1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23, 24 and 25 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Kenya
Silver	Mohamed Yagoub  Sudan
Bronze	Miloud Abaoub  Algeria

Results[]

Final[]

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		Kenya	3:38.96
	Mohamed Yagoub	Sudan	3:39.17
	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	3:39.37
4	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:40.47
5		Russia	3:40.82
6	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:41.81
7	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	3:42.12
8	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:42.44
9	Dalibor Balgač	Croatia	3:44.62
10	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:45.22
11		Qatar	3:49.28
		Spain	DNF

Semifinals[]

24 August

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	3:42.53	Q
2	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:42.58	Q
3		Kenya	3:42.69	Q
4	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:42.79	Q
5	Dalibor Balgač	Croatia	3:42.86	Q
6	Mohamed Yagoub	Sudan	3:43.24	q
7		Qatar	3:43.88	q
8		Poland	3:44.93
9	Hideki Miyazaki	Japan	3:48.21
10	Michael Stember	United States	3:50.62
11		Ireland	4:00.07
12	Francisco Navarro	Spain	4:02.89

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:42.48	Q
2	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:43.75	Q
3	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	3:44.48	Q
4		Russia	3:45.13	Q
5		Spain	3:45.31	Q
6	Fouad Chouki	France	3:45.32
7		Romania	3:47.17
8		Slovenia	3:47.25
9		Poland	3:49.01
10		United States	3:49.93
11		Canada	3:50.05
12	Darko Radomirović	FR Yugoslavia	4:01.70

Heats[]

23 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:56.20	Q
2		Ireland	3:56.88	Q
3	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:56.90	Q
4	Francisco Navarro	Spain	3:56.92	Q
5		Poland	3:56.94	Q
6		Morocco	3:57.09
7		Japan	3:57.82
8		United Kingdom	4:01.35
9		Malawi	4:15.08
10		Palestine	4:45.03

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:49.42	Q
2	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	3:49.62	Q
3		Kenya	3:49.87	Q
4	Fouad Chouki	France	3:50.15	Q
5		Slovenia	3:50.22	Q
6	Michael Stember	United States	3:50.49	q
7		Poland	3:50.93	q
8		Zambia	3:54.89
9	Mizan Mehari	Ethiopia	4:06.71

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	3:50.85	Q
2		Spain	3:51.31	Q
3	Darko Radomirović	FR Yugoslavia	3:51.42	Q
4		Qatar	3:51.81	Q
5		Russia	3:51.97	Q
6		Romania	3:52.65	q
7		United Kingdom	3:52.81
8	Alexis Sharangabo	Rwanda	3:57.01
9	Mehdi Baala	France	4:21.48
10		Solomon Islands	4:24.11

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:46.70	Q
2	Mohamed Yagoub	Sudan	3:47.76	Q
3	Hideki Miyazaki	Japan	3:48.43	Q
4	Dalibor Balgač	Croatia	3:49.30	Q
5		Canada	3:50.25	Q
6		United States	3:50.40	q
7		Turks and Caicos Islands	4:29.80
8		Vanuatu	4:32.04

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References[]