1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

None 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 GoldSOM Abdi BileSomalia (SOM)SilverESP José Luis GonzálezSpain (ESP)BronzeUSA Jim SpiveyUnited States (USA) Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngAbdi Bile SOM3:36.80Image:Med 2.pngJosé Luis González ESP3:38.03Image:Med 3.pngJim Spivey USA3:38.824.Joseph Chesire KEN3:39.365.Omer Khalifa SUD3:39.816.Jens-Peter Herold GDR3:40.147.Michael Hillardt AUS3:40.238.Steve Cram GBR3:41.199.Han Kulker NED3:42.1610.Remy Geoffroy FRA3:43.0311.Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN3:44.5412.Steve Scott USA3:45.92 Semi-finals Held on Friday 1987-09-04 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Abdi Bile SOM3:35.672.José Luis González ESP3:35.683.Steve Cram GBR3:35.784.Joseph Chesire KEN3:35.825.Steve Scott USA3:35.916.Han Kulker NED3:36.087.Remy Geoffroy FRA3:37.478.Leonid Masunov URS3:38.249.Peter Bourke AUS3:38.4210.Chuck Aragon USA3:39.4511.Zeki Öztürk TUR3:42.1712.Dieter Baumann FRG3:47.71 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Jens-Peter Herold GDR3:40.572.Jim Spivey USA3:40.633.Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN3:40.644.Omer Khalifa SUD3:40.795.Michael Hillardt AUS3:40.956.Mario Silva POR3:41.127.Marcus O'Sullivan IRL3:41.248.Teófilo Benito ESP3:41.899.Steve Crabb GBR3:42.1210.Uwe Becker FRG3:43.7311.Peter Rono KEN3:44.7612.Mogens Guldberg DEN3:50.79 Qualifying heats Held on Thursday 1987-09-03 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Omer Khalifa SUD3:41.932.Steve Cram GBR3:42.053.Peter Rono KEN3:42.264.Steve Scott USA3:42.435.Remy Geoffroy FRA3:42.456.Mike Hillardt AUS3:42.797.Peter Wirz SUI3:43.008.Ray Flynn IRL3:43.069.Andrés Vera ESP3:43.2410.David Campbell CAN3:43.8011.Dieudonne Kwizera BDI3:44.3612.Manuel Balmaceda CHI3:49.52 –Ari Suhonen FINDNS RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Abdi Bile SOM3:38.052.Jens-Peter Herold GDR3:38.103.Steve Crabb GBR3:38.114.Peter Bourke AUS3:38.185.Marcus O'Sullivan IRL3:38.206.Dieter Baumann FRG3:38.317.Mogens Guldberg DEN3:38.678.Joseph Chesire KEN3:38.719.Teofilo Benito ESP3:38.9010.Zeki Öztürk TUR3:40.3811.Chuck Aragon USA3:40.8212.Getahun Ayana ETH 19873:42.2913.Moubarak Mohamed Abdullah UAE3:51.04 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN3:40.222.José Luis González ESP3:40.283.Han Kulker NED3:40.324.Jim Spivey USA3:40.485.Uwe Becker FRG3:40.636.Leonid Masunov URS3:40.687.Mário Silva POR3:40.998.Adrian Passey GBR3:41.449.Markus Hacksteiner SUI3:42.0410.Pat Scammell AUS3:44.9311.Gerry O'Reilly IRL3:45.7712.Johnny Kroon SWE3:49.06 –Mohamed El-Moctar Ould Khayar MTN 195998604 Mohamed El-Moctar Ould KhayarDNF 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) References Results Results - World Athletics Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships