1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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1997 IAAF World
Indoor Championships
Track events
60 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
60 m hurdlesmenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Heptathlonmen

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–8 March 1997.

The winning margin was 1.93 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 1500 metres was won by more than 1.2 seconds at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco 		Rüdiger Stenzel
 Germany 		William Tanui
 Kenya

Results

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Heats

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First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Rüdiger Stenzel  Germany 3:39.36 Q
2 3 Ali Hakimi  Tunisia 3:39.49 Q
3 3 Kader Chékhémani  France 3:39.52 Q, PB
4 3 Branko Zorko  Croatia 3:39.61 q
5 3 Graham Hood  Canada 3:40.07 q
6 3 Vyacheslav Shabunin  Russia 3:40.13 q
7 1 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 3:40.18 Q
8 1 Niall Bruton  Ireland 3:40.77 Q
9 1 Jason Pyrah  United States 3:41.11 Q
10 2 William Tanui  Kenya 3:41.32 Q
11 2 Andrés Manuel Díaz  Spain 3:41.34 Q
12 1 Luís Feiteira  Portugal 3:41.46 PB
13 1 Balázs Tölgyesi  Hungary 3:41.94
14 2 Christophe Impens  Belgium 3:41.97 Q
15 1 Ian Campbell  Great Britain 3:42.30
16 2 Azzeddine Sediki  Morocco 3:42.52
17 2 Nadir Bosch  France 3:43.10
18 3 Stephen Agar  Dominica 3:45.33
19 1 Giuseppe D'Urso  Italy 3:46.06
20 2 Dominique Loser  Germany 3:48.01
21 2 Edgar de Oliveira  Brazil 3:51.41
22 3 Gilbert Mvuyikuri  Burundi 3:51.78
23 2 Andrea Abelli  Italy 3:57.65
1 Ibrahim Adan  Somalia DNS
1 Benson Koech  Kenya DNS
2 Mohamed Yaqoub  Sudan DNS
3 Carlos Sequeira  Nicaragua DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 3:35.31 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rüdiger Stenzel  Germany 3:37.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Tanui  Kenya 3:37.48
4 Branko Zorko  Croatia 3:39.25
5 Andrés Manuel Díaz  Spain 3:39.73 SB
6 Ali Hakimi  Tunisia 3:39.91
7 Jason Pyrah  United States 3:41.64
8 Niall Bruton  Ireland 3:42.65
9 Christophe Impens  Belgium 3:42.89
10 Vyacheslav Shabunin  Russia 3:44.85
11 Graham Hood  Canada 3:45.03
12 Kader Chékhémani  France 3:49.47

References

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  1. ^ Heats results
  2. ^ Final results (archived)
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