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

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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]

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Medalists

Gold Adil Kaouch
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Silver Benjamin Kipkurui
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze Robert Witt
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Results

Final

2 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Adil Kaouch Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:42.43
Silver medal icon.svg Benjamin Kipkurui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:42.67
Bronze medal icon.svg Robert Witt Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:43.47
4 Kiyoharo Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:43.62
5 Gabe Jennings Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:43.94
6 Colm McLean Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:44.79
7 Alastair Stevenson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:45.39
8 Nelson Birgen Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:45.42
9 Hicham Lamalem Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:45.71
10 Daniel Zegeye Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:46.45
11 Ivan Heshko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3:46.71
12 Michael Öhman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:47.04
13 Franek Haschke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:47.10
14 Hamish Thorpe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:51.80

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Gabe Jennings Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:47.76Q
2 Kiyoharo Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:48.27Q
3 Colm McLean Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:49.64Q
4 Florent Lacasse Flag of France.svg  France 3:51.48
5 Maurizio Bobbato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:54.14
6 Lucky Hadebe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:58.37
7 Daniel Moham Lekunutu Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho 3:58.53
8 Franek Haschke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:04.61q
9Sidi Mohamed Ould BidjelFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 4:13.46
10 Cheng Pisey Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 4:40.80
Yousef El-Nasri Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DQIAAF rule 163.2
Paul Fenn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DQIAAF rule 163.2

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Participation

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

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