2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July.[1][2]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Yassine Bensghir Morocco
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| Silver | Abdul Rahman Suleiman Qatar
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| Bronze | Samuel Mwera Tanzania
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Results[edit]
Final[edit]
21 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Yassine Bensghir | Morocco |
3:40.72 | |
 |
Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Qatar |
3:41.72 | |
 |
Samuel Mwera | Tanzania |
3:41.75 | |
| 4 | Nick Willis |  New Zealand |
3:42.69 | |
| 5 | Toni Mohr |  Germany |
3:44.46 | |
| 6 | Arturo Casado |  Spain |
3:44.67 | |
| 7 | Isaac Songok |  Kenya |
3:44.93 | |
| 8 | Juan Luis Barrios |  Mexico |
3:44.97 | |
| 9 | Andrew O'Neill |  Australia |
3:45.61 | |
| 10 | Cosmin Suteu |  Romania |
3:45.76 | |
| 11 | Chris Lukezic |  United States |
3:46.01 | |
| 12 | Samson Kiplagat | Kenya |
3:50.05 |
Heats[edit]
19 July
Heat 1[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Mwera | Tanzania |
3:43.56 | Q |
| 2 | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco |
3:44.51 | Q |
| 3 | Samson Kiplagat | Kenya |
3:45.16 | Q |
| 4 | Nick Willis | New Zealand |
3:45.98 | Q |
| 5 | Chris Lukezic | United States |
3:46.24 | q |
| 6 | Andrew O'Neill | Australia |
3:46.40 | q |
| 7 | Patrick Schulz | Germany |
3:49.05 | |
| 8 | Marcus van der Koelen |  Netherlands |
3:49.20 | |
| 9 | Mourad Naami |  Algeria |
3:49.27 | |
| 10 | John Lindström |  Sweden |
3:50.24 | |
| 11 | Abdelkader Mahmoudi |  France |
3:53.59 | |
| 12 | Koichi Murakami |  Japan |
3:55.20 | |
| 13 | Sergio Vallejo | Spain |
3:56.09 | |
| 14 | Sabri Kara |  Turkey |
3:58.12 | |
| 15 | Ajmal Amirov |  Tajikistan |
4:01.91 | |
| 16 | Setefano Mika |  Samoa |
4:08.56 |
Heat 2[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Qatar |
3:40.57 | Q |
| 2 | Isaac Songok | Kenya |
3:41.65 | Q |
| 3 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico |
3:42.00 | Q |
| 4 | Toni Mohr | Germany |
3:44.59 | Q |
| 5 | Arturo Casado | Spain |
3:46.69 | q |
| 6 | Cosmin Suteu | Romania |
3:48.23 | q |
| 7 | Aleksandr Krivchonkov |  Russia |
3:49.07 | |
| 8 | Daniel Spitzl |  Austria |
3:49.43 | |
| 9 | Liam Reale |  Ireland |
3:50.52 | |
| 10 | Mounir Yemmouni | France |
3:50.99 | |
| 11 | Shawn Forrest | Australia |
3:54.85 | |
| 12 | Hani Meguellati | Algeria |
4:02.54 | |
| 13 | Shaun Smith |  Jamaica |
4:13.88 | |
| 14 | Park Ji-Yun |  South Korea |
4:26.34 | |
| 15 | Keith Sepety |  Micronesia |
4:32.21 | |
| Vitaliy Gorlukovic |  Lithuania |
DNF |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
Algeria (2)
Australia (2)
Austria (1)
France (2)
Germany (2)
Ireland (1)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (1)
Kenya (2)
Lithuania (1)
Mexico (1)
Micronesia (1)
Morocco (1)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Qatar (1)
Romania (1)
Russia (1)
Samoa (1)
South Korea (1)
Spain (2)
Sweden (1)
Tajikistan (1)
Tanzania (1)
Turkey (1)
United States (1)
References[edit]
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015