1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Julius Achon Uganda |
| - | - |
| Silver | André Bucher Switzerland |
| Bronze | Philip Mosima Kenya |

## Results

### Final

24 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:39.78 |
| | André Bucher | Switzerland | 3:40.46 |
| | Philip Mosima | Kenya | 3:41.09 |
| 4 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:42.98 |
| 5 | Mike Power | Australia | 3:43.86 |
| 6 | Paul Cleary | Australia | 3:44.64 |
| 7 | Alexandru Vasile | Romania | 3:44.78 |
| 8 | Bruno Witchalls | United Kingdom | 3:45.11 |
| 9 | Mauro Casagrande | Italy | 3:45.29 |
| 10 | Elijah Maru | Kenya | 3:45.53 |
| 11 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:45.66 |
| 12 | José Azevedo | Portugal | 4:03.15 |

### Heats

23 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Philip Mosima | Kenya | 3:46.46 | Q |
| 2 | Julius Achon | Uganda | 3:47.35 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Cleary | Australia | 3:47.76 | Q |
| 4 | Mauro Casagrande | Italy | 3:47.87 | Q |
| 5 | Bruno Witchalls | United Kingdom | 3:48.20 | q |
| 6 | Bashir Boushra | Qatar | 3:49.68 | |
| 7 | Luboš Pokorný | Czech Republic | 3:51.68 | |
| 8 | Márcio da Silva | Brazil | 3:51.94 | |
| 9 | Ivan Manjon | Spain | 3:53.22 | |
| 10 | Gilbert Mvuyikuri | Burundi | 3:53.33 | |
| 11 | Ciprian Bolintinescu | Romania | 3:54.27 | |
| 12 | Tenzin Yunda Yunda | Zambia | 3:57.85 | |
| | Bekele Banbere | Ethiopia | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:46.24 | Q |
| 2 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 3:46.27 | Q |
| 3 | Mike Power | Australia | 3:46.49 | Q |
| 4 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:46.53 | Q |
| 5 | Alexandru Vasile | Romania | 3:46.67 | q |
| 6 | José Azevedo | Portugal | 3:48.21 | q |
| 7 | Elijah Maru | Kenya | 3:48.22 | q |
| 8 | Sami Ylihärsilä | Finland | 3:48.36 | |
| 9 | Karl Paranya | United States | 3:50.36 | |
| 10 | Salih Çakir | Turkey | 3:51.15 | |
| 11 | Tesfaye Roba | Ethiopia | 3:51.18 | |
| 12 | Neil Caddy | United Kingdom | 3:51.43 | |
| 13 | Alexis Sharangabo | Burundi | 3:51.60 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Burundi (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (2)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (1)
* Zambia (1)
