1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Atoi Boru
  Kenya
Silver Vénuste Niyongabo
  Burundi
Bronze Kevin Sullivan
  Canada

Results edit

Final edit

20 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Atoi Boru   Kenya 3:37.94
  Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 3:38.59
  Kevin Sullivan   Canada 3:39.11
4 Kim Soon-Hyung   South Korea 3:40.26
5 Eddie Crowe   New Zealand 3:40.82
6 Javier Rodríguez   Spain 3:40.94
7 Dominique Löser   Germany 3:41.47
8 Yusuke Fujiwaki   Japan 3:42.02
9 Mohamed Belasri   Morocco 3:43.60
10 Carlo Barbieri   Italy 3:51.41
11 Hailu Zewde   Ethiopia 3:52.02
12 Matt Hibberd   United Kingdom 3:58.06

Heats edit

18 September

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Atoi Boru   Kenya 3:41.58 Q
2 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 3:42.74 Q
3 Eddie Crowe   New Zealand 3:43.02 Q
4 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 3:43.17 Q
5 Javier Rodríguez   Spain 3:43.43 Q
6 Yusuke Fujiwaki   Japan 3:44.05 q
7 Carlo Barbieri   Italy 3:44.47 q
8 Mitiku Megersa   Ethiopia 3:44.85
9 David Robertson   United Kingdom 3:46.47
10 Wieslaw Czajka   Poland 3:48.05
11 Jörg Söllner   Germany 3:49.20
12 Ahmed Krama   Algeria 3:58.25
13 Lennox Ellis   Barbados 3:58.57
Lee Jin-Il   South Korea DNF

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hailu Zewde   Ethiopia 3:44.80 Q
2 Dominique Löser   Germany 3:44.86 Q
3 Kim Soon-Hyung   South Korea 3:44.86 Q
4 Mohamed Belasri   Morocco 3:44.88 Q
5 Matt Hibberd   United Kingdom 3:44.91 Q
6 Ali Hakimi   Tunisia 3:44.93
7 Andrzej Gromadzinski   Poland 3:45.73
8 Masamoto Kobayashi   Japan 3:46.27
9 Hamisi Kassim   Tanzania 3:46.88
10 Balázs Tölgyesi   Hungary 3:48.73
11 Francisco Ferrando   Spain 3:49.26
12 Igor Lishchinskiy   Commonwealth of Independent States 3:49.67
13 Fikre Wondafrash   Ethiopia 3:50.74
14 Paul Chemase   Kenya 3:55.13

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015