# 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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 1st September 1991. The winning margin was 2.00 seconds.

## Medalists

| Gold | Noureddine Morceli Algeria (ALG) |
| Silver | Wilfred Kirochi Kenya (KEN) |
| Bronze | Hauke Fuhlbrügge Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
* Heats
* 29.08.1991 – 16:50h
* Semifinals
* 30.08.1991 – 17:30h
* Final
* 01.09.1991 – 15:40h

## 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 |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:32.84 CR |
| | Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) | 3:34.84 |
| | Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) | 3:35.28 |
| 4. | Jens-Peter Herold (GER) | 3:35.37 |
| 5. | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:35.62 |
| 6. | Mario Silva (POR) | 3:35.76 |
| 7. | David Kibet (KEN) | 3:36.03 |
| 8. | Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) | 3:36.56 |
| 9. | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:38.12 |
| 10. | Matthew Yates (GBR) | 3:38.71 |
| 11. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:39.49 |
| 12. | Simon Doyle (AUS) | 3:41.54 |

## Semi-finals

* Held on Friday 1991-08-30
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:39.90 |
| 2. | Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) | 3:40.73 |
| 3. | Fermín 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 Fuhlbrügge (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. | João N'Tyamba (ANG) | 3:44.64 |
| 12. | Pat Scammell (AUS) | 3:45.17 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Jens-Peter Herold (GER) | 3:41.23 |
| 2. | Saïd 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. | Teófilo Benito (ESP) | 3:41.61 |
| 7. | Steve Cram (GBR) | 3:41.67 |
| 8. | José Luis González (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 Thiébaut (FRA) | 3:45.18 |
| 13. | Mitsuhiro Okuyama (JPN) | 3:49.96 |

## Qualifying heats

* Held on Thursday 1991-08-29
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:43.45 |
| 2. | Teófilo Benito (ESP) | 3:43.88 |
| 3. | Saïd 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 Geissbühler (SUI) | 3:46.38 |
| 12. | Terrance Herrington (USA) | 3:47.28 |
| 13. | Dale Jones (ATG) | 3:55.41 |
| 14. | Elonga Lucas Eningo (GEQ) | 4:31.23 |
| — | Abdi Bile (SOM) | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Jens-Peter Herold (GER) | 3:41.21 |
| 2. | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:41.48 |
| 3. | Simon Doyle (AUS) | 3:41.50 |
| 4. | Pascal Thiébaut (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 Öztürk (TUR) | 3:42.86 |
| 10. | Luis Núñez (DOM) | 3:48.54 |
| 11. | Fabian Franco (GIB) | 4:03.94 |
| — | Han Kulker (NED) | DNS |
| — | Jim Spivey (USA) | DNS |
| — | Daouda Kassougue (MTN) | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | David Kibet (KEN) | 3:38.07 |
| 2. | Rachid El Basir (MAR) | 3:38.29 |
| 3. | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:38.31 |
| 4. | Mario Silva (POR) | 3:38.37 |
| 5. | Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) | 3:38.63 |
| 6. | Hauke Fuhlbrügge (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. | João N'Tyamba (ANG) | 3:41.05 |
| 11. | Alemayehu Roba (ETH) | 3:42.76 |
| 12. | José Lopez (VEN) | 3:45.61 |
| 13. | Luis Martínez (GUA) | 3:46.39 |
| — | Joe Falcon (USA) | DNS |