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.
Medalists Gold Shadrack Lagat Silver Mohamed Yagoub Bronze Miloud Abaoub
Results Final 25 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shadrack Lagat 3:38.96 Mohamed Yagoub 3:39.17 Miloud Abaoub 3:39.37 4 Gert-Jan Liefers 3:40.47 5 Grigoriy Generalov 3:40.82 6 Rui Silva 3:41.81 7 Ali Saïdi-Sief 3:42.12 8 Noah Ngeny 3:42.44 9 Dalibor Balgač 3:44.62 10 Hudson de Souza 3:45.22 11 Nasser Suleiman 3:49.28 Ivan Manjon DNF
Semifinals 24 August
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Miloud Abaoub 3:42.53 Q 2 Rui Silva 3:42.58 Q 3 Shadrack Lagat 3:42.69 Q 4 Hudson de Souza 3:42.79 Q 5 Dalibor Balgač 3:42.86 Q 6 Mohamed Yagoub 3:43.24 q 7 Nasser Suleiman 3:43.88 q 8 Grzegorz Rogala 3:44.93 9 Hideki Miyazaki 3:48.21 10 Michael Stember 3:50.62 11 Andrew Walker 4:00.07 12 Francisco Navarro 4:02.89
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Noah Ngeny 3:42.48 Q 2 Gert-Jan Liefers 3:43.75 Q 3 Ali Saïdi-Sief 3:44.48 Q 4 Grigoriy Generalov 3:45.13 Q 5 Ivan Manjon 3:45.31 Q 6 Fouad Chouki 3:45.32 7 Daniel Oniciuc 3:47.17 8 Ales Tomic 3:47.25 9 Grzegorz Kujawski 3:49.01 10 Todd Humcke 3:49.93 11 Jay Cantin 3:50.05 12 Darko Radomirović 4:01.70
Heats 23 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hudson de Souza 3:56.20 Q 2 Andrew Walker 3:56.88 Q 3 Rui Silva 3:56.90 Q 4 Francisco Navarro 3:56.92 Q 5 Grzegorz Rogala 3:56.94 Q 6 Abdelghani Lahlali 3:57.09 7 Hirohisa Muramatsu 3:57.82 8 Tom Mayo 4:01.35 9 Meynard Luhanga 4:15.08 10 Mohamed Al-Bayed 4:45.03
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gert-Jan Liefers 3:49.42 Q 2 Ali Saïdi-Sief 3:49.62 Q 3 Shadrack Lagat 3:49.87 Q 4 Fouad Chouki 3:50.15 Q 5 Ales Tomic 3:50.22 Q 6 Michael Stember 3:50.49 q 7 Grzegorz Kujawski 3:50.93 q 8 Reuben Silwimba 3:54.89 9 Mizan Mehari 4:06.71
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Miloud Abaoub 3:50.85 Q 2 Ivan Manjon 3:51.31 Q 3 Darko Radomirović 3:51.42 Q 4 Nasser Suleiman 3:51.81 Q 5 Grigoriy Generalov 3:51.97 Q 6 Daniel Oniciuc 3:52.65 q 7 Grant Cuddy 3:52.81 8 Alexis Sharangabo 3:57.01 9 Mehdi Baala 4:21.48 10 Chris Votu 4:24.11
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Noah Ngeny 3:46.70 Q 2 Mohamed Yagoub 3:47.76 Q 3 Hideki Miyazaki 3:48.43 Q 4 Dalibor Balgač 3:49.30 Q 5 Jay Cantin 3:50.25 Q 6 Todd Humcke 3:50.40 q 7 Lionel Barranco 4:29.80 8 David Dexter 4:32.04
Participation According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
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