2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres
# 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.

| Heat | Name | Nationality |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
