (USA) 3:38.82
4.  Joseph Chesire (KEN) 3:39.36
5.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:39.81
6.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:40.14
7.  Michael Hillardt (AUS) 3:40.23
8.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:41.19
9.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:42.16
10.  Remy Geoffroy (FRA) 3:43.03
11.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:44.54
12.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:45.92

Semi-finals

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  • Held on Friday 1987-09-04
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:35.67
2.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:35.68
3.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:35.78
4.  Joseph Chesire (KEN) 3:35.82
5.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:35.91
6.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:36.08
7.  Remy Geoffroy (FRA) 3:37.47
8.  Leonid Masunov (URS) 3:38.24
9.  Peter Bourke (AUS) 3:38.42
10.  Chuck Aragon (USA) 3:39.45
11.  Zeki Öztürk (TUR) 3:42.17
12.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 3:47.71


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:40.57
2.  Jim Spivey (USA) 3:40.63
3.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:40.64
4.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:40.79
5.  Michael Hillardt (AUS) 3:40.95
6.  Mario Silva (POR) 3:41.12
7.  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 3:41.24
8.  Teófilo Benito (ESP) 3:41.89
9.  Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:42.12
10.  Uwe Becker (FRG) 3:43.73
11.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:44.76
12.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:50.79

Qualifying heats

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  • Held on Thursday 1987-09-03
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:41.93
2.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:42.05
3.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:42.26
4.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:42.43
5.  Remy Geoffroy (FRA) 3:42.45
6.  Mike Hillardt (AUS) 3:42.79
7.  Peter Wirz (SUI) 3:43.00
8.  Ray Flynn (IRL) 3:43.06
9.  Andrés Vera (ESP) 3:43.24
10.  David Campbell (CAN) 3:43.80
11.  Dieudonne Kwizera (BDI) 3:44.36
12.  Manuel Balmaceda (CHI) 3:49.52
 Ari Suhonen (FIN) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:38.05
2.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:38.10
3.  Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:38.11
4.  Peter Bourke (AUS) 3:38.18
5.  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 3:38.20
6.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 3:38.31
7.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:38.67
8.  Joseph Chesire (KEN) 3:38.71
9.  Teofilo Benito (ESP) 3:38.90
10.  Zeki Öztürk (TUR) 3:40.38
11.  Chuck Aragon (USA) 3:40.82
12.  Getahun Ayana (ETH) 3:42.29
13.  Moubarak Mohamed Abdullah (UAE) 3:51.04


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:40.22
2.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:40.28
3.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:40.32
4.  Jim Spivey (USA) 3:40.48
5.  Uwe Becker (FRG) 3:40.63
6.  Leonid Masunov (URS) 3:40.68
7.  Mário Silva (POR) 3:40.99
8.  Adrian Passey (GBR) 3:41.44
9.  Markus Hacksteiner (SUI) 3:42.04
10.  Pat Scammell (AUS) 3:44.93
11.  Gerry O'Reilly (IRL) 3:45.77
12.  Johnny Kroon (SWE) 3:49.06
 El Moctar (MTN) DNF

See also

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References

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