1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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 Kenya
Silver	Mohamed Yagoub Sudan
Bronze	Miloud Abaoub Algeria

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Shadrack Lagat	Kenya	3:38.96
	Mohamed Yagoub	Sudan	3:39.17
	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	3:39.37
4	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:40.47
5	Grigoriy Generalov	Russia	3:40.82
6	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:41.81
7	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	3:42.12
8	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:42.44
9	Dalibor Balgač	Croatia	3:44.62
10	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:45.22
11	Nasser Suleiman	Qatar	3:49.28
	Ivan Manjon	Spain	DNF

Semifinals

24 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	3:42.53	Q
2	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:42.58	Q
3	Shadrack Lagat	Kenya	3:42.69	Q
4	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:42.79	Q
5	Dalibor Balgač	Croatia	3:42.86	Q
6	Mohamed Yagoub	Sudan	3:43.24	q
7	Nasser Suleiman	Qatar	3:43.88	q
8	Grzegorz Rogala	Poland	3:44.93
9	Hideki Miyazaki	Japan	3:48.21
10	Michael Stember	United States	3:50.62
11	Andrew Walker	Ireland	4:00.07
12	Francisco Navarro	Spain	4:02.89

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:42.48	Q
2	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:43.75	Q
3	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	3:44.48	Q
4	Grigoriy Generalov	Russia	3:45.13	Q
5	Ivan Manjon	Spain	3:45.31	Q
6	Fouad Chouki	France	3:45.32
7	Daniel Oniciuc	Romania	3:47.17
8	Ales Tomic	Slovenia	3:47.25
9	Grzegorz Kujawski	Poland	3:49.01
10	Todd Humcke	United States	3:49.93
11	Jay Cantin	Canada	3:50.05
12	Darko Radomirović	Yugoslavia	4:01.70

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	3:56.20	Q
2	Andrew Walker	Ireland	3:56.88	Q
3	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:56.90	Q
4	Francisco Navarro	Spain	3:56.92	Q
5	Grzegorz Rogala	Poland	3:56.94	Q
6	Abdelghani Lahlali	Morocco	3:57.09
7	Hirohisa Muramatsu	Japan	3:57.82
8	Tom Mayo	United Kingdom	4:01.35
9	Meynard Luhanga	Malawi	4:15.08
10	Mohamed Al-Bayed	Palestine	4:45.03

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:49.42	Q
2	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	3:49.62	Q
3	Shadrack Lagat	Kenya	3:49.87	Q
4	Fouad Chouki	France	3:50.15	Q
5	Ales Tomic	Slovenia	3:50.22	Q
6	Michael Stember	United States	3:50.49	q
7	Grzegorz Kujawski	Poland	3:50.93	q
8	Reuben Silwimba	Zambia	3:54.89
9	Mizan Mehari	Ethiopia	4:06.71

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	3:50.85	Q
2	Ivan Manjon	Spain	3:51.31	Q
3	Darko Radomirović	Yugoslavia	3:51.42	Q
4	Nasser Suleiman	Qatar	3:51.81	Q
5	Grigoriy Generalov	Russia	3:51.97	Q
6	Daniel Oniciuc	Romania	3:52.65	q
7	Grant Cuddy	United Kingdom	3:52.81
8	Alexis Sharangabo	Rwanda	3:57.01
9	Mehdi Baala	France	4:21.48
10	Chris Votu	Solomon Islands	4:24.11

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	3:46.70	Q
2	Mohamed Yagoub	Sudan	3:47.76	Q
3	Hideki Miyazaki	Japan	3:48.43	Q
4	Dalibor Balgač	Croatia	3:49.30	Q
5	Jay Cantin	Canada	3:50.25	Q
6	Todd Humcke	United States	3:50.40	q
7	Lionel Barranco	Turks and Caicos Islands	4:29.80
8	David Dexter	Vanuatu	4:32.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (2)
• Brazil (1)
• Canada (1)
• Croatia (1)
• Ethiopia (1)
• France (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (2)
• Malawi (1)
• Morocco (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Palestine (1)
• Poland (2)
• Portugal (1)
• Qatar (1)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (1)
• Rwanda (1)
• Slovenia (1)
• Solomon Islands (1)
• Spain (2)
• Sudan (1)
• Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• Vanuatu (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)
• Zambia (1)