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

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.

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Final

21 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco | 3:40.72 |
| | Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Qatar | 3:41.72 |
| | 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 | Micronesia | 4:32.21 | |
| | Vitaliy Gorlukovic | Lithuania | DNF | |

## Participation

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

* Algeria (2)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Micronesia (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Samoa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United States (1)
