2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

Boys' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	RSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates	11 July (heats) 14 July (final)
Competitors	37
Winning time	3:36.77 CR
Medalists
Robert Biwott   Kenia   Tesfu Tewelde   Eritrea   Titus Kibiego   Kenia

The boys' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Robert Biwott Kenia	Tesfu Tewelde Eritrea	Titus Kibiego Kenia

Records

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

World Youth Best	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN)	3:33.72	Zurich, Switzerland	18 August 2006
Championship Record	Isaac Kiprono Songok (KEN)	3:36.78	Debrecen, Hungary	15 July 2001
World Youth Leading	Robert Biwott (KEN)	3:38.5	Nairobi, Kenya	11 June 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	Mathiwos Yotota	Äthiopien	3:54.98	Q, PB
2	Robert Biwott	Kenia	3:55.12	Q
3	Tesfu Tewelde	Eritrea	3:55.58	Q
4	Youcef Boulekdam	Algerien	3:56.30
5	Liam Dee	Great Britain	3:56.64
6	Idriss Moussa Youssouf	Katar	3:58.48	PB
7	Evaggelos Milonas	Griechenland	3:58.80
8	Ionuţ Drăgușin	Rumänien	4:03.15
9	Julio Ortiz	Mexiko	4:03.40
10	Artem Taran	Ukraine	4:05.53
11	Riley Alvarez	Kanada	4:05.91
12	Serdal Karatas	Türkei	4:14.33
	Weverton Fidelis	Brasilien	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	Blake Haney	Vereinigte Staaten	3:51.95	Q
2	Jesús Ramos	Spanien	3:52.49	Q
3	Quentin Tison	Frankreich	3:52.82	Q
4	Adam Abdelwahab	Sudan	3:53.64	q, PB
5	Jack Crabtree	Great Britain	3:54.50
6	Nyasha Mutsetse	Simbabwe	3:57.15	PB
7	Talel Khalfi	Tunesien	3:58.06
8	Liam Kennell	Kanada	3:59.59
9	Yassin Bouih	Italien	4:02.12
10	Luis Solórzano	El Salvador	4:07.67
11	Filip Sasínek	Tschechische Republik	4:24.59
12	Bojan Stanišić	Bosnien und Herzegowina	4:41.50

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	Grant Fisher	Vereinigte Staaten	3:50.30	Q, PB
2	Adisneh Amibelu	Äthiopien	3:50.34	Q, PB
3	Titus Kibiego	Kenia	3:50.44	Q
4	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italien	3:50.58	q, PB
5	Jawad Douhri	Marokko	3:51.05	q
6	Takieddine Hedeilli	Algerien	3:53.98	PB
7	Abe Tsegaytekie	Eritrea	3:54.02
8	José María Martínez	Mexiko	3:57.12
9	Wellerson Falcão Vivi	Brasilien	3:57.59
10	Balázs Juhász	Ungarn	3:58.09	PB
11	Lee Han-eul	Südkorea	4:05.94
12	Ahmet Coşkun	Türkei	4:10.72

Final

Results:

Rank	! Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
	Robert Biwott	Kenia	3:36.77	CR
	Tesfu Tewelde	Eritrea	3:42.14	PB
	Titus Kibiego	Kenia	3:42.97
4	Mathiwos Yotota	Äthiopien	3:44.43	PB
5	Blake Haney	Vereinigte Staaten	3:44.69	PB
6	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italien	3:45.02	PB
7	Jesús Ramos	Spanien	3:48.69	PB
8	Jawad Douhri	Marokko	3:49.44
9	Grant Fisher	Vereinigte Staaten	3:52.00
10	Adam Abdelwahab	Sudan	3:52.71	PB
11	Adisneh Amibelu	Äthiopien	3:54.67
12	Quentin Tison	Frankreich	3:55.77