1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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

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

Final

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

• 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

• 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
–	Mohamed El-Moctar Ould Khayar (MTN)[1]	DNF

See also

• 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Tokyo)