# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hamza Driouch Qatar |
| Silver | Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich Kenya |
| Bronze | Abdelhadi Labäli Morocco |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Cornelius Chirchir (KEN) | 3:30.24 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 19 July 2002 |
| Championship Record | Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) | 3:35.53 | Grosseto, Italy | 15 July 2004 |
| World Junior Leading | Geoffrey Barusei (KEN) | 3:33.39 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 27 May 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Hamza Driouch | Qatar | 3:38.06 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Teshome Dirirsa | Ethiopia | 3:41.78 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | Dominic Mutuku Mutili | Kenya | 3:41.97 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Mohammed Abid | Morocco | 3:42.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | Yenew Tebikew | Ethiopia | 3:42.69 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 11 | Carlos Díaz | Chile | 3:43.16 | Q, NJ |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:44.04 | q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | 13 | Federico Bruno | Argentina | 3:44.81 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 9 | Mohamed Abdikadar | Italy | 3:46.37 | q |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Teklit Teweldebrhan | Eritrea | 3:46.46 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 10 | Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich | Kenya | 3:46.54 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Abdelhadi Labäli | Morocco | 3:46.75 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Charlie Grice | Great Britain | 3:47.05 | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Robert Denault | Canada | 3:48.47 | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Abdessalem Ayouni | Tunisia | 3:48.67 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Fabian Brunswig | Germany | 3:48.72 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Yusuke Uchikoshi | Japan | 3:49.06 | |
| 18 | 1 | 12 | Sean Tobin | Ireland | 3:49.11 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Izaic Yorks | United States | 3:49.21 | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Joao Bussotti Neves | Italy | 3:49.37 | |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Julian Oakley | New Zealand | 3:49.43 | |
| 22 | 1 | 11 | Julius Lawnik | Germany | 3:49.51 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Łukasz Gurtkiewicz | Poland | 3:49.61 | |
| 24 | 3 | 12 | Yunus Emre Cavusli | Turkey | 3:50.12 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Ben Moynihan | New Zealand | 3:50.59 | |
| 26 | 1 | 8 | Ferdinand Kvan Edman | Norway | 3:50.95 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Abdullah Obaid Al Salhi | Saudi Arabia | 3:51.78 | |
| 28 | 3 | 11 | David Lorenzo | Spain | 3:52.98 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Ruairí Finnegan | Ireland | 3:53.95 | |
| 30 | 2 | 9 | Kyle Grieve | Canada | 3:54.37 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Austin Mudd | United States | 3:54.82 | |
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Ioran Etchechury | Brazil | 3:55.15 | |
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Marc Alcalá | Spain | 3:55.68 | |
| 34 | 2 | 10 | Egide Kayigire | Rwanda | 3:56.75 | PB |
| 35 | 1 | 6 | Mandhar Legseir | Algeria | 3:59.30 | |
| 36 | 2 | 4 | Boldoo Odbayar | Mongolia | 4:04.65 | PB |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Carles Gómez | Andorra | 4:16.99 | PB |

### Final

| Rank | Order | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Hamza Driouch | Qatar | 3:39.04 | |
| | 1 | Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich | Kenya | 3:40.39 | PB |
| | 12 | Abdelhadi Labäli | Morocco | 3:40.60 | |
| 4 | 7 | Mohammed Abid | Morocco | 3:41.73 | |
| 5 | 8 | Teklit Teweldebrhan | Eritrea | 3:42.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dominic Mutuku Mutili | Kenya | 3:42.79 | |
| 7 | 3 | Carlos Díaz | Chile | 3:44.02 | |
| 8 | 11 | Yenew Tebikew | Ethiopia | 3:44.02 | |
| 9 | 4 | Teshome Dirirsa | Ethiopia | 3:44.54 | |
| 10 | 5 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:46.54 | |
| 11 | 9 | Mohamed Abdikadar | Italy | 3:53.74 | |
| 12 | 10 | Federico Bruno | Argentina | 3:55.38 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Germany (2)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (2)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Rwanda (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)