World Athletics Championships 1995/1500 m men

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	43 athletes from 29 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 10th (preliminary) August 11th (semi-finals) August 13th (final)
Medalist Noureddine Morceli ( ALG )   Hicham El Guerrouj ( MAR )   Vénuste Niyongabo ( BDI )

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

The men's 1,500-meter race at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held from August 10th to 13th, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .

The Algerian Noureddine Morceli won his third consecutive world title . He won ahead of the Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj . Bronze went to Vénuste Niyongabo from Burundi .

Existing records

World record	3: 27.37 min	Noureddine Morceli	Nice , France	July 12, 1995
World Cup record	3: 32.84 min		1991 World Cup in Tokyo , Japan	September 1, 1991

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first five athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Forward 1

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  His seventh place in the first run was not enough for Abdi Bile, 1987 world champion and 1993 world championship third party, to advance

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  Jens-Peter Herold (here in second place in a race in 1987) , 1990 European champion, failed in the preliminary round as eighth of his race

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  Mateo Cañellas was tenth in his preliminary run and was eliminated

August 10, 1995, 5:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Ali Hakimi	Tunisia	3: 48.40
2	Venuste Niyongabo	Burundi	3: 48.58
3	Samir Benfarés	France	3: 48.64
4th	John Mayock	Great Britain	3: 48.65
5	Paul McMullen	United States	3: 48.70
6th	Branko Zorko	Croatia	3: 48.83
7th	Abdi Bile	Somalia	3: 48.86
8th	Jens-Peter Herold	Germany	3: 49.24
9	Jonah Birir	Kenya	3: 49.26
10	Mateo Cañellas	Spain	3: 49.71
11	Xandru Grech	Malta	3: 54.96

Forward 2

August 10, 1995, 6:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3: 42.58
2	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3: 43.05
3	Reuben Chesang Kambich	Kenya	3: 43.26
4th	Rachid El Basir	Morocco	3: 43.29
5	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3: 43.41
6th	Kevin McKay	Great Britain	3: 43.87
7th	Brian Hyde	United States	3: 44.03
8th	Martin Johns	New Zealand	3: 45.10
9	Luís Jesús	Portugal	3: 46.43
10	José Lopez	Venezuela	3: 46.81
11	Werner Edler-Muhr	Austria	3: 47.06

Forward 3

August 10, 1995, 6:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Azzeddine Sediki	Morocco	3: 38.24
2	Gary Lough	Great Britain	3: 38.62
3	Eric Dubus	France	3: 38.80
4th	Julius Achon	Uganda	3: 39.04
5	Niall Bruton	Ireland	3: 39.27
6th	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	3: 39.47
7th	Christophe Impens	Belgium	3: 40.37
8th	Rüdiger Stenzel	Germany	3: 40.65
9	Ovidiu Olteanu	Romania	3: 43.20
10	Nioka Pululu	Republic of the Congo	4: 02.68
DNS	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	Qatar

Forward 4

August 10, 1995, 6:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3: 38.93
2	Mohamed Suleiman	Qatar	3: 39.06
3	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3: 39.21
4th	Abdelkader Chékhémani	France	3: 39.34
5	Terrance Herrington	United States	3: 39.40
6th	Isaac Viciosa	Spain	3: 39.42
7th	Robert Andersen	Denmark	3: 40.50
8th	Passmore Furusa	Zimbabwe	3: 41.01
9	Edgar de Oliveira	Brazil	3: 41.74
10	Sammy Mutai	Kenya	3: 44.57
11	Selwyn Kole	Solomon Islands	4: 05.07

Semifinals

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

Joaquim Cruz (Photo: 2007) , over 800 meters 1984 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic second and 1983 World Cup third, did not make it to the semifinals

August 11, 1995, 7:05 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3: 38.37
2	Niall Bruton	Ireland	3: 39.00
3	Abdelkader Chékhémani	France	3: 39.08
4th	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3: 39.23
5	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3: 39.35
6th	Ali Hakimi	Tunisia	3: 39.40
7th	Eric Dubus	France	3: 39.73
8th	Terrance Herrington	United States	3: 39.96
9	John Mayock	Great Britain	3: 40.20
10	Christophe Impens	Belgium	3: 44.86
11	Azzeddine Sediki	Morocco	3: 46.84
DNS	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil

Semi-final run 2

Samir Benfarés finished eleventh in his semi-final run and was eliminated

August 11, 1995, 7:14 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3: 37.47
2	Venuste Niyongabo	Burundi	3: 37.62
3	Mohamed Suleiman	Qatar	3: 37.78
4th	Gary Lough	Great Britain	3: 37.78
5	Rachid El Basir	Morocco	3: 37.96
6th	Isaac Viciosa	Spain	3: 38.03
7th	Paul McMullen	United States	3: 38.54
8th	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3: 38.61
9	Julius Achon	Uganda	3: 39.87
10	Reuben Chesang Kambich	Kenya	3: 40.63
11	Samir Benfarés	France	3: 43.19
12	Robert Andersen	Denmark	3: 46.41

final

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  Vice world champion Hicham El Guerrouj - he developed into one of the most successful middle and long distance runners in sport history with four world championship titles and two Olympic victories

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  Fermín Cacho (here in 2011) , 1992 Olympic champion, 1993 vice world champion and reigning European champion , came eighth

August 13, 1995, 4:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3: 33.73
2	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3: 35.28
3	Venuste Niyongabo	Burundi	3: 35.56
4th	Rachid El Basir	Morocco	3: 35.96
5	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3: 36.73
6th	Abdelkader Chékhémani	France	3: 36.90
7th	Mohamed Suleiman	Qatar	3: 36.96
8th	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3: 37.02
9	Gary Lough	Great Britain	3: 37.59
10	Paul McMullen	United States	3: 38.23
11	Niall Bruton	Ireland	3: 39.15
12	Isaac Viciosa	Spain	3: 41.12

Video

• Men's 1500m Final World Champs Gothenburg 1995 , video posted April 27, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed May 24, 2020

5000M

Web links

• 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 24, 2020
• Men 1500m Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com (English), accessed on May 24, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 1500 m, Gothenborg 1995, p. 119 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 24, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 16, 2020