1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.Medalists
Results
Heats
First 3 of each heat and next 3 fastest qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Rüdiger Stenzel | | 3:39.36 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ali Hakimi | | 3:39.49 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kader Chékhémani | | 3:39.52 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Branko Zorko | | 3:39.61 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Graham Hood | | 3:40.07 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | | 3:40.13 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | | 3:40.18 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Niall Bruton | | 3:40.77 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Jason Pyrah | | 3:41.11 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | William Tanui | | 3:41.32 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | | 3:41.34 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Luís Feiteira | | 3:41.46 | PB |
| 13 | 1 | Balázs Tölgyesi | | 3:41.94 | |
| 14 | 2 | Christophe Impens | | 3:41.97 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Ian Campbell | | 3:42.30 | |
| 16 | 2 | Azzeddine Sediki | | 3:42.52 | |
| 17 | 2 | Nadir Bosch | | 3:43.10 | |
| 18 | 3 | Stephen Agar | | 3:45.33 | |
| 19 | 1 | Giuseppe D'Urso | | 3:46.06 | |
| 20 | 2 | Dominique Loser | | 3:48.01 | |
| 21 | 2 | Edgar de Oliveira | | 3:51.41 | |
| 22 | 3 | Gilbert Mvuyikuri | | 3:51.78 | |
| 23 | 2 | Andrea Abelli | | 3:57.65 | |
| 1 | Ibrahim Adan | | | |
| 1 | Benson Koech | | | |
| 2 | Mohamed Yaqoub | | | |
| 3 | Carlos Sequeira | | | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Hicham El Guerrouj | | 3:35.31 | CR |
| Rüdiger Stenzel | | 3:37.24 | |
| William Tanui | | 3:37.48 | |
| Branko Zorko | | 3:39.25 | |
| Andrés Manuel Díaz | | 3:39.73 | SB |
| Ali Hakimi | | 3:39.91 | |
| Jason Pyrah | | 3:41.64 | |
| Niall Bruton | | 3:42.65 | |
| Christophe Impens | | 3:42.89 | |
| 10 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | | 3:44.85 | |
| 11 | Graham Hood | | 3:45.03 | |
| 12 | Kader Chékhémani | | 3:49.47 | |
