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

## 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 | |
