The men's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 27 and 29 August. The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBernard LagatRashid RamziShedrack Kibet Korir

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World record3:26.00Rome, Italy 14 July 1998Championship record3:27.65Seville, Spain14 August 1999World Leading3:30.54Saint-Denis, France6 July 2007

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 25, 2007 11:25 HeatsAugust 27, 2007 20:40 SemifinalsAugust 29, 2007 22:05 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWRWorld recordARArea recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Mehdi Baala 3:38.65 Q 2 Rashid Ramzi 3:38.72 Q, SB 2 Mohamed Moustaoui 3:39.54 Q 2 Shedrack Kibet Korir 3:39.55 Q 2 Andrew Baddeley 3:39.60 Q 2 Sergio Gallardo 3:39.92 Q 2 Nick Willis 3:40.18 q 1 Asbel Kiprop 3:40.65 Q 1 Alan Webb 3:40.73 Q 10 1 Juan Carlos Higuero 3:40.93 Q 11 1 Youssef Baba 3:40.96 Q 12 1 Antar Zerguelaïne 3:40.97 Q 13 2 Juan Luis Barrios 3:41.05 q 14 2 Fumikazu Kobayashi 3:41.19 q 15 3 Arturo Casado 3:41.33 Q 16 1 Kevin Sullivan 3:41.39 Q 17 3 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:41.43 Q 18 2 Sajjad Moradi 3:41.49 q 19 1 Mohammed Shaween 3:41.58 q 20 3 Bernard Lagat 3:41.68 Q 21 3 Tarek Boukensa 3:41.71 Q 22 3 Christian Obrist 3:41.74 Q 23 3 Belal Mansoor Ali 3:41.87 Q 24 3 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 3:41.96 q 25 1 Ivan Heshko 3:42.08 26 1 Javier Carriqueo 3:42.20 27 1 Mounir Yemmouni 3:42.68 28 2 Deresse Mekonnen 3:43.15 29 3 Abdalaati Iguider 3:43.25 30 1 Hudson de Souza 3:43.37 31 3 Mark Fountain 3:43.51 32 2 Kamal Boulahfane 3:43.88 33 3 Byron Piedra 3:45.59 34 3 Gareth Hyett 3:45.70 35 2 Leonel Manzano 3:45.97 36 1 Ansu Sowe 3:50.77 NR 37 3 Chauncy Master 3:55.18 38 1 Sevak Yeghikyan 4:00.61 39 3 Hem Bunting 4:08.31 SB 40 3 Serdar Nurmyradov 4:10.42 41 2 Saysana Bannavong 4:19.80

Semifinals Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Rashid Ramzi 3:40.53 Q 2 Antar Zerguelaïne 3:40.79 Q 2 Arturo Casado 3:40.83 Q 2 Belal Mansoor Ali 3:41.01 Q 2 Alan Webb 3:41.08 Q 2 Sergio Gallardo 3:41.14 q 2 Shedrack Kibet Korir 3:41.15 q 2 Juan Luis Barrios 3:41.17 2 Kevin Sullivan 3:41.27 10 1 Bernard Lagat 3:42.39 Q 11 1 Tarek Boukensa 3:42.88 Q 12 2 Christian Obrist 3:42.93 13 1 Asbel Kiprop 3:42.99 Q 14 1 Andrew Baddeley 3:43.03 Q 15 1 Nick Willis 3:43.34 Q 16 1 Mohamed Moustaoui 3:43.39 17 1 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:43.41 18 2 Fumikazu Kobayashi 3:43.64 19 1 Juan Carlos Higuero 3:44.15 q 20 2 Mohammed Shaween 3:44.54 21 1 Sajjad Moradi 3:46.21 22 1 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 4:02.95 23 1 Youssef Baba 4:16.23 q 1 Mehdi Baala DSQ

Note: Mehdi Baala originally won the spot in the final but was later disqualified for causing a collision during his race. Additional spots in the final were awarded to Juan Carlos Higuero and Youssef Baba who suffered in that collision.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bernard Lagat 3:34.77 Rashid Ramzi 3:35.00 SB Shedrack Kibet Korir 3:35.04 Asbel Kiprop 3:35.24 PB Tarek Boukensa 3:35.26 Antar Zerguelaïne 3:35.29 Arturo Casado 3:35.62 Alan Webb 3:35.69 Andrew Baddeley 3:35.95 10 Nick Willis 3:36.13 11 Belal Mansoor Ali 3:36.44 12 Sergio Gallardo 3:37.03 13 Juan Carlos Higuero 3:38.43 14 Youssef Baba 3:38.78

References General 1500 metres results from IAAF. IAAF Specific