2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
# 2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 6–7.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Bernard Lagat Kenya | Laban Rotich Kenya | Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:45.43 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Abdelkader Hachlaf | Morocco | 3:45.44 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:45.62 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Cornelius Chirchir | Kenya | 3:45.75 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Habtai Kifletsion | Eritrea | 3:47.74 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Mohamed Kanzari | Tunisia | 3:48.24 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Keenetse Moswasi | Botswana | 3:53.79 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:56.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:57.00 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:57.04 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Mohamed Khaldi | Algeria | 3:57.18 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Berhanu Alemu | Ethiopia | 3:57.30 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Ibrahim Ofangobi | Benin | 4:02.80 | |
| 14 | 2 | Roland Natouyoulana | Republic of the Congo | 4:10.61 | |
| 15 | 1 | Sory Fofana | Guinea | 4:12.58 | |
| 16 | 2 | Mohamed Faisal | Somalia | 4:16.59 | |
| 17 | 1 | Abdulahi Yahye | Somalia | 4:20.57 | |
| | 1 | Mohamed Babiker | Sudan | DNS | |
| | 2 | Abdillahi Bouh Moumin | Djibouti | DNS | |
| | 2 | Arlindo Pinheiro | São Tomé and Príncipe | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:38.11 |
| | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:38.60 |
| | Abdelkader Hachlaf | Morocco | 3:38.78 |
| 4 | Cornelius Chirchir | Kenya | 3:39.67 |
| 5 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 3:41.49 |
| 6 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:43.00 |
| 7 | Mohamed Khaldi | Algeria | 3:43.46 |
| 8 | Berhanu Alemu | Ethiopia | 3:44.23 |
| 9 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 3:48.20 |
| 10 | Habtai Kifletsion | Eritrea | 3:48.31 |
| 11 | Mohamed Kanzari | Tunisia | 3:48.77 |
| 12 | Keenetse Moswasi | Botswana | 3:56.23 |
