# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

The boys' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Robert Biwott Kenya | Tesfu Tewelde Eritrea | Titus Kibiego Kenya |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN) | 3:33.72 | Zurich, Switzerland | 18 August 2006 |
| Championship Record | Isaac Kiprono Songok (KEN) | 3:36.78 | Debrecen, Hungary | 15 July 2001 |
| World Youth Leading | Robert Biwott (KEN) | 3:38.5 | Nairobi, Kenya | 11 June 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mathiwos Yotota | Ethiopia | 3:54.98 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Robert Biwott | Kenya | 3:55.12 | Q |
| 3 | Tesfu Tewelde | Eritrea | 3:55.58 | Q |
| 4 | Youcef Boulekdam | Algeria | 3:56.30 | |
| 5 | Liam Dee | Great Britain | 3:56.64 | |
| 6 | Idriss Moussa Youssouf | Qatar | 3:58.48 | PB |
| 7 | Evaggelos Milonas | Greece | 3:58.80 | |
| 8 | Ionuţ Drăgușin | Romania | 4:03.15 | |
| 9 | Julio Ortiz | Mexico | 4:03.40 | |
| 10 | Artem Taran | Ukraine | 4:05.53 | |
| 11 | Riley Alvarez | Canada | 4:05.91 | |
| 12 | Serdal Karatas | Turkey | 4:14.33 | |
| | Weverton Fidelis | Brazil | DNS | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Blake Haney | United States | 3:51.95 | Q |
| 2 | Jesús Ramos | Spain | 3:52.49 | Q |
| 3 | Quentin Tison | France | 3:52.82 | Q |
| 4 | Adam Abdelwahab | Sudan | 3:53.64 | q, PB |
| 5 | Jack Crabtree | Great Britain | 3:54.50 | |
| 6 | Nyasha Mutsetse | Zimbabwe | 3:57.15 | PB |
| 7 | Talel Khalfi | Tunisia | 3:58.06 | |
| 8 | Liam Kennell | Canada | 3:59.59 | |
| 9 | Yassin Bouih | Italy | 4:02.12 | |
| 10 | Luis Solórzano | El Salvador | 4:07.67 | |
| 11 | Filip Sasínek | Czech Republic | 4:24.59 | |
| 12 | Bojan Stanišić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:41.50 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grant Fisher | United States | 3:50.30 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Adisneh Amibelu | Ethiopia | 3:50.34 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Titus Kibiego | Kenya | 3:50.44 | Q |
| 4 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | Italy | 3:50.58 | q, PB |
| 5 | Jawad Douhri | Morocco | 3:51.05 | q |
| 6 | Takieddine Hedeilli | Algeria | 3:53.98 | PB |
| 7 | Abe Tsegaytekie | Eritrea | 3:54.02 | |
| 8 | José María Martínez | Mexico | 3:57.12 | |
| 9 | Wellerson Falcão Vivi | Brazil | 3:57.59 | |
| 10 | Balázs Juhász | Hungary | 3:58.09 | PB |
| 11 | Lee Han-eul | South Korea | 4:05.94 | |
| 12 | Ahmet Coşkun | Turkey | 4:10.72 | |

## Final

Results:
| Rank | ! Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Robert Biwott | Kenya | 3:36.77 | CR |
| | Tesfu Tewelde | Eritrea | 3:42.14 | PB |
| | Titus Kibiego | Kenya | 3:42.97 | |
| 4 | Mathiwos Yotota | Ethiopia | 3:44.43 | PB |
| 5 | Blake Haney | United States | 3:44.69 | PB |
| 6 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | Italy | 3:45.02 | PB |
| 7 | Jesús Ramos | Spain | 3:48.69 | PB |
| 8 | Jawad Douhri | Morocco | 3:49.44 | |
| 9 | Grant Fisher | United States | 3:52.00 | |
| 10 | Adam Abdelwahab | Sudan | 3:52.71 | PB |
| 11 | Adisneh Amibelu | Ethiopia | 3:54.67 | |
| 12 | Quentin Tison | France | 3:55.77 | |