# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Remmy Limo Ndiwa Kenya |
| Silver | Abdalaati Iguider Morocco |
| Bronze | Belal Mansour Ali Bahrain |

## Results
### Final

17 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Remmy Limo Ndiwa | Kenya | 3:40.44 |
| | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:40.73 |
| | Belal Mansour Ali | Bahrain | 3:41.36 |
| 4 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | Kenya | 3:41.68 |
| 5 | Tsegai Tewelde | Eritrea | 3:42.10 |
| 6 | Fouad El-Kaam | Morocco | 3:42.59 |
| 7 | Álvaro Rodríguez | Spain | 3:42.71 |
| 8 | Abdel Ghani Bensaadi | Algeria | 3:44.67 |
| 9 | Otmane Belharbazi | France | 3:45.39 |
| 10 | Andrew Bumbalough | United States | 3:46.89 |
| 11 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 3:48.16 |
| 12 | Abdalla Abdel Gadir | Sudan | 3:49.27 |

### Heats

15 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Remmy Limo Ndiwa | Kenya | 3:50.22 | Q |
| 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:50.23 | Q |
| 3 | Abdalla Abdel Gadir | Sudan | 3:52.39 | Q |
| 4 | Simon Ayeko | Uganda | 3:52.91 | |
| 5 | Jordan Chipangama | Zambia | 3:54.17 | |
| 6 | Péter Szemeti | Hungary | 3:54.52 | |
| 7 | Justin Marpole-Bird | Canada | 3:54.88 | |
| 8 | Víctor Benito | Spain | 3:55.09 | |
| 9 | Riku Marttinen | Finland | 3:58.67 | |
| 10 | Gao Jie | China | 3:59.54 | |
| 11 | Djamchi Attoumani | Comoros | 4:09.89 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Belal Mansour Ali | Bahrain | 3:43.50 | Q |
| 2 | Fouad El-Kaam | Morocco | 3:44.21 | Q |
| 3 | Otmane Belharbazi | France | 3:45.87 | Q |
| 4 | Andrew Bumbalough | United States | 3:47.08 | q |
| 5 | Pascal Sarwat | Tanzania | 3:47.14 | |
| 6 | Tshamano Setone | South Africa | 3:47.49 | |
| 7 | Jean Claude Niyonizigiye | Burundi | 3:47.98 | |
| 8 | Falko Zauber | Germany | 3:48.22 | |
| 9 | Zhang Guolin | China | 3:51.90 | |
| 10 | Daiki Sato | Japan | 3:56.78 | |
| 11 | Adam Graham | Australia | 4:00.32 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | Kenya | 3:44.90 | Q |
| 2 | Álvaro Rodríguez | Spain | 3:45.59 | Q |
| 3 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 3:45.79 | Q |
| 4 | Tsegai Tewelde | Eritrea | 3:45.81 | q |
| 5 | Abdel Ghani Bensaadi | Algeria | 3:45.87 | q |
| 6 | Saleh Bakheet | Bahrain | 3:49.96 | |
| 7 | Hayden McLaren | New Zealand | 3:50.03 | |
| 8 | Andrew Acosta | United States | 3:50.11 | |
| 9 | Tom Wiggers | Netherlands | 3:52.03 | |
| 10 | Mourad Amdouni | France | 3:55.86 | |
| 11 | Leeto Hlalele | Lesotho | 3:59.89 | |
| 12 | Mohamed Ould Sidi | Mauritania | 4:26.06 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Bahrain (2)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (2)
* Comoros (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Uganda (2)
* United States (2)
* Zambia (1)