2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–10.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:37.79	Q
2	3	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:37.90	Q, PB
3	1	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:37.93	Q
4	1	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:38.22	Q
5	1	Hailu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	3:38.41	q
6	1	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:39.14	q
7	3	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:39.21	q, PB
8	3	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3:39.40
9	3	Branko Zorko	Croatia	3:39.55	SB
10	1	Jason Lunn	United States	3:40.42	PB
11	1	Luis Feiteira	Portugal	3:40.68	SB
12	1	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	3:40.93
13	1	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:43.14
14	3	Marko Koers	Netherlands	3:43.17
15	3	Darko Radomirović	Yugoslavia	3:46.36
16	2	Laban Rotich	Kenya	3:47.00	Q
17	2	Seneca Lassiter	United States	3:47.06	Q
18	2	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:47.19
19	2	Daniel Zegeye	Ethiopia	3:47.94
20	3	Clyde Colenso	South Africa	3:48.07
21	2	Kamal Boulahfane	Algeria	3:48.59
22	2	Aléxis Abraham	France	3:49.21
23	2	Youssef Baba	Morocco	3:49.46
24	2	Jürgen Vandewiele	Belgium	3:53.42
25	3	Fortunato Yaccdob	Eritrea	3:56.31
26	3	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	4:02.79
27	2	Saad Jalal Uddin	Pakistan	4:03.43
28	2	Youssouf Diallo	Mali	4:06.70
	1	Alexis Sharangabo	Rwanda	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:51.06
	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:51.25
	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:51.63
4	Laban Rotich	Kenya	3:51.71
5	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:51.91
6	Seneca Lassiter	United States	3:52.39
7	Hailu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	3:52.72
8	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:53.03
9	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:56.71

Medalists