2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
2002 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
10,000 m walk men women
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 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Yassine Bensghir
 Morocco
Silver Abdul Rahman Suleiman
 Qatar
Bronze Samuel Mwera
 Tanzania

Results

Final

21 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Yassine Bensghir  Morocco 3:40.72
2nd Abdul Rahman Suleiman  Qatar 3:41.72
3rd Samuel Mwera  Tanzania 3:41.75
4 Nick Willis  New Zealand 3:42.69
5 Toni Mohr  Germany 3:44.46
6 Arturo Casado  Spain 3:44.67
7 Isaac Songok  Kenya 3:44.93
8 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 3:44.97
9 Andrew O'Neill  Australia 3:45.61
10 Cosmin Suteu  Romania 3:45.76
11 Chris Lukezic  United States 3:46.01
12 Samson Kiplagat  Kenya 3:50.05

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Samuel Mwera  Tanzania 3:43.56 Q
2 Yassine Bensghir  Morocco 3:44.51 Q
3 Samson Kiplagat  Kenya 3:45.16 Q
4 Nick Willis  New Zealand 3:45.98 Q
5 Chris Lukezic  United States 3:46.24 q
6 Andrew O'Neill  Australia 3:46.40 q
7 Patrick Schulz  Germany 3:49.05
8 Marcus van der Koelen  Netherlands 3:49.20
9 Mourad Naami  Algeria 3:49.27
10 John Lindström  Sweden 3:50.24
11 Abdelkader Mahmoudi  France 3:53.59
12 Koichi Murakami  Japan 3:55.20
13 Sergio Vallejo  Spain 3:56.09
14 Sabri Kara  Turkey 3:58.12
15 Ajmal Amirov  Tajikistan 4:01.91
16 Setefano Mika  Samoa 4:08.56

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Abdul Rahman Suleiman  Qatar 3:40.57 Q
2 Isaac Songok  Kenya 3:41.65 Q
3 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 3:42.00 Q
4 Toni Mohr  Germany 3:44.59 Q
5 Arturo Casado  Spain 3:46.69 q
6 Cosmin Suteu  Romania 3:48.23 q
7 Aleksandr Krivchonkov  Russia 3:49.07
8 Daniel Spitzl  Austria 3:49.43
9 Liam Reale  Ireland 3:50.52
10 Mounir Yemmouni  France 3:50.99
11 Shawn Forrest  Australia 3:54.85
12 Hani Meguellati  Algeria 4:02.54
13 Shaun Smith  Jamaica 4:13.88
14 Park Ji-Yun  South Korea 4:26.34
15 Keith Sepety  F.S. Micronesia 4:32.21
16 Vitaliy Gorlukovic  Lithuania DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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