# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Imad Touil Algeria |
| Silver | James Magut Kenya |
| Bronze | Demma Daba Ethiopia |

## Results
### Final

10 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Imad Touil | Algeria | 3:47.40 |
| | James Magut | Kenya | 3:47.51 |
| | Demma Daba | Ethiopia | 3:47.65 |
| 4 | Fredrick Ndunge | Kenya | 3:48.00 |
| 5 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:48.23 |
| 6 | Taha Belkorchi | Morocco | 3:49.26 |
| 7 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:49.48 |
| 8 | Evan Jager | United States | 3:49.59 |
| 9 | David Forrester | United Kingdom | 3:51.00 |
| 10 | Dumisane Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:51.71 |
| 11 | Abdel Madjid Touil | Algeria | 3:51.82 |
| 12 | Mario Scapini | Italy | 3:53.63 |

### Heats

8 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Imad Touil | Algeria | 3:48.86 | Q |
| 2 | Evan Jager | United States | 3:49.23 | Q |
| 3 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:49.35 | Q |
| 4 | Osman Omer | Sudan | 3:49.39 | |
| 5 | James Shane | United Kingdom | 3:49.71 | |
| 6 | Ivan Tukhtachev | Russia | 3:50.44 | |
| 7 | Richard Ringer | Germany | 3:50.77 | |
| 8 | Craig Huffer | Australia | 3:50.90 | |
| 9 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 3:51.44 | |
| 10 | Kamil Zielinski | Poland | 3:55.45 | |
| 11 | Victor Corrales | Spain | 3:58.29 | |
| 12 | San Naing | Myanmar | 4:18.85 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abdel Madjid Touil | Algeria | 3:53.89 | Q |
| 2 | Fredrick Ndunge | Kenya | 3:54.18 | Q |
| 3 | Demma Daba | Ethiopia | 3:54.64 | Q |
| 4 | Mehdi Yazidi | France | 3:54.73 | |
| 5 | Duncan Phillips | United States | 3:55.80 | |
| 6 | Szymon Sznura | Poland | 3:56.25 | |
| 7 | Emad Noor | Saudi Arabia | 3:57.55 | |
| 8 | Derlis Ayala | Paraguay | 3:58.56 | |
| 9 | Thomas Morrison | Canada | 4:01.95 | |
| 10 | Kemoy Campbell | Jamaica | 4:02.80 | |
| 11 | Nkosinathi Zwane | Swaziland | 4:05.23 | |
| 12 | Antoine Berlin | Monaco | 4:07.12 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Magut | Kenya | 3:46.41 | Q |
| 2 | Taha Belkorchi | Morocco | 3:46.79 | Q |
| 3 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:46.82 | Q |
| 4 | Dumisane Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:47.35 | q |
| 5 | David Forrester | United Kingdom | 3:47.64 | q |
| 6 | Mario Scapini | Italy | 3:47.71 | q |
| 7 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:48.54 | |
| 8 | Nemanja Cerovac | Serbia | 3:49.02 | |
| 9 | Matthew Leeder | Canada | 3:49.57 | |
| 10 | Moses Kibet | Uganda | 3:50.82 | |
| 11 | Maxime Zermatten | Switzerland | 3:51.82 | |
| 12 | Florian Orth | Germany | 3:55.45 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Australia (2)
* Canada (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Monaco (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Myanmar (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)