1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

None 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 GoldSilverBronzeHicham El GuerroujRüdiger StenzelWilliam Tanui Results Heats First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Rüdiger Stenzel 3:39.36 Q 2 3 Ali Hakimi Tunisia 1959 3:39.49 Q 3 3 Kader Chékhémani 3:39.52 Q, PB 4 3 Branko Zorko 3:39.61 q 5 3 Graham Hood 3:40.07 q 6 3 Vyacheslav Shabunin 3:40.13 q 7 1 Hicham El Guerrouj 3:40.18 Q 8 1 Niall Bruton 3:40.77 Q 9 1 Jason Pyrah 3:41.11 Q 10 2 William Tanui 3:41.32 Q 11 2 Andrés Manuel Díaz 3:41.34 Q 12 1 Luís Feiteira 3:41.46 PB 13 1 Balázs Tölgyesi 3:41.94 14 2 Christophe Impens 3:41.97 Q 15 1 Ian Campbell 3:42.30 16 2 Azzeddine Sediki 3:42.52 17 2 Nadir Bosch 3:43.10 18 3 Stephen Agar 3:45.33 19 1 Giuseppe D'Urso 3:46.06 20 2 Dominique Loser 3:48.01 21 2 Edgar de Oliveira 3:51.41 22 3 Gilbert Mvuyikuri 3:51.78 23 2 Andrea Abelli 3:57.65 24 1 Ibrahim Adan 9:99.99 DNS 24 1 Benson Koech 9:99.99 DNS 24 2 Mohamed Yaqoub 9:99.99 DNS 24 3 Carlos Sequeira 9:99.99 DNS Final Final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hicham El Guerrouj 3:35.31 CR Rüdiger Stenzel 3:37.24 William Tanui 3:37.48 04 4 Branko Zorko 3:39.25 05 5 Andrés Manuel Díaz 3:39.73 SB 06 6 Ali Hakimi Tunisia 1959 3:39.91 07 7 Jason Pyrah 3:41.64 08 8 Niall Bruton 3:42.65 09 9 Christophe Impens 3:42.89 10 Vyacheslav Shabunin 3:44.85 11 Graham Hood 3:45.03 12 Kader Chékhémani 3:49.47 References 1500 1500 Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships