1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

None These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semifinals and the final held on Wednesday 6 August 1997. The winning margin was 0.80 seconds. The final was a slow, tactical race from the start, with Morceli tracking El Guerrouj all the way. Estevez tried to slow the pace down even further in the second lap to allow Cacho to save energy for his fast sprint finish. With the whole field still bunched up with 600m to go, El Guerrouj put on a burst of speed which only Morceli and Cacho were able to follow, but eventually, they too were dropped as El Guerrouj wound up the pace faster and faster. Cacho sprinted past Morceli in the home straight, and the dispirited defending champion slowed down towards the finish, allowing Estevez to pip him at the line for the bronze medal. Results Heats Held on Sunday 1997-08-03 HeatRankNameResultNotes31Reyes Estévez ESP3:36.20Q32Azzeddine Seddiki MAR3:36.40Q33Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:36.64Q34Graham Hood CAN3:36.69Q45Hicham El Guerrouj MAR3:36.72Q36Steve Holman USA3:36.72Q37Robert Kiplagat Andersen DEN3:36.77q48Fermin Cacho ESP3:37.16Q19Noureddine Morceli ALG3:37.26Q110Andrey Zadorozhniy RUS3:37.28Q111John Mayock GBR3:37.37Q112Kevin Sullivan CAN3:37.42Q413Ali Hakimi TUN 19593:37.43Q414Nadir Bosch FRA3:37.45Q415Gennaro Di Napoli ITA3:37.50Q116Niall Bruton IRL3:37.57Q117Antonio Travassos POR3:37.70q118Saïd Chébili FRA3:37.75q319Branko Zorko CRO3:37.99q420Ahmed Krama ALG3:38.02121Julius Achon UGA3:38.21422Matthew Yates GBR3:38.34323Alexandru Vasile ROM3:39.01424Piotr Rostkowski POL3:39.52225Rudiger Stenzel GER3:40.17Q425Jason Pyrah USA3:40.17227Kevin McKay GBR3:40.25Q428Panagiotis Papoulias GRE3:40.30229Driss Maazouzi MAR3:40.39Q230Isaac Viciosa ESP3:40.41Q231Laban Rotich KEN3:40.43Q232Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS3:40.46233Abdelkader Chekhemani FRA3:41.02234Mohamed Ibrahim Aden SOM3:41.23235Ali Saïdi-Sief ALG3:41.48236Babiker Mohammed Yagoub SUD3:41.54137John Kibowen KEN3:41.69238José López VEN 19303:42.83139Balázs Tölgyesi HUN3:44.16140Alexis Sharangabo RWA 19623:44.95341Luis Feiteira POR3:45.37442Shane Healy IRL3:50.64343Scott Petersen AUS3:50.65344Brent Butler GUM3:58.29 Semifinals Held on Monday 1997-08-04 HeatRankNameResultNotes21Noureddine Morceli ALG3:38.82Q22Reyes Estevez ESP3:38.86Q23Fermín Cacho ESP3:38.86Q14Hicham El Guerrouj MAR3:38.92Q25Robert Kiplagat Andersen DEN3:38.92Q26Laban Rotich KEN3:38.92Q27Nadir Bosch FRA3:39.01q28Graham Hood CAN3:39.13q19Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:39.15Q210Gennaro di Napoli ITA3:39.45111Ali Hakimi TUN 19593:39.50Q112Rüdiger Stenzel GER3:39.62Q113John Mayock GBR3:39.69Q114Kevin Sullivan CAN3:39.84115Steve Holman USA3:39.97216Driss Maazouzi MAR3:39.99217Azzeddine Seddiki MAR3:40.15218Kevin McKay GBR3:40.21119Branko Zorko CRO3:41.63120Saïd Chébili FRA3:41.95121Antonio Travassos POR3:42.01222Andrey Zadorozhniy RUS3:42.61123Niall Bruton IRL3:47.511—Isaac Viciosa ESPDNF Final RankNameResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:35.83Image:Silver medal icon.svgFermín Cacho ESP3:36.63Image:Bronze medal icon.svgReyes Estevez ESP3:37.264.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:37.375.Ali Hakimi TUN 19593:37.516.Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:37.537.Graham Hood CAN3:37.558.Robert Kiplagat Andersen DEN3:37.669.John Mayock GBR3:38.6710.Rüdiger Stenzel GER3:38.8211.Laban Rotich KEN3:41.2712.Nadir Bosch FRA3:48.35 See also 1994 Men's European Championships 1.500 metres (Helsinki) 1996 Men's Olympic 1.500 metres (Atlanta) 1998 Men's European Championships 1.500 metres (Budapest) References Results Results - World Athletics Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships