1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Atoi Boru Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi |
| Bronze | Kevin Sullivan Canada |

## Results

### Final

20 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Atoi Boru | Kenya | 3:37.94 |
| | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 3:38.59 |
| | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:39.11 |
| 4 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 3:40.26 |
| 5 | Eddie Crowe | New Zealand | 3:40.82 |
| 6 | Javier Rodríguez | Spain | 3:40.94 |
| 7 | Dominique Löser | Germany | 3:41.47 |
| 8 | Yusuke Fujiwaki | Japan | 3:42.02 |
| 9 | Mohamed Belasri | Morocco | 3:43.60 |
| 10 | Carlo Barbieri | Italy | 3:51.41 |
| 11 | Hailu Zewde | Ethiopia | 3:52.02 |
| 12 | Matt Hibberd | United Kingdom | 3:58.06 |

### Heats

18 September

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atoi Boru | Kenya | 3:41.58 | Q |
| 2 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 3:42.74 | Q |
| 3 | Eddie Crowe | New Zealand | 3:43.02 | Q |
| 4 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:43.17 | Q |
| 5 | Javier Rodríguez | Spain | 3:43.43 | Q |
| 6 | Yusuke Fujiwaki | Japan | 3:44.05 | q |
| 7 | Carlo Barbieri | Italy | 3:44.47 | q |
| 8 | Mitiku Megersa | Ethiopia | 3:44.85 | |
| 9 | David Robertson | United Kingdom | 3:46.47 | |
| 10 | Wieslaw Czajka | Poland | 3:48.05 | |
| 11 | Jörg Söllner | Germany | 3:49.20 | |
| 12 | Ahmed Krama | Algeria | 3:58.25 | |
| 13 | Lennox Ellis | Barbados | 3:58.57 | |
| | Lee Jin-Il | South Korea | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hailu Zewde | Ethiopia | 3:44.80 | Q |
| 2 | Dominique Löser | Germany | 3:44.86 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 3:44.86 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Belasri | Morocco | 3:44.88 | Q |
| 5 | Matt Hibberd | United Kingdom | 3:44.91 | Q |
| 6 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:44.93 | |
| 7 | Andrzej Gromadzinski | Poland | 3:45.73 | |
| 8 | Masamoto Kobayashi | Japan | 3:46.27 | |
| 9 | Hamisi Kassim | Tanzania | 3:46.88 | |
| 10 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:48.73 | |
| 11 | Francisco Ferrando | Spain | 3:49.26 | |
| 12 | Igor Lishchinskiy | Commonwealth of Independent States | 3:49.67 | |
| 13 | Fikre Wondafrash | Ethiopia | 3:50.74 | |
| 14 | Paul Chemase | Kenya | 3:55.13 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Ethiopia (3)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (2)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (2)
* Tanzania (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
