# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 1 and 3 August 2022.
Of the 44 athletes from 31 countries who originally entered the competition, only 41 competed.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) | 3:28.81 | Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| Championship Record | Abdelaati Iguider (MAR) | 3:35.53 | Grosseto, Italy | 15 July 2004 |
| World U20 Leading | Reynold Cheruiyot (KEN) | 3:34.02 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 2 July 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

The round 1 took place on 1 August, with the 41 athletes involved being split into 2 heats of 14 and 1 of 13 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Reynold Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3:40.96 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Kimaiyo | Kenya | 3:42.69 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Adihana Kasaye | Ethiopia | 3:43.06 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Filip Rak | Poland | 3:44.84 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Vivien Henz | Luxembourg | 3:45.04 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Ermias Girma | Ethiopia | 3:45.40 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Max Davies | Canada | 3:45.55 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Jonathan Grahn | Sweden | 3:45.58 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Nathan Green | United States | 3:45.80 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Ethan Hussey | Great Britain | 3:46.18 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Zane Powell | New Zealand | 3:46.56 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Kevin Kamenschak | Austria | 3:46.60 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Fikadu Fikadu Dawit Girma | Bahrain | 3:47.04 | |
| 14 | 2 | Ferenc Soma Kovács | Hungary | 3:47.20 | |
| 15 | 2 | Thomas Serafini | Italy | 3:47.55 | |
| 16 | 2 | Christoph Schrick | Germany | 3:47.68 | |
| 17 | 1 | Hosea Kiprop | Uganda | 3:48.43 | |
| 18 | 3 | Esten Hauen | Norway | 3:48.74 | |
| 19 | 3 | Regis Thibert | Belgium | 3:49.42 | |
| 20 | 2 | Bade Alsweed | Kuwait | 3:49.52 | |
| 21 | 2 | Johannes Morepe | South Africa | 3:49.63 | |
| 22 | 3 | Sanele Zinxunge | South Africa | 3:49.88 | |
| 23 | 3 | Stefan Nillessen | Netherlands | 3:50.36 | |
| 24 | 1 | Hassan Idleh Diraneh | Djibouti | 3:50.72 | |
| 25 | 3 | Said Ameri | Algeria | 3:50.78 | |
| 26 | 1 | Arjun Waskale | India | 3:51.10 | |
| 27 | 2 | David Ninavia Mamani | Bolivia | 3:52.18 | |
| 28 | 2 | Jumpei Maseda | Japan | 3:52.25 | |
| 29 | 1 | William Knol | Netherlands | 3:53.50 | |
| 30 | 2 | Brayan Antonio Jara | Chile | 3:54.36 | |
| 31 | 3 | Peyton Craig | Australia | 3:55.14 | |
| 32 | 1 | Matthew Erickson | Canada | 3:55.16 | |
| 33 | 1 | Bálint Szinte | Hungary | 3:56.06 | |
| 34 | 1 | Muluken Tewalt | United States | 3:56.54 | |
| 35 | 3 | Pavel Vinduška | Czech Republic | 3:57.22 | |
| 36 | 1 | Patrick Cantlon | Australia | 3:57.50 | |
| 37 | 1 | Benjamin Olsen | Norway | 3:57.64 | |
| 38 | 2 | Gabriel Timba | France | 4:03.35 | |
| 39 | 2 | Karsen Vesty | New Zealand | 4:17.86 | |
| | 1 | Ondřej Gajdoš | Czech Republic | DNF | DNF |
| | 2 | Abdo-Razak Hassan | Djibouti | DNF | DNF |

### Final

The final was started at 19:55 on 3 August.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Reynold Cheruiyot | Kenya | 3:35.83 | |
| | Ermias Girma | Ethiopia | 3:37.24 | |
| | Daniel Kimaiyo | Kenya | 3:37.43 | |
| 4 | Adihana Kasaye | Ethiopia | 3:38.10 | |
| 5 | Nathan Green | United States | 3:39.44 | |
| 6 | Ethan Hussey | Great Britain | 3:39.60 [.593] | PB |
| 7 | Vivien Henz | Luxembourg | 3:39.60 [.600] | |
| 8 | Kevin Kamenschak | Austria | 3:40.95 | PB |
| 9 | Jonathan Grahn | Sweden | 3:43.96 | |
| 10 | Filip Rak | Poland | 3:44.12 | PB |
| 11 | Max Davies | Canada | 3:50.76 | |
| 12 | Zane Powell | New Zealand | 3:59.19 | |