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1991 World Championships in Athletics Tokyo, Japan

1991 3rd IAAF World Championships - Tokyo - Men's 1500m

 

 

Host City: Tokyo, Japan Format: First round (Aug 29) (First 6 & 6 fastest to semi-finals)
Dates: August 23 – September 1 Format: Semi-finals (Aug 31) (First 5 & 2 fastest to final)
Nations participating: 167
Athletes participating: 1517
    Main venue: Olympic Stadium
Overview by IAAF   tokyo olympic stadium04 
Morceli, whose older brother Abderrahmane was eliminated in the 1983 heats, started as favourite. Unbeaten all year, he had taken the world indoor title and clocked times of 3:31.00 and 3:31.01. Kibet set a reasonable pace for the first kilometre, closely followed by the confident Algerian. The reigning 5000m champion, Aouita, was also prominent before fading in the last lap. Morceli took the lead just before the bell and accelerated dramatically to win by 15m in a championship record. His final lap took just 51.55 and was one of the fastest ever finishes to a race won in 3:32. “I am not tired, because I am used to running fast.” said Morceli. “Aouita has been the athlete of the eighties, I will be that of the nineties.” Kirochi, who beat Morceli for the world junior title three years earlier, was second, while the bronze went to Fuhlbrügge. Another German, Herold, would have placed third in the race had he not eased up before the line to celebrate.
 These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991.

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:29.46 Berlin, Germany August 23, 1985
Championship Record  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:35.67 Rome, Italy September 4, 1987
 
  1500m 1 September
  Final
1 Noureddine Morceli ALG 28 Feb 70 3.32.84
2 Wilfred Kirochi KEN 12 Dec 69 3.34.84
3 Hauke Fuhlbrügge GER 21 Mar 66 3.35.28
4 Jens-Peter Herold GER 2 Jun 65 3.35.37
5 Fermín Cacho ESP 16 Feb 69 3.35.62
6 Mário Silva POR 23 Jul 61 3.35.76
7 David Kibet KEN 24 Nov 63 3.36.03
8 Gennaro Di Napoli ITA 5 Mar 68 3.36.56
9 Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman QAT 23 Nov 69 3.38.12
10 Matthew Yates GBR 4 Feb 69 3.38.71
11 Saïd Aouita MAR 2 Nov 59 3.39.49
12 Simon Doyle AUS 9 Nov 66 3.41.54
  Semifinals 30 August
  Heat 1
1 Noureddine Morceli ALG 3.39.90
2 Wilfred Kirochi KEN 3.40.73
3 Fermin Cacho ESP 3.40.83
4 Gennaro Di Napoli ITA 3.40.84
5 Mario Silva POR 3.40.94
6 Matthew Yates GBR 3.41.24
7 Hauke Fuhlbrugge GER 3.41.41
8 Peter Rono KEN 3.41.76
9 Rachid El Basir MAR 3.42.89
10 Mikael Svensson SWE 3.43.69
11 Joao N'Tyamba ANO 3.44.64
12 Pat Scammell AUS 3.45.17
  Heat 2
1 Jens-Peter Herold GER 3.41.23
2 Said Aouita MAR 3.41.45
3 Mohamed Suleiman QAT 3.41.48
4 Simon Doyle AUS 3.41.52
5 David Kibet KEN 3.41.54
6 Teofilo Benito ESP 3.41.61
7 Steve Cram GBR 3.41.67
8 Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP 3.41.71
9 Davide Tirelli ITA 3.43.08
10 Mogens Guldberg DEN 3.44.34
11 Sergey Melnikov URS 3.44.62
12 Pascal Thiebaut FRA 3.45.18
13 Mitsuhiro Okuyama JPN 3.49.96
  Heats 29 August
  Heat 1
1 Noureddine Morceli ALG 3.43.45
2 Teofilo Benito ESP 3.43.88
3 Said Aouita MAR 3.43.93
4 Peter Rono KEN 3.44.37
5 Pat Scammell AUS 3.44.60
6 Mikael Svensson SWE 3.44.66
7 Steve Cram GBR 3.44.69
8 Karol Dudij POL 3.44.89
9 Mbiganyi Thee BOT 3.45.04
10 Edgar De Oliveira BRA 3.45.59
11 Alex Geissbuhler SUI 3.46.38
12 Terrance Herrington USA 3.47.28
13 Dale Jones ANT 3.55.41
14 Elonga Lucas Eningo GEQ 4.31.24
- Abdi Bile SOM DNS
  Heat 2
1 Jens-Peter Herold GER 3.41.21
2 Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP 3.41.48
3 Simon Doyle AUS 3.41.50
4 Pascal Thiebaut FRA 3.41.50
5 Wilfred Kirochi KEN 3.41.64
6 Davide Tirelli ITA 3.41.77
7 Mogens Guldberg DEN 3.42.00
8 Sergey Melnikov URS 3.42.15
9 Zeki Ozturk TUR 3.42.86
10 Luis Nunez DOM 3.48.54
11 Fabian Franco GIB 4.03.94
- Han Kulker NED DNS
- Jim Spivey USA DNS
- Daouda Kassougue MTN DNS
  Heat 3
1 David Kibet KEN 3.38.07
2 Rachid El Basir MAR 3.38.29
3 Fermin Cacho ESP 3.38.31
4 Mario Silva POR 3.38.37
5 Gennaro Di Napoli ITA 3.38.63
6 Hauke Fuhlbrugge GER 3.38.65
7 Mohamed Suleiman QAT 3.38.89
8 Matthew Yates GBR 3.39.30
9 Mitsuhiro Okuyama JPN 3.40.35
10 Joao N'Tyamba ANO 3.41.05
11 Alemayehu Roba ETH 3.42.76
12 Jose Lopez VEN 3.45.61
13 Luis Martinez GUA 3.46.39
- Joe Falcon USA DNS

Heat 1 29 AUG 1991 16:50

Order / LaneATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 1991
1 Edgar de Oliveira BRA BRA    
2 Teófilo Benito ESP ESP 3:35.84 3:35.84
3 Pat Scammell AUS AUS 3:34.61  
4 Mbiganyi Thee BOT BOT 3:40.60 3:40.60
5 Noureddine Morceli ALG ALG 3:31.00 3:31.00
6 Abdi Bile SOM SOM 3:30.55  
7 Lucas Eningo Elonga GEQ GEQ    
8 Saïd Aouita MAR MAR 3:29.46  
9 Peter Rono KEN KEN 3:35.96  
10 Steve Cram GBR GBR 3:29.67  
11 Alex Geissbühler SUI SUI 3:37.13 3:37.13
12 Dale Jones ANT ANT 3:49.41  
13 Mikael Svensson SWE SWE 3:37.88 3:37.88
14 Terrance Herrington USA USA 3:44.86i 3:44.86i
15 Karol Dudij POL POL    

Heat 2 29 AUG 1991 16:50

Order / LaneATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 1991
1 Wilfred Oanda Kirochi KEN KEN 3:36.07  
2 Simon Doyle AUS AUS 3:31.96 3:31.96
3 Sergey Melnikov URS URS 3:44.91i 3:44.91i
4 Pascal Thiébaut FRA FRA 3:41.51  
5 Luis Nunez DOM DOM    
6 José Luís Gonzalez ESP ESP 3:30.92  
7 Daouda Kassougue MTN MTN    
8 Davide Tirelli ITA ITA 3:47.63i 3:47.63i
9 Zeki Öztürk TUR TUR 3:35.68  
10 Mogens Guldberg DEN DEN 3:35.03 3:38.85i
11 Jim Spivey USA USA 3:31.01  
12 Han Kulker NED NED 3:36.08 3:44.04i
13 Jens-Peter Herold GER GER 3:36.21  
14 Fabian Franco GIB GIB    

Heat 3 29 AUG 1991 16:50

Order / LaneATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 1991
1 Luis Martínez GUA GUA 3:44.44  
2 Alemayehu Roba ETH ETH 3:41.71 3:48.83i
3 Hauke Fuhlbrügge GER GER 3:37.80i  
4 João N'Tyamba ANG ANG    
5 José López VEN VEN 3:39.84  
6 Mário Silva POR POR 3:36.46i 3:36.46i
7 Mitsuhiro Okuyama JPN JPN    
8 David Kibet KEN KEN 3:47.33i 3:47.33i
9 Gennaro Di Napoli ITA ITA 3:32.78 3:33.74
10 Matthew Yates GBR GBR    
11 Mohamed Suleiman QAT QAT 3:48.27  
12 Rachid El Basir MAR MAR 3:45.83i 3:45.83i
13 Joe Falcon USA USA 3:33.6  
14 Fermín Cacho ESP ESP 3:32.03 3:32.03
 

 

 

 

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