Day 3 of the Paris 2003 World Track Championships, provided no Middle or Distance event finals, there were however 2 Men’s Semi-finals.
Day 3 of the Paris 2003 World Championships
Men’s 1500m Semi-finals :
Yet again there were no major upheavels in the procession of the more fancied runners towards the finals. Hicham El Guerrouj produced a performance of assured machurity to win his heat in a time of 3:38.25 closely followed by Portugal’s Rui Silva in 2nd. It was a joy to see the Russian athlete Vyacheslav Shabunin come bounding through over the last 100m to take 5th place in 3:38.60.
In the 2nd semi, France’s Mehdi Baala showed how he has progressed on the World stage with a controlled performance. Never under any pressure once he took the lead, he won as he pleased in 3:39.73 | results |
Men’s 1500m Semi-Finals – Monday, August 25, 2003
Semi Final 1
Pos Bib Athlete Nat Time
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1 908 El Guerrouj Hicham MAR 3:38.25 Q
2 1106 Silva Rui POR 3:38.37 Q
3 1352 Heshko Ivan UKR 3:38.43 Q
4 399 Parra Roberto ESP 3:38.51 Q
5 1189 Shabunin Vyacheslav RUS 3:38.60 Q
6 984 Liefers Gert-Jan NED 3:38.61 q
7 820 Songok Isaac KEN 3:39.84 q
8 40 Abdi Youcef AUS 3:40.13
9 712 Obrist Christian ITA 3:41.88
10 670 Turnbull Gareth IRL 3:42.01
11 219 Sullivan Kevin CAN 3:42.33
826 Pisarev Valery KGZ DNS
Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Time
400m 1 984 Liefers Gert-Jan NED 1:00.51
800m 1 984 Liefers Gert-Jan NED 2:02.40
1200m 1 908 El Guerrouj Hicham MAR 2:58.71
Semi Final 2
Pos Bib Athlete Nat Time
1 457 Baala Mehdi FRA 3:39.73 Q
2 813 Korir Paul KEN 3:40.08 Q
3 388 Higuero Juan Carlos ESP 3:40.29 Q
4 460 Chouki Fouad FRA 3:40.64 Q
5 384 Estévez Reyes ESP 3:40.75 Q
6 515 East Michael GBR 3:40.87
7 174 Santos de Souza Hudson BRA 3:41.12
8 14 Boukensa Tarek ALG 3:41.33
9 1040 Blincoe Adrian NZL 3:41.53
10 1412 Lunn Jason USA 3:41.71
11 335 Sneberger Michal CZE 3:42.25
12 107 Leenaerts Bert BEL 3:43.02
Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Time
400m 1 813 Korir Paul KEN 59.69
800m 1 813 Korir Paul KEN 2:03.87
1200m 1 457 Baala Mehdi FRA 3:00.45
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