2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bernard Lagat  United States	Rashid Ramzi  Bahrain	Shedrack Kibet Korir  Kenya

Records

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

World record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
Championship record	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:27.65	Seville, Spain	14 August 1999
World Leading	Alan Webb (USA)	3:30.54	Saint-Denis, France	6 July 2007

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 25, 2007	11:25	Heats
August 27, 2007	20:40	Semifinals
August 29, 2007	22:05	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

WR

World record

AR

Area record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mehdi Baala	France	3:38.65	Q
2	2	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	3:38.72	Q, SB
3	2	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	3:39.54	Q
4	2	Shedrack Kibet Korir	Kenya	3:39.55	Q
5	2	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom	3:39.60	Q
6	2	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	3:39.92	Q
7	2	Nick Willis	New Zealand	3:40.18	q
8	1	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3:40.65	Q
9	1	Alan Webb	United States	3:40.73	Q
10	1	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:40.93	Q
11	1	Youssef Baba	Morocco	3:40.96	Q
12	1	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	3:40.97	Q
13	2	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	3:41.05	q
14	2	Fumikazu Kobayashi	Japan	3:41.19	q
15	3	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:41.33	Q
16	1	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:41.39	Q
17	3	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3:41.43	Q
18	2	Sajjad Moradi	Iran	3:41.49	q
19	1	Mohammed Shaween	Saudi Arabia	3:41.58	q
20	3	Bernard Lagat	United States	3:41.68	Q
21	3	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	3:41.71	Q
22	3	Christian Obrist	Italy	3:41.74	Q
23	3	Belal Mansoor Ali	Bahrain	3:41.87	Q
24	3	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	Kenya	3:41.96	q
25	1	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:42.08
26	1	Javier Carriqueo	Argentina	3:42.20
27	1	Mounir Yemmouni	France	3:42.68
28	2	Deresse Mekonnen	Ethiopia	3:43.15
29	3	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:43.25
30	1	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:43.37
31	3	Mark Fountain	Australia	3:43.51
32	2	Kamal Boulahfane	Algeria	3:43.88
33	3	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	3:45.59
34	3	Gareth Hyett	New Zealand	3:45.70
35	2	Leonel Manzano	United States	3:45.97
36	1	Ansu Sowe	Gambia	3:50.77	NR
37	3	Chauncy Master	Malawi	3:55.18
38	1	Sevak Yeghikyan	Armenia	4:00.61
39	3	Hem Bunting	Cambodia	4:08.31	SB
40	3	Serdar Nurmyradov	Turkmenistan	4:10.42
41	2	Saysana Bannavong	Laos	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
1	2	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	3:40.53	Q
2	2	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	3:40.79	Q
3	2	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:40.83	Q
4	2	Belal Mansoor Ali	Bahrain	3:41.01	Q
5	2	Alan Webb	United States	3:41.08	Q
6	2	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	3:41.14	q
7	2	Shedrack Kibet Korir	Kenya	3:41.15	q
8	2	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	3:41.17
9	2	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:41.27
10	1	Bernard Lagat	United States	3:42.39	Q
11	1	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	3:42.88	Q
12	2	Christian Obrist	Italy	3:42.93
13	1	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3:42.99	Q
14	1	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom	3:43.03	Q
15	1	Nick Willis	New Zealand	3:43.34	Q
16	1	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	3:43.39
17	1	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3:43.41
18	2	Fumikazu Kobayashi	Japan	3:43.64
19	1	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:44.15	q
20	2	Mohammed Shaween	Saudi Arabia	3:44.54
21	1	Sajjad Moradi	Iran	3:46.21
22	1	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	Kenya	4:02.95
23	1	Youssef Baba	Morocco	4:16.23	q
	1	Mehdi Baala	France		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

The finish of the final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bernard Lagat	United States	3:34.77
	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	3:35.00	SB
	Shedrack Kibet Korir	Kenya	3:35.04
4	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3:35.24	PB
5	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	3:35.26
6	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	3:35.29
7	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:35.62
8	Alan Webb	United States	3:35.69
9	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom	3:35.95
10	Nick Willis	New Zealand	3:36.13
11	Belal Mansoor Ali	Bahrain	3:36.44
12	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	3:37.03
13	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:38.43
14	Youssef Baba	Morocco	3:38.78