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. ^{[1] [2]}

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)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015