World Athletics Championships 1995/1500 m men
5th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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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) |
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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
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
August 10, 1995, 5:50 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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
August 11, 1995, 7:05 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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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
August 11, 1995, 7:14 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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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
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
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) |
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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
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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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 16, 2020