2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

The Boys' 1500 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN)	3:33.72	Zürich, Switzerland	18 August 2006
Championship Record	Kumari Taki (KEN)	3:36.38	Cali, Colombia	17 July 2015
World Youth Leading	Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)	3:39.92	Stockholm, Sweden	18 June 2017

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Hosea Kiplangat	Uganda
	1	Nassim Ben Omrane	Tunisia
	1	Dominic Kipkemboi	Kenya
	1	Abebe Dessassa	Ethiopia
	1	Ali Mhanna	Lebanon
	1	Rabie Deliba	Algeria
	1	Bereket Tedros	Eritrea
	1	Burhan Görüroglu	Turkey
	1	Carlos Alberto Vilches	Puerto Rico
	1	Yan Wei	China
	1	Shomari Mtalim	Tanzania
	2	Elias Schreml	Germany
	2	George Meitamei Manangoi	Kenya
	2	Oussama Slimani	Tunisia
	2	Mohammed Ahmed Abubakar	Athletes Refugee Team
	2	Avdesh Nagar	India
	2	Zhang Dayu	China
	2	SeyedAmir Zamanpour	Iran
	2	Anass Essayi	Morocco
	2	Daniel Kiprop	Uganda
	2	Belete Mekonen	Ethiopia
	2	Abdelilah Zahir	Morocco
	2	Mohamed Muhidin Yalahow	Somalia