# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Adil Kaouch Morocco |
| Silver | Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya |
| Bronze | Robert Witt Poland |

## Results
### Final

2 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 3:42.43 |
| | Benjamin Kipkurui | Kenya | 3:42.67 |
| | Robert Witt | Poland | 3:43.47 |
| 4 | Kiyoharo Sato | Japan | 3:43.62 |
| 5 | Gabe Jennings | United States | 3:43.94 |
| 6 | Colm McLean | Ireland | 3:44.79 |
| 7 | Alastair Stevenson | Australia | 3:45.39 |
| 8 | Nelson Birgen | Kenya | 3:45.42 |
| 9 | Hicham Lamalem | Morocco | 3:45.71 |
| 10 | Daniel Zegeye | Ethiopia | 3:46.45 |
| 11 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:46.71 |
| 12 | Michael Öhman | Sweden | 3:47.04 |
| 13 | Franek Haschke | Germany | 3:47.10 |
| 14 | Hamish Thorpe | New Zealand | 3:51.80 |

### Heats

31 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gabe Jennings | United States | 3:47.76 | Q |
| 2 | Kiyoharo Sato | Japan | 3:48.27 | Q |
| 3 | Colm McLean | Ireland | 3:49.64 | Q |
| 4 | Florent Lacasse | France | 3:51.48 | |
| 5 | Maurizio Bobbato | Italy | 3:54.14 | |
| 6 | Lucky Hadebe | South Africa | 3:58.37 | |
| 7 | Daniel Moham Lekunutu | Lesotho | 3:58.53 | |
| 8 | Franek Haschke | Germany | 4:04.61 | q |
| 9 | Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel | Mauritania | 4:13.46 | |
| 10 | Cheng Pisey | Cambodia | 4:40.80 | |
| | Yousef El-Nasri | Spain | DQ | IAAF rule 163.2 |
| | Paul Fenn | Australia | DQ | IAAF rule 163.2 |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benjamin Kipkurui | Kenya | 3:50.89 | Q |
| 2 | Hamish Thorpe | New Zealand | 3:52.17 | Q |
| 3 | Alastair Stevenson | Australia | 3:52.26 | Q |
| 4 | Mechal Gebreab | Ethiopia | 3:52.57 | |
| 5 | Nacer Benzine | Algeria | 3:53.46 | |
| 6 | Slavko Petrović | Croatia | 3:54.17 | |
| 7 | Filipe Pedro | Portugal | 3:55.09 | |
| 8 | Enos Matalane | South Africa | 3:55.42 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Al-Bayed | Palestine | 3:56.03 | |
| 10 | Daniel Abicht | Germany | 3:58.70 | |
| 11 | Hicham Lamalem | Morocco | 5:25.07 | q |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 3:45.79 | Q |
| 2 | Nelson Birgen | Kenya | 3:46.60 | Q |
| 3 | Robert Witt | Poland | 3:46.79 | Q |
| 4 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:46.93 | q |
| 5 | Michael Öhman | Sweden | 3:49.51 | q |
| 6 | Daniel Zegeye | Ethiopia | 3:49.93 | q |
| 7 | Steven Barrus | United States | 3:50.04 | |
| 8 | Chris Bolt | United Kingdom | 3:52.10 | |
| 9 | Roberto Castro | Spain | 3:53.89 | |
| 10 | Kamardin Andriantambezina | Madagascar | 3:59.13 | |
| 11 | Kezang Dorji | Bhutan | 4:59.11 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bhutan (1)
* Cambodia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Lesotho (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Morocco (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)