2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
# 2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Fouad El Kaam Morocco | Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya | Vincent Letting Kenya |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3:44.44 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Taresa Tolosa | Ethiopia | 3:44.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Eric Kiptanui | Kenya | 3:44.66 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Younés Essalhi | Morocco | 3:44.70 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Fouad El Kaam | Morocco | 3:46.48 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Santino Kenyi | South Sudan | 3:47.31 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Vincent Letting | Kenya | 3:47.80 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Birhanu Sorsa | Ethiopia | 3:48.43 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Dey Dey | South Sudan | 3:48.43 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Dumisani Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:50.58 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Oskear Komeya | Namibia | 3:51.55 | |
| 12 | 1 | Wellington Varevi | Zimbabwe | 3:51.70 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Sylvester Koko | Botswana | 3:52.31 | |
| 14 | 1 | Mohammad Dookun | Mauritius | 3:54.48 | |
| 15 | 1 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 3:54.76 | |
| 16 | 1 | Abraham Matet | South Sudan | 3:55.14 | |
| 17 | 2 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:56.12 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Benjamín Enzema | Equatorial Guinea | 4:11.87 | |
| | 1 | Benedicto Makumba | Malawi | DNS | |
| | 1 | Daud Mohamed Abubakar | Somalia | DNS | |
| | 1 | Zemen Addis | Ethiopia | DNS | |
| | 1 | Raoul Yeguelet Yeliti | Central African Republic | DNS | |
| | 2 | Abubaker Kaki Khamis | Sudan | DNS | |
| | 2 | Alex Ngouari Mouissi | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 2 | Lamin Keita | Gambia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Patrick Nibafasha | Burundi | DNS | |
| | 2 | Nyasha Mutsetse | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 2 | Yach Wol | South Sudan | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Fouad El Kaam | Morocco | 3:39.49 | |
| | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3:39.71 | |
| | Vincent Letting | Kenya | 3:40.78 | |
| 4 | Younés Essalhi | Morocco | 3:41.34 | |
| 5 | Taresa Tolosa | Ethiopia | 3:42.23 | |
| 6 | Birhanu Sorsa | Ethiopia | 3:43.56 | |
| 7 | Eric Kiptanui | Kenya | 3:43.81 | |
| 8 | Dumisani Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:44.53 | |
| 9 | Johan Cronje | South Africa | 3:45.26 | |
| 10 | Santino Kenyi | South Sudan | 3:45.34 | NR |
| 11 | Wellington Varevi | Zimbabwe | 3:48.40 | |
| 12 | Dey Dey | South Sudan | 3:48.70 | |
