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

Events at the
1998 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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
1st Adil Kaouch  Morocco 3:42.43
2nd Benjamin Kipkurui  Kenya 3:42.67
3rd 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
11 Yousef El-Nasri  Spain DQ IAAF rule 163.2
12 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.

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
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