2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Kasarani Stadium
Dates	19 August (heats) 21 August (final)
Competitors	22 from 16 nations
Winning time	3:37.24
Medalists
Vincent Kibet Keter    Kenya   Wegene Addisu    Ethiopia   Melkeneh Azize    Ethiopia
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The men's 1500 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships will be held at the Kasarani Stadium on 19 and 21 August. ^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record	Ronald Kwemoi  (KEN)	3:28.81	Monaco	18 July 2014
Championship Record	Abdalaati Iguider  (MAR)	3:35.53	Grosseto, Italy	15 July 2004
World U20 Leading	Kamar Etiang  (KEN)	3:33.12	Nairobi, Kenya	19 June 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Vincent Kibet Keter	Kenya	3:42.35	Q
2	2	Kamar Etiang	Kenya	3:44.75	Q
3	1	Melkeneh Azize	Ethiopia	3:44.81	Q
4	2	Wegene Addisu	Ethiopia	3:44.86	Q
5	1	Abderezak Suleman	Eritrea	3:47.81	Q
6	1	Peter Maru	Uganda	3:48.28	Q
7	2	Pol Oriach	Spain	3:49.32	Q
8	2	Ylies Mihoubi	France	3:50.22	Q
9	2	Santtu Heikkinen	Finland	3:50.55	q
10	1	Hamza Bouchallikh	Morocco	3:51.50	q
11	1	Jean de Dieu Butoyi	Burundi	3:51.70	q
12	2	Dawit Seare	Eritrea	3:53.08	q
13	2	Ismail Loukman	Djibouti	3:53.92
14	2	Taha Er-Raouy	Morocco	3:55.29
15	2	Achraf Abbane	Italy	4:00.98
16	1	Devrim Kazan	Turkey	4:03.61
17	1	Zola Sokhela	South Africa	4:03.70
18	2	Keanu Domingo	South Africa	4:06.19
19	1	Karim Belmahdi	Algeria	4:09.06
20	1	Justin Ciza	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4:27.96	PB
	1	Nabil Mahdi	Djibouti	DNF
	2	Israel Tinajero	Mexico	DQ	TR17.3.2

Final

The final was held on 21 August at 16:31. ^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Vincent Kibet Keter	Kenya	3:37.24
	Wegene Addisu	Ethiopia	3:37.86
	Melkeneh Azize	Ethiopia	3:40.22
4	Pol Oriach	Spain	3:40.36
5	Peter Maru	Uganda	3:41.45
6	Abderezak Suleman	Eritrea	3:42.53
7	Hamza Bouchallikh	Morocco	3:46.75
8	Jean de Dieu Butoyi	Burundi	3:47.42	PB
9	Santtu Heikkinen	Finland	3:49.14
10	Ylies Mihoubi	France	4:00.63
	Kamar Etiang	Kenya	DQ	TR17.3.2
	Dawit Seare	Eritrea	DNS

References

1. "2021 World Athletics U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
2. "1500 Metres Men − Round 1 − Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
3. "1500 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.