2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.

Medalists

Gold	Imad Touil Algeria
Silver	James Magut Kenya
Bronze	Demma Daba Ethiopia

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Imad Touil	Algeria	3:47.40
	James Magut	Kenya	3:47.51
	Demma Daba	Ethiopia	3:47.65
4	Fredrick Ndunge	Kenya	3:48.00
5	Ryan Gregson	Australia	3:48.23
6	Taha Belkorchi	Morocco	3:49.26
7	Florian Carvalho	France	3:49.48
8	Evan Jager	United States	3:49.59
9	David Forrester	United Kingdom	3:51.00
10	Dumisane Hlaselo	South Africa	3:51.71
11	Abdel Madjid Touil	Algeria	3:51.82
12	Mario Scapini	Italy	3:53.63

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Imad Touil	Algeria	3:48.86	Q
2	Evan Jager	United States	3:49.23	Q
3	Florian Carvalho	France	3:49.35	Q
4	Osman Omer	Sudan	3:49.39
5	James Shane	United Kingdom	3:49.71
6	Ivan Tukhtachev	Russia	3:50.44
7	Richard Ringer	Germany	3:50.77
8	Craig Huffer	Australia	3:50.90
9	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	3:51.44
10	Kamil Zielinski	Poland	3:55.45
11	Victor Corrales	Spain	3:58.29
12	San Naing	Myanmar	4:18.85

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abdel Madjid Touil	Algeria	3:53.89	Q
2	Fredrick Ndunge	Kenya	3:54.18	Q
3	Demma Daba	Ethiopia	3:54.64	Q
4	Mehdi Yazidi	France	3:54.73
5	Duncan Phillips	United States	3:55.80
6	Szymon Sznura	Poland	3:56.25
7	Emad Noor	Saudi Arabia	3:57.55
8	Derlis Ayala	Paraguay	3:58.56
9	Thomas Morrison	Canada	4:01.95
10	Kemoy Campbell	Jamaica	4:02.80
11	Nkosinathi Zwane	Swaziland	4:05.23
12	Antoine Berlin	Monaco	4:07.12

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	James Magut	Kenya	3:46.41	Q
2	Taha Belkorchi	Morocco	3:46.79	Q
3	Ryan Gregson	Australia	3:46.82	Q
4	Dumisane Hlaselo	South Africa	3:47.35	q
5	David Forrester	United Kingdom	3:47.64	q
6	Mario Scapini	Italy	3:47.71	q
7	David Bustos	Spain	3:48.54
8	Nemanja Cerovac	Serbia	3:49.02
9	Matthew Leeder	Canada	3:49.57
10	Moses Kibet	Uganda	3:50.82
11	Maxime Zermatten	Switzerland	3:51.82
12	Florian Orth	Germany	3:55.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (2)
• Australia (2)
• Canada (2)
• Ethiopia (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Italy (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Monaco (1)
• Morocco (1)
• Myanmar (1)
• Paraguay (1)
• Poland (2)
• Russia (1)
• Saudi Arabia (1)
• Serbia (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (2)
• Sudan (1)
• Swaziland (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Uganda (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)