# 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 28 and 31 August 2024.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) | 3:28.81 | Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| Championship Record | Abdelaati Iguider (MAR) | 3:35.53 | Grosseto, Italy | 15 July 2004 |
| World U20 Leading | Niels Laros (NED) | 3:29.52 | Paris, France | 6 August 2024 |

## Results
### Heats

The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josphat Kipkirui | Kenya | 3:44.62 | Q |
| 2 | Johannes Morepe | South Africa | 3:45.10 | Q |
| 3 | Håkon Moe Berg | Norway | 3:45.40 | Q |
| 4 | Aldin Ćatović | Serbia | 3:45.66 | Q, PB |
| 5 | Trent McFarland | United States | 3:46.17 | Q |
| 6 | Uriel Muñoz | Argentina | 3:47.05 | |
| 7 | Alex Riley | Great Britain | 3:48.17 | |
| 8 | Daniel Williams | Australia | 3:48.55 | |
| 9 | Lughaidh Mallon | Ireland | 3:48.69 | |
| 10 | Joshua Abraham | France | 3:49.02 | |
| 11 | Tobias Tent | Germany | 3:51.25 | |
| 12 | Mohamed Boutaguia | Algeria | 3:52.03 | |
| 13 | Kristers Kudlis | Latvia | 3:55.99 | |
| 14 | Liam Smith | Canada | 3:56.51 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Pintado | Spain | 3:44.62 | Q |
| 2 | Abdisa Fayisa | Ethiopia | 3:44.83 | Q |
| 3 | George Couttie | Great Britain | 3:44.84 | Q |
| 4 | Carter Cutting | United States | 3:44.95 | Q |
| 5 | James McLeay | New Zealand | 3:45.12 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Koech Kibiwott | Kenya | 3:45.15 | |
| 7 | Manuel Zanini | Italy | 3:45.27 | |
| 8 | Justin Pretre | Canada | 3:46.66 | |
| 9 | Rui Mineiro | Portugal | 3:48.67 | |
| 10 | Elia Triaca | Switzerland | 3:49.77 | |
| 11 | Albert Szirbek | Hungary | 3:51.25 | |
| 12 | Mehdi Mlaouah | Tunisia | 3:52.17 | |
| 13 | Wyndel Beyde | Aruba | 4:09.45 | PB |
| 14 | Koki Terada | Japan | 4:13.05 | |
| – | Ayoub Elfakhar | Morocco | DNF | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cameron Myers | Australia | 3:41.32 | Q |
| 2 | Jaouad Khchina | Morocco | 3:42.15 | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen | Norway | 3:43.81 | Q |
| 4 | Nicola Baiocchi | Italy | 3:43.83 | Q, PB |
| 5 | Jacob Sande | Uganda | 3:44.09 | Q |
| 6 | Wanis Adjaoud | France | 3:44.29 | |
| 7 | Dumisani Motloung | South Africa | 3:44.53 | PB |
| 8 | Filip Toul | Czech Republic | 3:45.03 | |
| 9 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 3:46.81 | |
| 10 | Abdallah Harek | Algeria | 3:46.85 | |
| 11 | Sendel Musa | Ethiopia | 3:48.86 | |
| 12 | Gonzalo Gervasini | Uruguay | 3:52.34 | |
| 13 | Yanis Payraudeau | Switzerland | 3:55.25 | |
| 14 | David Scheller | Germany | 3:57.40 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Abdisa Fayisa | Ethiopia | 3:40.51 | |
| | Cameron Myers | Australia | 3:40.60 | |
| | Alex Pintado | Spain | 3:41.03 | |
| 4 | Josphat Kipkirui | Kenya | 3:43.20 | |
| 5 | Carter Cutting | United States | 3:43.36 | |
| 6 | Håkon Moe Berg | Norway | 3:43.48 | |
| 7 | Trent McFarland | United States | 3:44.32 | |
| 8 | Nicola Baiocchi | Italy | 3:44.54 | |
| 9 | Aldin Ćatović | Serbia | 3:44.85 | PB |
| 10 | Jaouad Khchina | Morocco | 3:46.51 | |
| 11 | George Couttie | Great Britain | 3:47.42 | |
| 12 | Jacob Sande | Uganda | 3:48.11 | |
| 13 | Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen | Norway | 3:49.45 | |
| 14 | James McLeay | New Zealand | 3:50.63 | |
| – | Johannes Morepe | South Africa | DNS | |