1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991.

Medalists edit

Gold	Noureddine Morceli Algeria (ALG)
Silver	Wilfred Kirochi Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Hauke Fuhlbrügge Germany (GER)

Schedule edit

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Heats
29.08.1991 – 16:50h
Semifinals
30.08.1991 – 17:30h
Final
01.09.1991 – 15:40h

Records edit

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:29.46	Berlin, Germany	August 23, 1985
Championship Record	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:35.67	Rome, Italy	September 4, 1987

Final edit

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:32.84 CR
	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	3:34.84
	Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER)	3:35.28
4.	Jens-Peter Herold (GER)	3:35.37
5.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:35.62
6.	Mario Silva (POR)	3:35.76
7.	David Kibet (KEN)	3:36.03
8.	Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)	3:36.56
9.	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	3:38.12
10.	Matthew Yates (GBR)	3:38.71
11.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:39.49
12.	Simon Doyle (AUS)	3:41.54

Semi-finals edit

Held on Friday 1991-08-30

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:39.90
2.	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	3:40.73
3.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:40.83
4.	Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)	3:40.84
5.	Mario Silva (POR)	3:40.94
6.	Matthew Yates (GBR)	3:41.24
7.	Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER)	3:41.41
8.	Peter Rono (KEN)	3:41.76
9.	Rachid El Basir (MAR)	3:42.89
10.	Mikael Svensson (SWE)	3:43.69
11.	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	3:44.64
12.	Pat Scammell (AUS)	3:45.17

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Jens-Peter Herold (GER)	3:41.23
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:41.45
3.	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	3:41.48
4.	Simon Doyle (AUS)	3:41.52
5.	David Kibet (KEN)	3:41.54
6.	Teófilo Benito (ESP)	3:41.61
7.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:41.67
8.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:41.71
9.	Davide Tirelli (ITA)	3:43.08
10.	Mogens Guldberg (DEN)	3:44.34
11.	Sergey Melnikov (URS)	3:44.62
12.	Pascal Thiébaut (FRA)	3:45.18
13.	Mitsuhiro Okuyama (JPN)	3:49.96

Qualifying heats edit

Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:43.45
2.	Teófilo Benito (ESP)	3:43.88
3.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:43.93
4.	Peter Rono (KEN)	3:44.37
5.	Pat Scammell (AUS)	3:44.60
6.	Mikael Svensson (SWE)	3:44.66
7.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:44.69
8.	Karol Dudij (POL)	3:44.89
9.	Mbiganyi Thee (BOT)	3:45.04
10.	Edgar de Oliveira (BRA)	3:45.59
11.	Alex Geissbühler (SUI)	3:46.38
12.	Terrance Herrington (USA)	3:47.28
13.	Dale Jones (ATG)	3:55.41
14.	Elonga Lucas Eningo (GEQ)	4:31.23
—	Abdi Bile (SOM)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Jens-Peter Herold (GER)	3:41.21
2.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:41.48
3.	Simon Doyle (AUS)	3:41.50
4.	Pascal Thiébaut (FRA)	3:41.50
5.	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	3:41.64
6.	Davide Tirelli (ITA)	3:41.77
7.	Mogens Guldberg (DEN)	3:42.00
8.	Sergey Melnikov (URS)	3:42.15
9.	Zeki Öztürk (TUR)	3:42.86
10.	Luis Núñez (DOM)	3:48.54
11.	Fabian Franco (GIB)	4:03.94
—	Han Kulker (NED)	DNS
—	Jim Spivey (USA)	DNS
—	Daouda Kassougue (MTN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	David Kibet (KEN)	3:38.07
2.	Rachid El Basir (MAR)	3:38.29
3.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:38.31
4.	Mario Silva (POR)	3:38.37
5.	Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)	3:38.63
6.	Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER)	3:38.65
7.	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	3:38.89
8.	Matthew Yates (GBR)	3:39.30
9.	Mitsuhiro Okuyama (JPN)	3:40.35
10.	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	3:41.05
11.	Alemayehu Roba (ETH)	3:42.76
12.	José Lopez (VEN)	3:45.61
13.	Luis Martínez (GUA)	3:46.39
—	Joe Falcon (USA)	DNS