World Athletics Championships 1987/1500 m men
2. World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 37 athletes from 23 countries | ||||||||
venue | Rome | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 3rd (preliminary) September 4th (semi-finals) September 6th (final) |
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The men's 1500-meter race at the World Athletics Championships in 1987 was held from September 3 to 6, 1987 in the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome .
Abdi Bile from Somalia became world champion . Silver went to the Spaniard José Luis González . The American Jim Spivey won the bronze medal.
Records
Existing records
World record | 3: 29.46 min | Said Aouita | Berlin , FR Germany | 23rd August 1985 |
World championship record | 3: 35.77 min | Steve Cram | 1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 13, 1983 |
Record improvement
World champion Abdi Bile from Somalia improved the existing world championship record in the first semi-final on September 4th by a tenth of a second to 3: 35.67 minutes.
Preliminary round
4th September 1987
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first six athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Omer Khalifa | Sudan | 3: 41.93 |
2 | Steve Cram | Great Britain | 3: 42.05 |
3 | Peter Rono | Kenya | 3: 42.26 |
4th | Steve Scott | United States | 3: 42.43 |
5 | Remy Geoffroy | France | 3: 42.45 |
6th | Michael Hillardt | Australia | 3: 42.79 |
7th | Peter Wirz | Switzerland | 3: 43.00 |
8th | Ray Flynn | Ireland | 3: 43.06 |
9 | Andres Vera | Spain | 3: 43.24 |
10 | Dave Campbell | Canada | 3: 43.80 |
11 | Dieudonné Kwizéra | Burundi | 3: 44.36 |
12 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 3: 49.52 |
DNS | Ari Suhonen | Finland |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3: 38.05 |
2 | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3: 38.10 |
3 | Steve Crabb | Great Britain | 3: 38.11 |
4th | Peter Bourke | Australia | 3: 38.18 |
5 | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland | 3: 38.20 |
6th | Dieter Baumann | BR Germany | 3: 38.31 |
7th | Mogens Guldberg | Denmark | 3: 38.67 |
8th | Joseph Chesire | Kenya | 3: 38.71 |
9 | Teofilo Benito | Spain | 3: 38.90 |
10 | Zeki Ozturk | Turkey | 3: 40.38 |
11 | Chuck Aragon | United States | 3: 40.82 |
12 | Getahun Ayana | Ethiopia | 3: 42.29 |
13 | Mohamed Sami Abdullah | United Arab Emirates | 3: 51.04 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3: 40.22 |
2 | José Luis González | Spain | 3: 40.28 |
3 | Han Kulker | Netherlands | 3: 40.32 |
4th | Jim Spivey | United States | 3: 40.48 |
5 | Uwe Becker | BR Germany | 3: 40.63 |
6th | Leonid Masunov | Soviet Union | 3: 40.68 |
7th | Mario Silva | Portugal | 3: 40.99 |
8th | Adrian Passey | Great Britain | 3: 41.44 |
9 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 3: 42.04 |
10 | Pat Scammell | Australia | 3: 44.93 |
11 | Gerald O'Reilly | Ireland | 3: 45.77 |
12 | Johnny Kroon | Sweden | 3: 49.06 |
DNS | Moctar El | Mauritania |
Semifinals
4th September 1987
In each of the two semi-finals, the first five athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3: 35.67 CR |
2 | José Luis González | Spain | 3: 35.68 |
3 | Steve Cram | Great Britain | 3: 35.78 |
4th | Joseph Chesire | Kenya | 3: 35.82 |
5 | Steve Scott | United States | 3: 35.91 |
6th | Han Kulker | Netherlands | 3: 36.08 |
7th | Remy Geoffroy | France | 3: 37.47 |
8th | Leonid Masunov | Soviet Union | 3: 38.24 |
9 | Peter Bourke | Australia | 3: 38.42 |
10 | Chuck Aragon | United States | 3: 39.45 |
11 | Zeki Ozturk | Turkey | 3: 42.17 |
12 | Dieter Baumann | BR Germany | 3: 47.71 |
Semi-final run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3: 40.57 |
2 | Jim Spivey | United States | 3: 40.63 |
3 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3: 40.64 |
4th | Omer Khalifa | Sudan | 3: 40.69 |
5 | Michael Hillardt | Australia | 3: 40.75 |
6th | Mario Silva | Portugal | 3: 41.12 |
7th | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland | 3: 41.24 |
8th | Teofilo Benito | Spain | 3: 41.89 |
9 | Steve Crabb | Great Britain | 3: 42.12 |
10 | Uwe Becker | BR Germany | 3: 43.73 |
11 | Peter Rono | Kenya | 3: 44.76 |
12 | Mogens Guldberg | Denmark | 3: 50.79 |
final
September 6, 1987
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Abdi Bile | Somalia | 3: 36.80 |
2 | José Luis González | Spain | 3: 38.03 |
3 | Jim Spivey | United States | 3: 38.82 |
4th | Joseph Chesire | Kenya | 3: 39.36 |
5 | Omer Khalifa | Sudan | 3: 39.81 |
6th | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3: 40.14 |
7th | Michael Hillardt | Australia | 3: 40.23 |
8th | Steve Cram | Great Britain | 3: 41.19 |
9 | Han Kulker | Netherlands | 3: 42.16 |
10 | Remy Geoffroy | France | 3: 43.03 |
11 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3: 44.54 |
12 | Steve Scott | United States | 3: 45.92 |
Web links
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed March 21, 2020
- Men 1500m Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed March 21, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 1500 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 118), English, accessed on March 21, 2020
Videos
- Abdi Bile Abdi Wins The 1,500M = Rome 1987 = on youtube.com (English), accessed on March 21, 2020
- 1987, Ray Flynn, 1500m Ht1, IAAF World Championships, Rome on youtube.com (English), accessed on March 21, 2020
- 1987, Marcus O'Sullivan, 1500m Ht2, IAAF World Championships, Rome on youtube.com (English), accessed March 21, 2020
- 1987, Gerry O'Reilly, 1500m H3, IAAF World Championships, Rome on youtube.com (English), accessed on March 21, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 21, 2020