# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23, 24 and 25 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Shadrack Lagat Kenya |
| Silver | Mohamed Yagoub Sudan |
| Bronze | Miloud Abaoub Algeria |

## Results
### Final

25 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Shadrack Lagat | Kenya | 3:38.96 |
| | Mohamed Yagoub | Sudan | 3:39.17 |
| | Miloud Abaoub | Algeria | 3:39.37 |
| 4 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:40.47 |
| 5 | Grigoriy Generalov | Russia | 3:40.82 |
| 6 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:41.81 |
| 7 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | Algeria | 3:42.12 |
| 8 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 3:42.44 |
| 9 | Dalibor Balgač | Croatia | 3:44.62 |
| 10 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:45.22 |
| 11 | Nasser Suleiman | Qatar | 3:49.28 |
| | Ivan Manjon | Spain | DNF |

### Semifinals

24 August

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Miloud Abaoub | Algeria | 3:42.53 | Q |
| 2 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:42.58 | Q |
| 3 | Shadrack Lagat | Kenya | 3:42.69 | Q |
| 4 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:42.79 | Q |
| 5 | Dalibor Balgač | Croatia | 3:42.86 | Q |
| 6 | Mohamed Yagoub | Sudan | 3:43.24 | q |
| 7 | Nasser Suleiman | Qatar | 3:43.88 | q |
| 8 | Grzegorz Rogala | Poland | 3:44.93 | |
| 9 | Hideki Miyazaki | Japan | 3:48.21 | |
| 10 | Michael Stember | United States | 3:50.62 | |
| 11 | Andrew Walker | Ireland | 4:00.07 | |
| 12 | Francisco Navarro | Spain | 4:02.89 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 3:42.48 | Q |
| 2 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:43.75 | Q |
| 3 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | Algeria | 3:44.48 | Q |
| 4 | Grigoriy Generalov | Russia | 3:45.13 | Q |
| 5 | Ivan Manjon | Spain | 3:45.31 | Q |
| 6 | Fouad Chouki | France | 3:45.32 | |
| 7 | Daniel Oniciuc | Romania | 3:47.17 | |
| 8 | Ales Tomic | Slovenia | 3:47.25 | |
| 9 | Grzegorz Kujawski | Poland | 3:49.01 | |
| 10 | Todd Humcke | United States | 3:49.93 | |
| 11 | Jay Cantin | Canada | 3:50.05 | |
| 12 | Darko Radomirović | Yugoslavia | 4:01.70 | |

### Heats

23 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 3:56.20 | Q |
| 2 | Andrew Walker | Ireland | 3:56.88 | Q |
| 3 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:56.90 | Q |
| 4 | Francisco Navarro | Spain | 3:56.92 | Q |
| 5 | Grzegorz Rogala | Poland | 3:56.94 | Q |
| 6 | Abdelghani Lahlali | Morocco | 3:57.09 | |
| 7 | Hirohisa Muramatsu | Japan | 3:57.82 | |
| 8 | Tom Mayo | United Kingdom | 4:01.35 | |
| 9 | Meynard Luhanga | Malawi | 4:15.08 | |
| 10 | Mohamed Al-Bayed | Palestine | 4:45.03 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:49.42 | Q |
| 2 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | Algeria | 3:49.62 | Q |
| 3 | Shadrack Lagat | Kenya | 3:49.87 | Q |
| 4 | Fouad Chouki | France | 3:50.15 | Q |
| 5 | Ales Tomic | Slovenia | 3:50.22 | Q |
| 6 | Michael Stember | United States | 3:50.49 | q |
| 7 | Grzegorz Kujawski | Poland | 3:50.93 | q |
| 8 | Reuben Silwimba | Zambia | 3:54.89 | |
| 9 | Mizan Mehari | Ethiopia | 4:06.71 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Miloud Abaoub | Algeria | 3:50.85 | Q |
| 2 | Ivan Manjon | Spain | 3:51.31 | Q |
| 3 | Darko Radomirović | Yugoslavia | 3:51.42 | Q |
| 4 | Nasser Suleiman | Qatar | 3:51.81 | Q |
| 5 | Grigoriy Generalov | Russia | 3:51.97 | Q |
| 6 | Daniel Oniciuc | Romania | 3:52.65 | q |
| 7 | Grant Cuddy | United Kingdom | 3:52.81 | |
| 8 | Alexis Sharangabo | Rwanda | 3:57.01 | |
| 9 | Mehdi Baala | France | 4:21.48 | |
| 10 | Chris Votu | Solomon Islands | 4:24.11 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 3:46.70 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Yagoub | Sudan | 3:47.76 | Q |
| 3 | Hideki Miyazaki | Japan | 3:48.43 | Q |
| 4 | Dalibor Balgač | Croatia | 3:49.30 | Q |
| 5 | Jay Cantin | Canada | 3:50.25 | Q |
| 6 | Todd Humcke | United States | 3:50.40 | q |
| 7 | Lionel Barranco | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4:29.80 | |
| 8 | David Dexter | Vanuatu | 4:32.04 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* France (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Malawi (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Rwanda (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zambia (1)