1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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 1987-09-06.

Medalists

GoldSomalia Abdi Bile
Somalia (SOM)
SilverSpain José Luis González
Spain (ESP)
BronzeUnited States Jim Spivey
United States (USA)

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:36.80
 José Luis González (ESP) 3:38.03
 Jim Spivey (USA) 3:38.82
4.  Joseph Chesire (KEN) 3:39.36
5.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:39.81
6.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:40.14
7.  Michael Hillardt (AUS) 3:40.23
8.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:41.19
9.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:42.16
10.  Remy Geoffroy (FRA) 3:43.03
11.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:44.54
12.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:45.92

Semi-Finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:35.67
2.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:35.68
3.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:35.78
4.  Joseph Chesire (KEN) 3:35.82
5.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:35.91
6.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:36.08
7.  Remy Geoffroy (FRA) 3:37.47
8.  Leonid Masunov (URS) 3:38.24
9.  Peter Bourke (AUS) 3:38.42
10.  Chuck Aragon (USA) 3:39.45
11.  Zeki Öztürk (TUR) 3:42.17
12.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 3:47.71


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:40.57
2.  Jim Spivey (USA) 3:40.63
3.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:40.64
4.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:40.79
5.  Michael Hillardt (AUS) 3:40.95
6.  Mario Silva (POR) 3:41.12
7.  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 3:41.24
8.  Teófilo Benito (ESP) 3:41.89
9.  Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:42.12
10.  Uwe Becker (FRG) 3:43.73
11.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:44.76
12.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:50.79

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:41.93
2.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:42.05
3.  Peter Rono (KEN) 3:42.26
4.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:42.43
5.  Remy Geoffroy (FRA) 3:42.45
6.  Mike Hillardt (AUS) 3:42.79
7.  Peter Wirz (SUI) 3:43.00
8.  Ray Flynn (IRL) 3:43.06
9.  Andrés Vera (ESP) 3:43.24
10.  David Campbell (CAN) 3:43.80
11.  Dieudonne Kwizera (BUR) 3:44.36
12.  Manuel Balmaceda (CHI) 3:49.52
 Ari Suhonen (FIN) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:38.05
2.  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:38.10
3.  Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:38.11
4.  Peter Bourke (AUS) 3:38.18
5.  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 3:38.20
6.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 3:38.31
7.  Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 3:38.67
8.  Joseph Chesire (CAN) 3:38.71
9.  Teofilo Benito (ESP) 3:38.90
10.  Zeki Öztürk (TUR) 3:40.38
11.  Chuck Aragon (USA) 3:40.82
12.  Getahun Ayana (ETH) 3:42.29
13.  Moubarak Mohamed Abdullah (UAE) 3:51.04


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:40.22
2.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:40.28
3.  Han Kulker (NED) 3:40.32
4.  Jim Spivey (USA) 3:40.48
5.  Uwe Becker (FRG) 3:40.63
6.  Leonid Masunov (URS) 3:40.68
7.  Mário Silva (POR) 3:40.99
8.  Adrian Passey (GBR) 3:41.44
9.  Markus Hacksteiner (SUI) 3:42.04
10.  Pat Scammell (AUS) 3:44.93
11.  Gerry O'Reilly (IRL) 3:45.77
12.  Johnny Kroon (SWE) 3:49.06
 El Moctar (MTN) DNF

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