The men's 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 6 and 9 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 3:27.72 Paris, France 20 June 2025 Championship Record 3:35.53 Grosseto, Italy 15 July 2004 World U20 Leading 3:32.71 Zagreb, Croatia 26 June 2026
Results Round 1 Round 1 took place in the afternoon session on 6 August 2026. The first 5 in each heat (Q) advanced to the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Osama Er Redouani 3:42.23 , 2 James Alexander 3:42.55 3 Kieran Shepherd 3:42.94 , 4 Destaw Tade 3:43.03 5 Alessandro Casoni 3:43.05 6 Pol Molins 3:43.06 7 George Wyllie 3:43.15 8 Piet Hoyer 3:45.20 9 Árpád Gondos 3:48.93 10 Daniel Kiprotich Chelogoi 3:49.53 11 Bertus van der Linde 3:57.02
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 David Kapaiko Sekento 3:43.60 2 Aldin Ćatović 3:44.55 3 Mohammed Elmoussalit 3:45.28 4 Filip Toul 3:45.39 5 Tiisetso Malungane 3:45.64 6 Nate Stadtlander 3:45.65 7 Chase Capes 3:46.77 8 Luca Cavazzuti 3:47.38 9 Finn Jakob Merheim 3:50.30 10 Aron Mathisen Askim 3:51.42 11 Duarte Vilas Boas 3:51.54 12 Hugo Witteveen 3:51.62
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Wilson Chepkwech 3:45.43 2 Honda Ojiro 3:46.85 3 Henry Dixon 3:47.26 4 3:47.32 5 Karim Fartaz 3:47.43 6 Ethan Newell 3:47.74 7 Eric Huanca Quispe 3:48.75 8 Alexander Cameron-Smith 3:51.37 9 Younes Ghalem 3:53.51 10 Love Nilsson 3:54.02 11 Pablo Antonio Ñauta 3:57.79 12 Hamish Murray 4:00.35
Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 9 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Wilson Chepkwech 3:37.46 David Kapaiko Sekento 3:38.32 Osama Er Redouani 3:39.68 4 Mohammed Elmoussalit 3:41.09 5 Aldin Ćatović 3:41.56 6 Filip Toul 3:41.57 7 3:42.07 8 Kieran Shepherd 3:42.25 9 Tiisetso Malungane 3:42.98 10 Alessandro Casoni 3:43.59 11 James Alexander 3:46.26 12 Destaw Tade 3:46.46 13 Karim Fartaz 3:47.75 14 Honda Ojiro 3:51.59 15 Henry Dixon 3:51.99
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