The boys' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRobert BiwottTesfu TeweldeTitus Kibiego
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best3:33.72Zurich, Switzerland18 August 2006Championship Record3:36.78Debrecen, Hungary15 July 2001World Youth Leading3:38.5Nairobi, Kenya11 June 2013
Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mathiwos Yotota 3:54.98 Q, PB 2 Robert Biwott 3:55.12 Q 3 Tesfu Tewelde 3:55.58 Q 4 Youcef Boulekdam 3:56.30 5 Liam Dee 3:56.64 6 Idriss Moussa Youssouf 3:58.48 PB 7 Evaggelos Milonas 3:58.80 8 Ionuţ Drăgușin 4:03.15 9 Julio Ortiz 4:03.40 10 Artem Taran 4:05.53 11 Riley Alvarez 4:05.91 12 Serdal Karatas 4:14.33 Weverton Fidelis DNS
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Blake Haney 3:51.95 Q 2 Jesús Ramos 3:52.49 Q 3 Quentin Tison 3:52.82 Q 4 Adam Abdelwahab 3:53.64 q, PB 5 Jack Crabtree 3:54.50 6 Nyasha Mutsetse 3:57.15 PB 7 Talel Khalfi 3:58.06 8 Liam Kennell 3:59.59 9 Yassin Bouih 4:02.12 10 Luis Solórzano 4:07.67 11 Filip Sasínek 4:24.59 12 Bojan Stanišić 4:41.50
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grant Fisher 3:50.30 Q, PB 2 Adisneh Amibelu 3:50.34 Q, PB 3 Titus Kibiego 3:50.44 Q 4 Yemaneberhan Crippa 3:50.58 q, PB 5 Jawad Douhri 3:51.05 q 6 Takieddine Hedeilli 3:53.98 PB 7 Abe Tsegaytekie 3:54.02 8 José María Martínez 3:57.12 9 Wellerson Falcão Vivi 3:57.59 10 Balázs Juhász 3:58.09 PB 11 Lee Han-eul 4:05.94 12 Ahmet Coşkun 4:10.72
Final Results: Rank ! Name Nationality Time Notes Robert Biwott 3:36.77 CR Tesfu Tewelde 3:42.14 PB Titus Kibiego 3:42.97 4 Mathiwos Yotota 3:44.43 PB 5 Blake Haney 3:44.69 PB 6 Yemaneberhan Crippa 3:45.02 PB 7 Jesús Ramos 3:48.69 PB 8 Jawad Douhri 3:49.44 9 Grant Fisher 3:52.00 10 Adam Abdelwahab 3:52.71 PB 11 Adisneh Amibelu 3:54.67 12 Quentin Tison 3:55.77
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