# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 and 15 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Abdalaati Iguider Morocco |
| Silver | Benson Esho Kenya |
| Bronze | Brimin Kipruto Kenya |

## Results
### Final

15 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:35.53 |
| | Benson Esho | Kenya | 3:35.80 |
| | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya | 3:35.96 |
| 4 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:37.44 |
| 5 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 3:43.19 |
| 6 | Tom Lancashire | United Kingdom | 3:43.31 |
| 7 | Mike Woods | Canada | 3:43.35 |
| 8 | David Torrence | United States | 3:43.62 |
| 9 | Víctor Montaner | Spain | 3:45.90 |
| 10 | Barnabás Bene | Hungary | 3:48.12 |
| 11 | Aïssa Dahmar | Algeria | 3:51.71 |
| | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | DNF |

### Heats

13 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:43.96 | Q |
| 2 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 3:46.07 | Q |
| 3 | Benson Esho | Kenya | 3:46.46 | Q |
| 4 | Hailu Dinku | Ethiopia | 3:48.12 | |
| 5 | Russell Brown | United States | 3:49.02 | |
| 6 | Adónios Koutríkis | Greece | 3:49.78 | |
| 7 | Moritz Waldmann | Germany | 3:50.51 | |
| 8 | Juan Bote | Spain | 3:54.22 | |
| 9 | Gary Davenport | United Kingdom | 3:58.84 | |
| 10 | Hamidou Garba | Niger | 4:01.99 | |
| 11 | Abdillahi Waberi Robleh | Djibouti | 4:15.30 | |
| | Gilio Iannone | Italy | DQ | IAAF rule 163.2 |
| | Yousef Abu Kwaik | Palestine | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya | 3:42.08 | Q |
| 2 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | 3:42.31 | Q |
| 3 | Tom Lancashire | United Kingdom | 3:42.48 | Q |
| 4 | Mike Woods | Canada | 3:42.49 | q |
| 5 | Víctor Montaner | Spain | 3:45.23 | q |
| 6 | Nikolai Vedehin | Estonia | 3:46.60 | |
| 7 | Łukasz Parszczyński | Poland | 3:47.08 | |
| 8 | Colin Costello | Ireland | 3:49.42 | |
| 9 | Solomon Tsige | Ethiopia | 3:50.12 | |
| 10 | Romain Maquin | France | 3:50.68 | |
| 11 | Stefan Eberhardt | Germany | 3:53.40 | |
| 12 | Setefano Mika | Samoa | 4:03.03 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 3:45.43 | Q |
| 2 | Barnabás Bene | Hungary | 3:45.82 | Q |
| 3 | Aïssa Dahmar | Algeria | 3:46.13 | Q |
| 4 | David Torrence | United States | 3:46.60 | q |
| 5 | Danny Darcy | Ireland | 3:47.75 | |
| 6 | Isaias Haro | Mexico | 3:49.51 | |
| 7 | Victor Gras | France | 3:51.96 | |
| 8 | Adrian Danilewicz | Poland | 3:54.75 | |
| 9 | Kurt Benninger | Canada | 3:54.82 | |
| 10 | Abdalla Abdel Gadir | Sudan | 4:10.61 | |
| 11 | Derek Mandell | Guam | 4:27.27 | |
| 12 | Ben Wieczorek | Norfolk Island | 4:28.05 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Canada (2)
* Djibouti (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Guam (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Niger (1)
* Norfolk Island (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (2)
* Qatar (1)
* Samoa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)