1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8 and 9 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Noureddine Morceli Algeria	Fermín Cacho Spain	Mário Silva Portugal

Results

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mário Silva	Portugal	3:43.70	Q
2	2	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3:43.73	Q
3	2	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco	3:43.99	Q
4	2	Han Kulker	Netherlands	3:44.04	Q
5	1	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3:44.06	Q
6	2	Michael Busch	Germany	3:44.57	q
7	1	Jeff Atkinson	United States	3:44.83	Q
8	2	Terrance Herrington	United States	3:44.86	q
9	1	Sergey Melnikov	Soviet Union	3:44.91	Q
10	1	Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	3:44.91	Q
11	1	Víctor Rojas	Spain	3:45.43
12	1	Rachid El Basir	Morocco	3:45.83
13	1	Robin van Helden	Netherlands	3:46.33
14	1	David Kibet	Kenya	3:47.33
15	2	José Moreira	Portugal	3:47.57
16	2	Davide Tirelli	Italy	3:47.63
17	1	Alemayehu Roba	Ethiopia	3:48.83
	1	Miroslav Chochkov	Bulgaria	DNS
	2	Jacinto Navarrete	Colombia	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3:41.57
	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3:42.68
	Mário Silva	Portugal	3:43.85
4	Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	3:44.79
5	Han Kulker	Netherlands	3:45.93
6	Jeff Atkinson	United States	3:46.25
7	Michael Busch	Germany	3:46.72
8	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco	3:47.04
9	Terrance Herrington	United States	3:47.19
10	Sergey Melnikov	Soviet Union	3:49.78