2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
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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![]() | Rashid Ramzi![]() | Shedrack Kibet Korir![]() |
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
Championship record | ![]() | 3:27.65 | Seville, Spain | 14 August 1999 |
World Leading | ![]() | 3:30.54 | Saint-Denis, France | 6 July 2007 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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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.
Semifinals
Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Rashid Ramzi | ![]() | 3:40.53 | Q |
2 | 2 | Antar Zerguelaïne | ![]() | 3:40.79 | Q |
3 | 2 | Arturo Casado | ![]() | 3:40.83 | Q |
4 | 2 | Belal Mansoor Ali | ![]() | 3:41.01 | Q |
5 | 2 | Alan Webb | ![]() | 3:41.08 | Q |
6 | 2 | Sergio Gallardo | ![]() | 3:41.14 | q |
7 | 2 | Shedrack Kibet Korir | ![]() | 3:41.15 | q |
8 | 2 | Juan Luis Barrios | ![]() | 3:41.17 | |
9 | 2 | Kevin Sullivan | ![]() | 3:41.27 | |
10 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | ![]() | 3:42.39 | Q |
11 | 1 | Tarek Boukensa | ![]() | 3:42.88 | Q |
12 | 2 | Christian Obrist | ![]() | 3:42.93 | |
13 | 1 | Asbel Kiprop | ![]() | 3:42.99 | Q |
14 | 1 | Andrew Baddeley | ![]() | 3:43.03 | Q |
15 | 1 | Nick Willis | ![]() | 3:43.34 | Q |
16 | 1 | Mohamed Moustaoui | ![]() | 3:43.39 | |
17 | 1 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | ![]() | 3:43.41 | |
18 | 2 | Fumikazu Kobayashi | ![]() | 3:43.64 | |
19 | 1 | Juan Carlos Higuero | ![]() | 3:44.15 | q |
20 | 2 | Mohammed Shaween | ![]() | 3:44.54 | |
21 | 1 | Sajjad Moradi | ![]() | 3:46.21 | |
22 | 1 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | ![]() | 4:02.95 | |
23 | 1 | Youssef Baba | ![]() | 4:16.23 | q |
1 | Mehdi Baala | ![]() | 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Osaka07_D5A_M1500M_Finish.jpg/350px-Osaka07_D5A_M1500M_Finish.jpg)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Bernard Lagat | ![]() | 3:34.77 | |
![]() | Rashid Ramzi | ![]() | 3:35.00 | SB |
![]() | Shedrack Kibet Korir | ![]() | 3:35.04 | |
4 | Asbel Kiprop | ![]() | 3:35.24 | PB |
5 | Tarek Boukensa | ![]() | 3:35.26 | |
6 | Antar Zerguelaïne | ![]() | 3:35.29 | |
7 | Arturo Casado | ![]() | 3:35.62 | |
8 | Alan Webb | ![]() | 3:35.69 | |
9 | Andrew Baddeley | ![]() | 3:35.95 | |
10 | Nick Willis | ![]() | 3:36.13 | |
11 | Belal Mansoor Ali | ![]() | 3:36.44 | |
12 | Sergio Gallardo | ![]() | 3:37.03 | |
13 | Juan Carlos Higuero | ![]() | 3:38.43 | |
14 | Youssef Baba | ![]() | 3:38.78 |
References
- General
- 1500 metres results from IAAF. IAAF
- Specific