# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Wilfred Kirochi Kenya |
| Silver | Noureddine Morceli Algeria |
| Bronze | Fermín Cacho Spain |

## Results
### Final

31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Wilfred Kirochi | Kenya | 3:46.52 |
| | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:46.93 |
| | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:47.31 |
| 4 | Fransua Woldemarian | Ethiopia | 3:47.63 |
| 5 | Jason Pyrah | United States | 3:47.94 |
| 6 | Atoi Boru | Kenya | 3:47.97 |
| 7 | Mohamed Suleiman | Qatar | 3:48.27 |
| 8 | Christophe Impens | Belgium | 3:51.73 |
| 9 | Andrea Cellai | Italy | 3:52.00 |
| 10 | Rens Eising | Netherlands | 3:52.16 |
| 11 | Andrea Erni | Switzerland | 3:52.49 |
| 12 | Hiroshi Fukaya | Japan | 3:53.94 |
| 13 | Hirokazu Tatsumi | Japan | 3:55.61 |
| 14 | Andreas Nellesen | West Germany | 3:58.22 |
| | Paul Vandegrift | United States | DNF |

### Heats

30 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:46.79 | Q |
| 2 | Fransua Woldemarian | Ethiopia | 3:47.34 | Q |
| 3 | Andrea Erni | Switzerland | 3:48.65 | Q |
| 4 | Rens Eising | Netherlands | 3:48.83 | Q |
| 5 | Philimon Hanneck | Zimbabwe | 3:49.10 | |
| 6 | Spencer Punter | Canada | 3:50.96 | |
| 7 | Tommy Gjølga | Norway | 3:51.30 | |
| 8 | Siegfried Sacher | East Germany | 3:51.93 | |
| 9 | Greg Collier | Australia | 3:54.13 | |
| 10 | Alessandro Cellai | Italy | 3:56.75 | |
| 11 | Mohamed Shawki Abdullah | Qatar | 3:57.51 | |
| 12 | Lyle Tenfingers | American Samoa | 4:44.58 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Atoi Boru | Kenya | 3:47.17 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Vandegrift | United States | 3:47.63 | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Nellesen | West Germany | 3:47.81 | Q |
| 4 | Andrea Cellai | Italy | 3:47.82 | Q |
| 5 | Hiroshi Fukaya | Japan | 3:47.99 | q |
| 6 | Simon Brown | United Kingdom | 3:49.45 | |
| 7 | Billy Mullaney | Ireland | 3:51.01 | |
| 8 | Tor-Øyvind Ødegaard | Norway | 3:52.71 | |
| 9 | Artur Zalewski | Poland | 3:55.16 | |
| 10 | Robin Cianca | Panama | 4:09.01 | |
| 11 | Martin Forde | Barbados | 4:15.09 | |
| 12 | Chérif Baba Aïdara | Mauritania | 4:41.49 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilfred Kirochi | Kenya | 3:43.51 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Suleiman | Qatar | 3:43.85 | Q |
| 3 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:44.04 | Q |
| 4 | Christophe Impens | Belgium | 3:44.29 | Q |
| 5 | Hirokazu Tatsumi | Japan | 3:44.77 | q |
| 6 | Jason Pyrah | United States | 3:47.99 | q |
| 7 | Bernhard Richter | Austria | 3:49.75 | |
| 8 | Brendan Matthias | Canada | 3:51.74 | |
| 9 | Paulo Estiveira | Portugal | 3:59.30 | |
| 10 | Urs Kindle | Liechtenstein | 4:09.24 | |
| 11 | Bernard Henry | Saint Lucia | 4:12.87 | |
| 12 | Nioka Pululu | Zaire | 4:13.00 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* American Samoa (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (2)
* East Germany (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Panama (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Qatar (2)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)
* Zaire (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)