1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the 1999 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 1500 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 24 August 1999 at 21:10h.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:27.65 (CR)
	Noah Ngeny (KEN)	3:28.73
	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:30.57
4.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:31.34
5.	Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)	3:31.83
6.	Laban Rotich (KEN)	3:33.32
7.	David Lelei (KEN)	3:33.82
8.	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:34.02
9.	Steve Holman (USA)	3:34.32
10.	Graham Hood (CAN)	3:35.35
11.	Adil Kaouch (MAR)	3:47.05
	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	DNF

Semi-Final

• Held on Sunday 22 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:37.34
2.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:37.88
3.	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:38.16
4.	Laban Rotich (KEN)	3:38.20
5.	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:38.32
6.	Ibrahim Mohamed Aden (SOM)	3:38.57
7.	David Krummenacker (USA)	3:39.19
8.	Alí Hakimi (TUN)	3:39.27
9.	Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)	3:39.87
10.	Marko Koers (NED)	3:40.15
11.	Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG)	3:40.63
12.	Miloud Abaoub (ALG)	3:43.21

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Noah Ngeny (KEN)	3:36.13
2.	Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)	3:36.33
3.	Adil Kaouch (MAR)	3:36.62
4.	David Lelei (KEN)	3:36.81
5.	Graham Hood (CAN)	3:37.23
6.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:37.32
7.	Steve Holman (USA)	3:37.52
8.	Abdelkader Chékhémani (FRA)	3:37.77
9.	Julius Achon (UGA)	3:37.82
10.	Rui Silva (POR)	3:50.85
	John Mayock (GBR)	DNF
	Gert-Jan Liefers (NED)	DNF

Heats

• Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:35.63
2.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:36.43
3.	Laban Rotich (KEN)	3:36.72
4.	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:36.84
5.	Alí Hakimi (TUN)	3:37.25
6.	John Mayock (GBR)	3:37.29
7.	Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)	3:37.31
8.	Graham Hood (CAN)	3:37.39
9.	David Krummenacker (USA)	3:37.85
10.	Miloud Abaoub (ALG)	3:38.40
11.	Vyacheslav Shabunin (RUS)	3:39.70
12.	Zigmund Zilbershtein (GEO)	3:52.76
13.	Liam Byrne (GIB)	4:00.60

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:41.24
2.	Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG)	3:41.34
3.	David Lelei (KEN)	3:41.40
4.	Adil Kaouch (MAR)	3:41.51
5.	Gert-Jan Liefers (NED)	3:41.53
6.	Rui Silva (POR)	3:41.60
7.	Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI)	3:41.87
8.	Dirk Heinze (GER)	3:43.44
9.	Nadir Bosch (FRA)	3:44.46
10.	Kiyoharu Sato (JPN)	3:45.72
11.	Youssef Baba (MAR)	3:48.08
12.	Seneca Lassiter (USA)	3:48.29
13.	Primo Higa (SOL)	4:17.46

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Noah Ngeny (KEN)	3:37.41
2.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:37.63
3.	Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)	3:37.68
4.	Abdelkader Chékhémani (FRA)	3:37.74
5.	Steve Holman (USA)	3:37.75
6.	Julius Achon (UGA)	3:37.97
7.	Marko Koers (NED)	3:38.04
8.	Ibrahim Mohamed Aden (SOM)	3:38.10
9.	Salah El Ghazi (MAR)	3:40.31
10.	Hamish Christensen (NZL)	3:41.11
11.	Kevin Sullivan (CAN)	3:43.49
12.	Francis Munthali (MAW)	3:49.97
13.	Bashar Ibrahim (KUW)	3:50.28
14.	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	3:50.71

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