# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 27 and 29 August. The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bernard Lagat United States | Rashid Ramzi Bahrain | Shedrack Kibet Korir Kenya |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| Championship record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:27.65 | Seville, Spain | 14 August 1999 |
| World Leading | Alan Webb (USA) | 3:30.54 | Saint-Denis, France | 6 July 2007 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 25, 2007 | 11:25 | Heats |
| August 27, 2007 | 20:40 | Semifinals |
| August 29, 2007 | 22:05 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3:38.65 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:38.72 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:39.54 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Shedrack Kibet Korir | Kenya | 3:39.55 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Andrew Baddeley | United Kingdom | 3:39.60 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Sergio Gallardo | Spain | 3:39.92 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:40.18 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:40.65 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Alan Webb | United States | 3:40.73 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:40.93 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:40.96 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 3:40.97 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 3:41.05 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Fumikazu Kobayashi | Japan | 3:41.19 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:41.33 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:41.39 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:41.43 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Sajjad Moradi | Iran | 3:41.49 | q |
| 19 | 1 | Mohammed Shaween | Saudi Arabia | 3:41.58 | q |
| 20 | 3 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 3:41.68 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:41.71 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3:41.74 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 3:41.87 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 3:41.96 | q |
| 25 | 1 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:42.08 | |
| 26 | 1 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 3:42.20 | |
| 27 | 1 | Mounir Yemmouni | France | 3:42.68 | |
| 28 | 2 | Deresse Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 3:43.15 | |
| 29 | 3 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:43.25 | |
| 30 | 1 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:43.37 | |
| 31 | 3 | Mark Fountain | Australia | 3:43.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | Kamal Boulahfane | Algeria | 3:43.88 | |
| 33 | 3 | Byron Piedra | Ecuador | 3:45.59 | |
| 34 | 3 | Gareth Hyett | New Zealand | 3:45.70 | |
| 35 | 2 | Leonel Manzano | United States | 3:45.97 | |
| 36 | 1 | Ansu Sowe | Gambia | 3:50.77 | NR |
| 37 | 3 | Chauncy Master | Malawi | 3:55.18 | |
| 38 | 1 | Sevak Yeghikyan | Armenia | 4:00.61 | |
| 39 | 3 | Hem Bunting | Cambodia | 4:08.31 | SB |
| 40 | 3 | Serdar Nurmyradov | Turkmenistan | 4:10.42 | |
| 41 | 2 | Saysana Bannavong | Laos | 4:19.80 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:40.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 3:40.79 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:40.83 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 3:41.01 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Alan Webb | United States | 3:41.08 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Sergio Gallardo | Spain | 3:41.14 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Shedrack Kibet Korir | Kenya | 3:41.15 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 3:41.17 | |
| 9 | 2 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:41.27 | |
| 10 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 3:42.39 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:42.88 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3:42.93 | |
| 13 | 1 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:42.99 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Andrew Baddeley | United Kingdom | 3:43.03 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:43.34 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:43.39 | |
| 17 | 1 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:43.41 | |
| 18 | 2 | Fumikazu Kobayashi | Japan | 3:43.64 | |
| 19 | 1 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:44.15 | q |
| 20 | 2 | Mohammed Shaween | Saudi Arabia | 3:44.54 | |
| 21 | 1 | Sajjad Moradi | Iran | 3:46.21 | |
| 22 | 1 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 4:02.95 | |
| 23 | 1 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 4:16.23 | q |
| | 1 | Mehdi Baala | France | | DSQ |
Note: Mehdi Baala originally won the spot in the final but was later disqualified for causing a collision during his race. Additional spots in the final were awarded to Juan Carlos Higuero and Youssef Baba who suffered in that collision.

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Bernard Lagat | United States | 3:34.77 | |
| | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:35.00 | SB |
| | Shedrack Kibet Korir | Kenya | 3:35.04 | |
| 4 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 3:35.24 | PB |
| 5 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:35.26 | |
| 6 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 3:35.29 | |
| 7 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:35.62 | |
| 8 | Alan Webb | United States | 3:35.69 | |
| 9 | Andrew Baddeley | United Kingdom | 3:35.95 | |
| 10 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:36.13 | |
| 11 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 3:36.44 | |
| 12 | Sergio Gallardo | Spain | 3:37.03 | |
| 13 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:38.43 | |
| 14 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:38.78 | |