1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Adil Kaouch   Morocco
Silver	Benjamin Kipkurui   Kenya
Bronze	Robert Witt   Poland

Results

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:42.43
	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	3:42.67
	Robert Witt	Poland	3:43.47
4	Kiyoharo Sato	Japan	3:43.62
5	Gabe Jennings	United States	3:43.94
6	Colm McLean	Ireland	3:44.79
7	Alastair Stevenson	Australia	3:45.39
8	Nelson Birgen	Kenya	3:45.42
9	Hicham Lamalem	Morocco	3:45.71
10	Daniel Zegeye	Ethiopia	3:46.45
11	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:46.71
12	Michael Öhman	Sweden	3:47.04
13	Franek Haschke	Germany	3:47.10
14	Hamish Thorpe	New Zealand	3:51.80

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gabe Jennings	United States	3:47.76	Q
2	Kiyoharo Sato	Japan	3:48.27	Q
3	Colm McLean	Ireland	3:49.64	Q
4	Florent Lacasse	France	3:51.48
5	Maurizio Bobbato	Italy	3:54.14
6	Lucky Hadebe	South Africa	3:58.37
7	Daniel Moham Lekunutu	Lesotho	3:58.53
8	Franek Haschke	Germany	4:04.61	q
9	Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel	Mauritania	4:13.46
10	Cheng Pisey	Cambodia	4:40.80
	Yousef El-Nasri	Spain	DQ	IAAF rule 163.2
	Paul Fenn	Australia	DQ	IAAF rule 163.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	3:50.89	Q
2	Hamish Thorpe	New Zealand	3:52.17	Q
3	Alastair Stevenson	Australia	3:52.26	Q
4	Mechal Gebreab	Ethiopia	3:52.57
5	Nacer Benzine	Algeria	3:53.46
6	Slavko Petrović	Croatia	3:54.17
7	Filipe Pedro	Portugal	3:55.09
8	Enos Matalane	South Africa	3:55.42
9	Mohamed Al-Bayed	Palestine	3:56.03
10	Daniel Abicht	Germany	3:58.70
11	Hicham Lamalem	Morocco	5:25.07	q

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:45.79	Q
2	Nelson Birgen	Kenya	3:46.60	Q
3	Robert Witt	Poland	3:46.79	Q
4	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:46.93	q
5	Michael Öhman	Sweden	3:49.51	q
6	Daniel Zegeye	Ethiopia	3:49.93	q
7	Steven Barrus	United States	3:50.04
8	Chris Bolt	United Kingdom	3:52.10
9	Roberto Castro	Spain	3:53.89
10	Kamardin Andriantambezina	Madagascar	3:59.13
11	Kezang Dorji	Bhutan	4:59.11

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Bhutan (1)
•   Cambodia (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Lesotho (1)
•   Madagascar (1)
•   Mauritania (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015