2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 12 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World U20 Record | Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) | 3:28.81 | Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) | 3:35.53 | Grosseto, Italy | 15 July 2004 |
| World U20 Leading | Samuel Tefera (ETH) | 3:31.63 | Shanghai, China | 12 May 2018 |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Samuel Tefera | Ethiopia | 3:44.48 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Elzan Bibić | Serbia | 3:44.68 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Justus Soget | Kenya | 3:44.70 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Birhanu Sorsa | Ethiopia | 3:44.92 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Cooper Teare | United States | 3:45.06 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Jake Heyward | Great Britain | 3:45.45 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Robin van Riel | Netherlands | 3:45.52 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Sondre Juven | Norway | 3:45.64 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Callum Davies | Australia | 3:46.32 | q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | Enrique Herreros | Spain | 3:46.66 | |
| 11 | 3 | Hosea Kiplangat | Uganda | 3:46.66 | |
| 12 | 2 | Anass Essayi | Morocco | 3:46.68 | |
| 13 | 2 | Samuel Tanner | New Zealand | 3:47.10 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jaryd Clifford | Australia | 3:47.77 | |
| 15 | 3 | Bram Anderiessen | Netherlands | 3:47.96 | |
| 16 | 3 | Yared Nuguse | United States | 3:49.68 | |
| 17 | 1 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:51.34 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | George Meitamei Manangoi | Kenya | 3:51.40 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Maximilian Sluka | Germany | 3:51.92 | |
| 20 | 1 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 3:52.33 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Isaiah Priddey | New Zealand | 3:52.42 | |
| 22 | 1 | Mario García | Spain | 3:52.70 | |
| 23 | 1 | Daniel Weldetnsae | Eritrea | 3:53.06 | |
| 24 | 1 | Szymon Żywko | Poland | 3:54.02 | |
| 25 | 2 | Hussein Haitham Lafta | Iraq | 3:54.09 | |
| 26 | 1 | Quentin Malriq | France | 3:54.46 | |
| 27 | 3 | Georgios Panagiotis Miliaras | Greece | 3:54.62 | |
| 28 | 1 | Soufiane Hamdaoui | Morocco | 3:54.90 | |
| 29 | 1 | William Devantier | Denmark | 3:55.33 | |
| 30 | 2 | Daniel Kiprop | Uganda | 3:55.47 | |
| 31 | 1 | Jonathan Schmidt | Germany | 3:55.56 | |
| 32 | 1 | Pietro Arese | Italy | 3:55.92 | |
| 33 | 1 | Charlie Dannatt | Canada | 3:56.55 | |
| 34 | 2 | Rabie Deliba | Algeria | 3:58.32 | |
| 35 | 1 | Dominic Lokolong Atiol | Athlete Refugee Team | 3:59.63 | PB |
| 36 | 3 | Ankit | India | 4:05.15 | |
| 37 | 3 | Evan Jones | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4:07.91 | |
| 38 | 2 | Simanga Maseko | Eswatini | 4:09.15 | PB |
| | 2 | Adrian Garcea | Romania | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | George Meitamei Manangoi | Kenya | 3:41.71 | |
| | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:41.89 | |
| | Justus Soget | Kenya | 3:42.14 | |
| 4 | Jake Heyward | Great Britain | 3:43.76 | |
| 5 | Samuel Tefera | Ethiopia | 3:43.91 | |
| 6 | Elzan Bibić | Serbia | 3:44.65 | PB |
| 7 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 3:45.17 | |
| 8 | Sondre Juven | Norway | 3:45.40 | |
| 9 | Birhanu Sorsa | Ethiopia | 3:45.47 | |
| 10 | Cooper Teare | United States | 3:46.18 | |
| 11 | Callum Davies | Australia | 3:46.35 | |
| 12 | Robin van Riel | Netherlands | 3:48.65 | |
