1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 39 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 1987-09-06.

Medalists

Gold	Abdi Bile Somalia (SOM)
Silver	José Luis González Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Jim Spivey United States (USA)

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:36.80
	José Luis González (ESP)	3:38.03
	Jim Spivey (USA)	3:38.82
4.	Joseph Chesire (KEN)	3:39.36
5.	Omer Khalifa (SUD)	3:39.81
6.	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)	3:40.14
7.	Michael Hillardt (AUS)	3:40.23
8.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:41.19
9.	Han Kulker (NED)	3:42.16
10.	Remy Geoffroy (FRA)	3:43.03
11.	Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)	3:44.54
12.	Steve Scott (USA)	3:45.92

Semi-finals

• Held on Friday 1987-09-04

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:35.67
2.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:35.68
3.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:35.78
4.	Joseph Chesire (KEN)	3:35.82
5.	Steve Scott (USA)	3:35.91
6.	Han Kulker (NED)	3:36.08
7.	Remy Geoffroy (FRA)	3:37.47
8.	Leonid Masunov (URS)	3:38.24
9.	Peter Bourke (AUS)	3:38.42
10.	Chuck Aragon (USA)	3:39.45
11.	Zeki Öztürk (TUR)	3:42.17
12.	Dieter Baumann (FRG)	3:47.71

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)	3:40.57
2.	Jim Spivey (USA)	3:40.63
3.	Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)	3:40.64
4.	Omer Khalifa (SUD)	3:40.79
5.	Michael Hillardt (AUS)	3:40.95
6.	Mario Silva (POR)	3:41.12
7.	Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)	3:41.24
8.	Teófilo Benito (ESP)	3:41.89
9.	Steve Crabb (GBR)	3:42.12
10.	Uwe Becker (FRG)	3:43.73
11.	Peter Rono (KEN)	3:44.76
12.	Mogens Guldberg (DEN)	3:50.79

Qualifying heats

• Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Omer Khalifa (SUD)	3:41.93
2.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:42.05
3.	Peter Rono (KEN)	3:42.26
4.	Steve Scott (USA)	3:42.43
5.	Remy Geoffroy (FRA)	3:42.45
6.	Mike Hillardt (AUS)	3:42.79
7.	Peter Wirz (SUI)	3:43.00
8.	Ray Flynn (IRL)	3:43.06
9.	Andrés Vera (ESP)	3:43.24
10.	David Campbell (CAN)	3:43.80
11.	Dieudonne Kwizera (BUR)	3:44.36
12.	Manuel Balmaceda (CHI)	3:49.52
–	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:38.05
2.	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)	3:38.10
3.	Steve Crabb (GBR)	3:38.11
4.	Peter Bourke (AUS)	3:38.18
5.	Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)	3:38.20
6.	Dieter Baumann (FRG)	3:38.31
7.	Mogens Guldberg (DEN)	3:38.67
8.	Joseph Chesire (KEN)	3:38.71
9.	Teofilo Benito (ESP)	3:38.90
10.	Zeki Öztürk (TUR)	3:40.38
11.	Chuck Aragon (USA)	3:40.82
12.	Getahun Ayana (ETH)	3:42.29
13.	Moubarak Mohamed Abdullah (UAE)	3:51.04

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)	3:40.22
2.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:40.28
3.	Han Kulker (NED)	3:40.32
4.	Jim Spivey (USA)	3:40.48
5.	Uwe Becker (FRG)	3:40.63
6.	Leonid Masunov (URS)	3:40.68
7.	Mário Silva (POR)	3:40.99
8.	Adrian Passey (GBR)	3:41.44
9.	Markus Hacksteiner (SUI)	3:42.04
10.	Pat Scammell (AUS)	3:44.93
11.	Gerry O'Reilly (IRL)	3:45.77
12.	Johnny Kroon (SWE)	3:49.06
–	El Moctar (MTN)	DNF

See also

• 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Tokyo)

References

• Results
• Results - World Athletics