The boys' 1500 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7 and 10 of July.Timetable
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeTeshome Dirirsa Vincent Kiprotich Mutai Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best3:33.72Zurich, Switzerland 18 August 2006Championship Record3:36.78Debrecen, Hungary15 July 2001World Youth Leading3:35.54Gaborone, Botswana13 May 2011
Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe 3:48.35 Q 2 Robbie Farnham-Rose 3:50.89 Q 3 Lorenzo Dini 3:52.14 Q, PB 4 Ruairí Finnegan 3:52.60 q 5 Dominik Czaja 3:53.84 6 Abderahmane Adami 3:57.24 PB 7 Harish Singh Koranga 3:57.83 PB 8 Marc Alcalá 3:58.50 9 Leonel Cesar 4:01.20 10 Dániel Kilian 4:01.37 11 Bob Bertemes 4:26.73
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vincent Kiprotich Mutai 3:47.66 Q 2 Fayidu Murad 3:48.00 Q 3 James McMurray 3:50.16 Q, PB 4 Son Myeong-jun 3:53.05 PB 5 Edgar Alan Garcia 3:55.61 6 Benjamin Flanagan 3:55.95 7 Shane Fitzsimons 3:57.18 8 Oleksandr Karpenko 3:58.60 PB 9 Ignacio Diaz-Cano 3:59.05 10 Edwin Haroldo Pirir 4:05.34 11 Omer Almog 4:07.11
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Teshome Dirirsa 3:45.32 Q 2 Yonas Habtemicael 3:50.40 Q 3 Emilio Perco 3:51.20 Q, PB 4 Jacob Burcham 3:51.22 q, PB 5 Hocine Khelif 3:52.77 q, PB 6 Alexander Freemantle 3:56.56 7 Fouad Gares 3:57.28 8 Ivan Malić 4:00.89 9 Alexandre Saddedine 4:03.60 10 Jan Petrac 4:09.19 11 Azham Waheed 4:29.12 PB
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Teshome Dirirsa 3:39.19 PB Vincent Kiprotich Mutai 3:39.17 PB Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe 3:39.54 4 Fayidu Murad 3:40.60 5 Yonas Habtemicael 3:43.89 PB 6 James McMurray 3:46.51 PB 7 Jacob Burcham 3:46.55 PB 8 Robbie Farnham-Rose 3:47.60 PB 9 Lorenzo Dini 3:48.40 PB 10 Ruairí Finnegan 3:49.58 PB 11 Hocine Khelif 3:51.24 PB 12 Emilio Perco 4:11.11
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