1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

None These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 13th August 1995. The winning margin was 1.55 seconds. All eyes were on world record holder Noureddine Morceli, who had just improved upon his world record a month earlier. What strategy could beat him? Nobody wanted to try to run fast from the start, Paul McMullen became the early leader and as the largest man in the field, the wind blocker while everybody else was drafting behind. Morceli stayed out of trouble, near the front of the pack, watching around him. After 800 metres Vénuste Niyongabo moved to the outside of McMullen and started to edge forward with Morceli the next man back on the outside marking anybody who dared to get too far in front. With 500 metres to go, Morceli grew impatient and eased into the lead for the bell. The Morceli started to open up his lead. Niyongabo was late to react, giving away a few metres as the lap began and never able to gain any ground. By the home stretch Morceli had more than 10 metres on Niyongabo. Down the home stretch, a 20 year old Hicham El Guerrouj edged by Niyongabo. Morceli slowed before the finish line almost walking across with the gold, the relatively unknown El Guerrouj got the silver and Niyongabo held on for bronze. Final RANKFINALTIMEFile:Med 1.pngNoureddine Morceli ALG3:33.73File:Med 2.pngHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:35.28File:Med 3.pngVénuste Niyongabo BDI3:35.564.Rachid El Basir MAR3:35.965.Kevin Sullivan CAN3:36.736.Abdelkader Chékhémani FRA3:36.907.Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:36.968.Fermín Cacho ESP3:37.029.Gary Lough GBR3:37.5910.Paul McMullen USA3:38.2311.Niall Bruton IRL3:39.1512.Isaac Viciosa ESP3:41.12 Semi-finals Held on Friday 1995-08-11 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:38.372.Niall Bruton IRL3:39.003.Abdelkader Chékhémani FRA3:39.084.Kevin Sullivan CAN3:39.235.Fermín Cacho ESP3:39.356.Ali Hakimi TUN 19593:39.407.Eric Dubus FRA3:39.738.Terrance Herrington USA3:39.969.John Mayock GBR3:40.2010.Christophe Impens BEL3:44.8611.Azzeddine Sediki MAR3:46.84–Joaquim Cruz BRADNS RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Hicham El Guerrouj MAR3:37.472.Vénuste Niyongabo BDI3:37.623.Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:37.784.Gary Lough GBR3:37.785.Rachid El Basir MAR3:37.966.Isaac Viciosa ESP3:38.037.Paul McMullen USA3:38.548.Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS3:38.619.Julius Achon UGA3:39.8710.Reuben Chesang KEN3:40.6311.Samir Benfares FRA3:43.1912.Robert Kiplagat Andersen DEN3:46.41 Qualifying heats Held on Thursday 1995-08-10 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Ali Hakimi TUN 19593:48.402.Vénuste Niyongabo BDI3:48.583.Samir Benfares FRA3:48.644.John Mayock GBR3:48.655.Paul McMullen USA3:48.706.Branko Zorko CRO3:48.837.Abdi Bile SOM3:48.868.Jens-Peter Herold GER3:49.249.Jonah Birir KEN3:49.2610.Mateo Cañellas ESP3:49.7111.Xandru Grech MLT3:54.96 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:42.582.Fermín Cacho ESP3:43.053.Reuben Chesang KEN3:43.264.Rachid El Basir MAR3:43.295.Kevin Sullivan CAN3:43.416.Kevin McKay GBR3:43.877.Brian Hyde USA3:44.038.Martin Johns NZL3:45.109.Luís Jesus POR3:46.4310.José López VEN 19303:46.8111.Werner Edler-Muhr AUT3:47.06 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Azzeddine Sediki MAR3:38.242.Gary Lough GBR3:38.623.Eric Dubus FRA3:38.804.Julius Achon UGA3:39.045.Niall Bruton IRL3:39.276.Joaquim Cruz BRA3:39.477.Christophe Impens BEL3:40.378.Rüdiger Stenzel GER3:40.659.Ovidiu Olteanu ROM3:43.2010.Nioka Pululu ZAI4:02.68–Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama QATDNS RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Hicham El Guerrouj MAR3:38.932.Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:39.063.Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS3:39.214.Abdelkader Chékhémani FRA3:39.345.Terrance Herrington USA3:39.406.Isaac Viciosa ESP3:39.427.Robert Kiplagat Andersen DEN3:40.508.Passmore Furusa ZIM3:41.019.Edgar de Oliveira BRA3:41.7410.Sammy Mutai KEN3:44.5711.Selwyn Kole SOL4:05.07 References Results Results - World Athletics Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships