2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

The boys' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.

Boys' 1500 metres
at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueRSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates11 July (heats)
14 July (final)
Competitors37
Winning time3:36.77 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Eritrea
bronze medal    Kenya
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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Robert Biwott
  Kenya
Tesfu Tewelde
  Eritrea
Titus Kibiego
  Kenya

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best   Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN) 3:33.72 Zurich, Switzerland 18 August 2006
Championship Record   Isaac Kiprono Songok (KEN) 3:36.78 Debrecen, Hungary 15 July 2001
World Youth Leading   Robert Biwott (KEN) 3:38.5 Nairobi, Kenya 11 June 2013

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest qualified.[1]

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mathiwos Yotota   Ethiopia 3:54.98 Q, PB
2 Robert Biwott   Kenya 3:55.12 Q
3 Tesfu Tewelde   Eritrea 3:55.58 Q
4 Youcef Boulekdam   Algeria 3:56.30
5 Liam Dee   Great Britain 3:56.64
6 Idriss Moussa Youssouf   Qatar 3:58.48 PB
7 Evaggelos Milonas   Greece 3:58.80
8 Ionuţ Drăgușin   Romania 4:03.15
9 Julio Ortiz   Mexico 4:03.40
10 Artem Taran   Ukraine 4:05.53
11 Riley Alvarez   Canada 4:05.91
12 Serdal Karatas   Turkey 4:14.33
Weverton Fidelis   Brazil DNS

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Blake Haney   United States 3:51.95 Q
2 Jesús Ramos   Spain 3:52.49 Q
3 Quentin Tison   France 3:52.82 Q
4 Adam Abdelwahab   Sudan 3:53.64 q, PB
5 Jack Crabtree   Great Britain 3:54.50
6 Nyasha Mutsetse   Zimbabwe 3:57.15 PB
7 Talel Khalfi   Tunisia 3:58.06
8 Liam Kennell   Canada 3:59.59
9 Yassin Bouih   Italy 4:02.12
10 Luis Solórzano   El Salvador 4:07.67
11 Filip Sasínek   Czech Republic 4:24.59
12 Bojan Stanišić   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:41.50

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grant Fisher   United States 3:50.30 Q, PB
2 Adisneh Amibelu   Ethiopia 3:50.34 Q, PB
3 Titus Kibiego   Kenya 3:50.44 Q
4 Yemaneberhan Crippa   Italy 3:50.58 q, PB
5 Jawad Douhri   Morocco 3:51.05 q
6 Takieddine Hedeilli   Algeria 3:53.98 PB
7 Abe Tsegaytekie   Eritrea 3:54.02
8 José María Martínez   Mexico 3:57.12
9 Wellerson Falcão Vivi   Brazil 3:57.59
10 Balázs Juhász   Hungary 3:58.09 PB
11 Lee Han-eul   South Korea 4:05.94
12 Ahmet Coşkun   Turkey 4:10.72

Final

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Results:[2]

Rank ! Name Nationality Time Notes
  Robert Biwott   Kenya 3:36.77 CR
  Tesfu Tewelde   Eritrea 3:42.14 PB
  Titus Kibiego   Kenya 3:42.97
4 Mathiwos Yotota   Ethiopia 3:44.43 PB
5 Blake Haney   United States 3:44.69 PB
6 Yemaneberhan Crippa   Italy 3:45.02 PB
7 Jesús Ramos   Spain 3:48.69 PB
8 Jawad Douhri   Morocco 3:49.44
9 Grant Fisher   United States 3:52.00
10 Adam Abdelwahab   Sudan 3:52.71 PB
11 Adisneh Amibelu   Ethiopia 3:54.67
12 Quentin Tison   France 3:55.77

References

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  1. ^ "1500 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ "1500 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 July 2013.