Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the 2015 African Games :

| Track events |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | | women |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events |||||
| Half marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| Field events |||||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events |||||
| Heptathlon | | women |
| Decathlon | men | |
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 2015 African Games was held on 13 and 14 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin Djibouti | Salim Keddar Algeria |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3:46.52 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Salim Keddar | Algeria | 3:46.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mulugeta Asefa | Ethiopia | 3:46.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alex Ngouare Moissi | Republic of the Congo | 3:47.03 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:48.32 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Aman Kadi | Ethiopia | 3:48.58 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Youssouf Hiss Bachir | Djibouti | 3:49.04 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Dumisane Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:49.28 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | Djibouti | 3:49.85 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Abdessalem Ayouni | Tunisia | 3:51.01 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Tesfu Tewelde | Eritrea | 3:51.58 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | James Magut | Kenya | 3:53.01 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Ali Udou Hassan | Somalia | 3:53.01 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Yousif Abdalla Timbo | Sudan | 3:55.13 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ahmed Hussein Hassan | Somalia | 3:58.94 | |
| 16 | 2 | Santino Kenyi Oreng | South Sudan | 4:04.14 | |
| | 1 | Kevin Bobando | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 1 | Hillary Kemboi | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 1 | David Conj Taban | South Sudan | DNS | |
| | 2 | Abdel Moula Hossney | Sudan | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:45.73 |
| | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin | Djibouti | 3:45.98 |
| | Salim Keddar | Algeria | 3:46.31 |
| 4 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3:47.02 |
| 5 | Youssouf Hiss Bachir | Djibouti | 3:47.23 |
| 6 | Abdessalem Ayouni | Tunisia | 3:47.64 |
| 7 | Aman Kadi | Ethiopia | 3:48.01 |
| 8 | Tesfu Tewelde | Eritrea | 3:48.75 |
| 9 | Mulugeta Asefa | Ethiopia | 3:49.35 |
| 10 | Dumisane Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:51.64 |
| 11 | Alex Ngouare Moissi | Republic of the Congo | 3:53.55 |
| 12 | Ali Udou Hassan | Somalia | 3:56.78 |
| | James Magut | Kenya | DNS |
