92 DAEGU 2011 ★ PAST RESULTS/WORLD CHAMPS MENʼS 1500m Semi-finals (First 5 & 2 fastest to final) (Aug 25) 2, Rashid Ramzi BRN 3:35.00 Heat 1: 1, Guerrouj 3:38.25; 2, Silva 3:38.37; 3, Heshko 3:38.43; 4, Parra 3:38.51; 3, Shedrack Korir KEN 3:35.04 5, Shabunin 3:38.60; 6, Liefers 3:38.61; 7, Songok 3:39.84; 8, Youcef Abdi AUS 3:40.13; 9, Christian Obrist ITA 3:41.88; 10, Gareth Turnbull IRL 3:42.01; 11, Kevin 4, Asbel Kiprop KEN 3:35.24 Sullivan CAN 3:42.33; Valeriy Pisarev KGZ DNS 5, Tarek Boukensa ALG 3:35.26 Heat 2: 1, Baala 3:39.73; 2, Korir 3:40.08; 3, Higuero 3:40.29; 4, Estévez 3:40.75; 6, Anter Zerguelaine ALG 3:35.29 5, Michael East GBR 3:40.87; 6, Hudson de Souza BRA 3:41.12; 7, Tarek Boukensa ALG 3:41.33; 8, Adrian Blincoe NZL 3:41.53; 9, Jason Lunn USA 7, Arturo Casado ESP 3:35.62 3:41.71; 10, Michal Sneberger CZE 3:42.25; 11, Bert Leenaerts BEL 3:43.02; 8, Alan Webb USA 3:35.69 Chouki DQ (r40.1) (3:40.64) 9, Andy Baddeley GBR 3:35.95; 10, Nick Willis NZL 3:36.13; 11, Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 3:36.44; 12, Sergio Gallardo ESP 3:37.03; 13, Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 3:38.43; 14, Youssef Baba MAR 3:38.78 Helsinki 2005 Defending champion Ramzi did not race at all in 2007 before Osaka because of a lingering foot injury, but he qualified comfortably from Final (Aug 10) the heat and won the second semi-final. The first semi featured a dra- 1, Rashid Ramzi BRN 3:37.88 matic finish when two men fell as a consequence of pushing by 2003 2, Adil Kaouch MAR 3:38.00 silver medallist Baala, who originally qualified for the final but was 3, Rui Silva POR 3:38.02 disqualified. 4, Ivan Heshko UKR 3:38.71 The world leader Webb, set the pace in the final, passing 400 in 5, Arturo Casado ESP 3:39.45 58.63. Eighteen year-old Kiprop moved from last at 600m to first at 6, Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 3:40.34 800m (1:58.08). Kiprop still led at the bell (2:41.51), with Webb, Lagat 7, Alex Kipchirchir KEN 3:40.43 8, Tarek Boukensa ALG 3:41.01 and Korir poised for the kill and Ramzi nearby but boxed in. Kiprop 9, Alan Webb USA 3:41.04; 10, Dahame Najem Bashir QAT 3:43.48; 11, Reyes held off the challengers all the way till the last 60m, when Korir came Estévez ESP 3:46.65; 12, Yassine Bensghir MAR 3:50.19 up to his shoulder, and almost simultaneously Lagat came past. In his wake was Ramzi, who edged past Korir in the last few metres to take The first heat saw Paris runner-up Baala outkick Boukensa 3:36.56 to silver. Lagat – who was representing the USA for the first time at a 3:36.70, with a full 10 men qualifying for the next round. One of the championships – won his country’s first global gold at 1500m since favourites, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, let himself be lulled by a slow 1908. pace in heat two, and missed qualifying by one place and 0.04. Ramzi, another favourite, and clearly in good form, could barely restrain him- First round (First 6 & 6 fastest to semi-finals) (Aug 25) self as he ran 3:38.32 in the final heat. Kaouch won the first semi-final, Heat 1: 1, Kiprop 3:40.65; 2, Webb 3:40.73; 3, Higuero 3:40.93; 4, Baba 3:40.96; the slowest for 12 years, in 3:40.51, with Nick Willis (NZL) and Baala 5, Zerguelaine 3:40.97; 6, Sullivan 3:41.39; 7, Shaween 3:41.58; 8, Ivan Heshko the most notable of the eliminated. Alan Webb, pushed the pace in the UKR 3:42.08; 9, Javier Carriqueo ARG 3:42.20; 10, Mounir Yemmouni FRA other semi, as he had done in the first round, reaching 800m in 1:55.67, 3:42.68; 11, Hudson de Souza BRA 3:43.37; 12, Ansu Sowe GAM 3:50.77; 13, Sevak Yeghikyan ARM 4:00.61 before Ramzi took over at the bell and again won by more than a sec- Heat 2: 1, Baala 3:38.65; 2, Ramzi 3:38.72; 3, Moustaoui 3:39.54; 4, Korir 3:39.55; ond in 3:34.69. 5, Baddeley 3:39.60; 6, Gallardo 3:39.92; 7, Willis 3:40.18; 8, Barrios 3:41.05; 9, The final was a tactical race, with Estévez – contesting his fifth Kobayashi 3:41.19; 10, Moradi 3:41.49; 11, Deresse Mekonnen ETH 3:43.15; 12, final – leading the field for two laps (2:03.78), before Webb surged Kamal Boulahfane ALG 3:43.88; 13, Leonel Manzano USA 3:45.97; 14, Saysana through the next 100m in 12.3. The American led at the bell (2:43.69) Bannavong LAO 4:19.80 Heat 3: 1, Casado 3:41.33; 2, Gebremehdin 3:41.43; 3, Lagat 3:41.68; 4, before Ramzi went by, reaching 1200m in 2:57.52 after a 53.5 lap. Boukensa 3:41.71; 5, Obrist 3:41.74; 6, Ali 3:41.87; 7, Komen 3:41.96; 8, Abdalaati Ramzi continued at the same rate with Heshko and Kaouch in hot pur- Iguider MAR 3:43.25; 9, Mark Fountain AUS 3:43.51; 10, Byron Piedra ECU suit. The Ukrainian faded in the finishing straight as Silva finished 3:45.59; 11, Gareth Hyett NZL 3:45.70; 12, Chauncy Master MAW 3:55.18; 13, fastest of all with a 13.3 split for his last 100 [Ramzi 13.9 and Kaouch Hem Bunting CAM 4:08.31; 14, Serdar Nurmyradov TKM 4:10.42 Semi-finals (First 5 & 2 fastest to final) (Aug 27) 13.7], but Ramzi’s combination of speed and strength gave him a well Heat 1: 1, Lagat 3:42.39; 2, Boukensa 3:42.88; 3, Kiprop 3:42.99; 4, Baddeley deserved victory. The four-time champion Hicham El Guerrouj – for 3:43.03; 5, Willis 3:43.34; 6, Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 3:43.39; 7, Mekonnen whom Kaouch had paced in Seville and Edmonton – had effectively Gebremehdin ETH 3:43.41; 8, Higuero 3:44.15; 9, Sajad Moradi IRI 3:46.21; 10, retired after winning Olympic gold in 2004. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 4:02.95; 11, Baba 4:16.23; Mehdi Baala FRA DQ (r163.2) (3:43.01); Higuero & Baba advanced to final after being impeded by Baala First round (First 5 & 9 fastest to semi-finals) (Aug 6) Heat 2: 1, Ramzi 3:40.53; 2, Zerguelaine 3:40.79; 3, Casado 3:40.83; 4, Ali Heat 1: 1, Baala 3:36.56; 2, Boukensa 3:36.70; 3, Kipchirchir 3:36.74; 4, Sullivan 3:41.01; 5, Webb 3:41.08; 6, Gallardo 3:41.14; 7, Korir 3:41.15; 8, Juan Luis 3:36.80; 5, East 3:36.84; 6, Webb 3:36.84; 7, Bensghir 3:37.11; 8, Higuero 3:37.40; Barrios MEX 3:41.17; 9, Kevin Sullivan CAN 3:41.27; 10, Christian Obrist ITA 9, Jansen 3:39.43; 10, Blincoe 3:39.54; 11, Jonas Hamm FIN 3:43.20; 12, Ahmed 3:42.93; 11, Fumikazu Kobayashi JPN 3:43.64; 12, Mohammed Othman Shaween Mohamed Abdillahi DJI 3:50.92; 13, Fumikazu Kobayashi JPN 3:51.76 KSA 3:44.54 Heat 2: 1, Casado 3:41.64; 2, Kaouch 3:41.75; 3, Lukezic 3:41.80; 4, Silva 3:41.83; 5, Bashir 3:41.88; 6, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 3:41.91; 7, Mounir Yemmouni FRA 3:42.39; 8, Anter Zerguelaine ALG 3:43.02; 9, Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 3:43.15; 10, Hudson de Souza BRA 3:43.18; 11, Nick McCormick GBR 3:44.40; 12, Mulugeta Wondimu ETH 3:44.42; Samuel Mwera TAN DNS Berlin 2009 Heat 3: 1, Ramzi 3:38.32; 2, Heshko 3:39.84; 3, Willis 3:39.89; 4, Estévez 3:39.93; 5, Geneti 3:39.94; 6, Baba 3:39.96; 7, Myers 3:40.16; 8, Brannen 3:40.69; 9, Cronje 3:41.43; 10, Augustine Choge KEN 3:41.70; 11, James Nolan IRL 3:42.53; 12, Final (Aug 19) Armen Asyran ARM 4:03.21 1, Yusuf Saad Kamel BRN 3:35.93 Semi-finals (First 5 & 2 fastest to final) (Aug 8) 2, Deresse Mekonnen ETH 3:36.01 Heat 1: 1, Kaouch 3:40.51; 2, Casado 3:40.61; 3, Kipchirchir 3:40.68; 4, Silva 3, Bernard Lagat USA 3:36.20 3:40.72; 5, Estévez 3:40.73; 6, Nick Willis NZL 3:40.87; 7, Kevin Sullivan CAN 3:41.00; 8, Mehdi Baala FRA 3:41.34; 9, Youssef Baba MAR 3:42.12; 10, Rob 4, Asbel Kiprop KEN 3:36.47 Myers USA 3:42.38; 11, Johan Cronje RSA 3:42.77; 12, Markos Geneti ETH 5, Augustine Choge KEN 3:36.53 3:42.80 6, Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 3:36.57 Heat 2: 1, Ramzi 3:34.69; 2, Webb 3:36.07; 3, Boukensa 3:36.14; 4, Bashir 3:36.38; 5, Heshko 3:36.60; 6, Higuero 3:36.65; 7, Bensghir 3:36.76; 8, Chris 7, Mehdi Baala FRA 3:36.99 Lukezic USA 3:37.20; 9, Adrian Blincoe NZL 3:38.20; 10, Nate Brannen CAN 8, Lopez Lomong USA 3:37.62 3:39.37; 11, Michael East GBR 3:40.27; 12, Joeri Jansen BEL 3:44.88 9, Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 3:37.72; 10, Amine Laâlou MAR 3:37.83; 11, Abdalaati Iguider MAR 3:38.35; 12, Leonel Manzano USA 3:40.05 Osaka 2007 The final included three Moroccan and three United States representa- tives, and two from Kenya and Bahrain, though Kenyan-born athletes Final (Aug 29) numbered six in all.