1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23, 24 and 25 August.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Shadrack Lagat
  Kenya
Silver Mohamed Yagoub
  Sudan
Bronze Miloud Abaoub
  Algeria

Results edit

Final edit

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Shadrack Lagat   Kenya 3:38.96
  Mohamed Yagoub   Sudan 3:39.17
  Miloud Abaoub   Algeria 3:39.37
4 Gert-Jan Liefers   Netherlands 3:40.47
5 Grigoriy Generalov   Russia 3:40.82
6 Rui Silva   Portugal 3:41.81
7 Ali Saïdi-Sief   Algeria 3:42.12
8 Noah Ngeny   Kenya 3:42.44
9 Dalibor Balgač   Croatia 3:44.62
10 Hudson de Souza   Brazil 3:45.22
11 Nasser Suleiman   Qatar 3:49.28
Ivan Manjon   Spain DNF

Semifinals edit

24 August

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Miloud Abaoub   Algeria 3:42.53 Q
2 Rui Silva   Portugal 3:42.58 Q
3 Shadrack Lagat   Kenya 3:42.69 Q
4 Hudson de Souza   Brazil 3:42.79 Q
5 Dalibor Balgač   Croatia 3:42.86 Q
6 Mohamed Yagoub   Sudan 3:43.24 q
7 Nasser Suleiman   Qatar 3:43.88 q
8 Grzegorz Rogala   Poland 3:44.93
9 Hideki Miyazaki   Japan 3:48.21
10 Michael Stember   United States 3:50.62
11 Andrew Walker   Ireland 4:00.07
12 Francisco Navarro   Spain 4:02.89

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Noah Ngeny   Kenya 3:42.48 Q
2 Gert-Jan Liefers   Netherlands 3:43.75 Q
3 Ali Saïdi-Sief   Algeria 3:44.48 Q
4 Grigoriy Generalov   Russia 3:45.13 Q
5 Ivan Manjon   Spain 3:45.31 Q
6 Fouad Chouki   France 3:45.32
7 Daniel Oniciuc   Romania 3:47.17
8 Ales Tomic   Slovenia 3:47.25
9 Grzegorz Kujawski   Poland 3:49.01
10 Todd Humcke   United States 3:49.93
11 Jay Cantin   Canada 3:50.05
12 Darko Radomirović   Yugoslavia 4:01.70

Heats edit

23 August

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hudson de Souza   Brazil 3:56.20 Q
2 Andrew Walker   Ireland 3:56.88 Q
3 Rui Silva   Portugal 3:56.90 Q
4 Francisco Navarro   Spain 3:56.92 Q
5 Grzegorz Rogala   Poland 3:56.94 Q
6 Abdelghani Lahlali   Morocco 3:57.09
7 Hirohisa Muramatsu   Japan 3:57.82
8 Tom Mayo   United Kingdom 4:01.35
9 Meynard Luhanga   Malawi 4:15.08
10 Mohamed Al-Bayed   Palestine 4:45.03

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gert-Jan Liefers   Netherlands 3:49.42 Q
2 Ali Saïdi-Sief   Algeria 3:49.62 Q
3 Shadrack Lagat   Kenya 3:49.87 Q
4 Fouad Chouki   France 3:50.15 Q
5 Ales Tomic   Slovenia 3:50.22 Q
6 Michael Stember   United States 3:50.49 q
7 Grzegorz Kujawski   Poland 3:50.93 q
8 Reuben Silwimba   Zambia 3:54.89
9 Mizan Mehari   Ethiopia 4:06.71

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Miloud Abaoub   Algeria 3:50.85 Q
2 Ivan Manjon   Spain 3:51.31 Q
3 Darko Radomirović   Yugoslavia 3:51.42 Q
4 Nasser Suleiman   Qatar 3:51.81 Q
5 Grigoriy Generalov   Russia 3:51.97 Q
6 Daniel Oniciuc   Romania 3:52.65 q
7 Grant Cuddy   United Kingdom 3:52.81
8 Alexis Sharangabo   Rwanda 3:57.01
9 Mehdi Baala   France 4:21.48
10 Chris Votu   Solomon Islands 4:24.11

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Noah Ngeny   Kenya 3:46.70 Q
2 Mohamed Yagoub   Sudan 3:47.76 Q
3 Hideki Miyazaki   Japan 3:48.43 Q
4 Dalibor Balgač   Croatia 3:49.30 Q
5 Jay Cantin   Canada 3:50.25 Q
6 Todd Humcke   United States 3:50.40 q
7 Lionel Barranco   Turks and Caicos Islands 4:29.80
8 David Dexter   Vanuatu 4:32.04

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015