Stadio Olimpico, Roma Italy 14th July 1998
23yr old Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco, bettered the previous mark of 3:27:37 which had been set by Algeria’s Noureddine Morceli almost three years ago to the day, on 12 July 1995, in
Nice.
Hicham's split times were:
400m 0.55;
800: 1:50.73;
1100: 2:32.73,
1200: 2:46.34

53.03 for the last 400m
39.66 seconds for the last 300 metres

This race was the equivalent of two 1:49.87 800 m performances back to back

Mens 1500m results:
1st Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3.26.00
2nd Laban Rotich (Kenya) 3.30.94
3rd John Kibowen (Kenya) 3.31.08
4th Daniel Komen (Kenya) 3.31.10
5th Andres Diaz (Spain) 3:32.17
6th Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 3:33.30
7th Branko Zorko (Croatia) 3:33.64
8th Reyes Estevez (Spain) 3:33.82
9th Sammy Rono (Kenya) 3:34.73
10th John Mayock (Great Britain)  3:36.74
11th Adil Elkaouche (Morocco) 3:37.47
12th Lorenzo Lazzari (Italy)3:40.54
13th Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 3:45.91
14th Ali Saidi Sief (Algeria) 3:47.56
Pacemakers: Robert Kibet and Noah Ngeny (Kenya)