2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.

Medalists

Gold	Remmy Limo Ndiwa Kenya
Silver	Abdalaati Iguider Morocco
Bronze	Belal Mansour Ali Bahrain

Results

Final

17 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Remmy Limo Ndiwa	Kenya	3:40.44
	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:40.73
	Belal Mansour Ali	Bahrain	3:41.36
4	Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono	Kenya	3:41.68
5	Tsegai Tewelde	Eritrea	3:42.10
6	Fouad El-Kaam	Morocco	3:42.59
7	Álvaro Rodríguez	Spain	3:42.71
8	Abdel Ghani Bensaadi	Algeria	3:44.67
9	Otmane Belharbazi	France	3:45.39
10	Andrew Bumbalough	United States	3:46.89
11	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	3:48.16
12	Abdalla Abdel Gadir	Sudan	3:49.27

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Remmy Limo Ndiwa	Kenya	3:50.22	Q
2	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:50.23	Q
3	Abdalla Abdel Gadir	Sudan	3:52.39	Q
4	Simon Ayeko	Uganda	3:52.91
5	Jordan Chipangama	Zambia	3:54.17
6	Péter Szemeti	Hungary	3:54.52
7	Justin Marpole-Bird	Canada	3:54.88
8	Víctor Benito	Spain	3:55.09
9	Riku Marttinen	Finland	3:58.67
10	Gao Jie	China	3:59.54
11	Djamchi Attoumani	Comoros	4:09.89

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Belal Mansour Ali	Bahrain	3:43.50	Q
2	Fouad El-Kaam	Morocco	3:44.21	Q
3	Otmane Belharbazi	France	3:45.87	Q
4	Andrew Bumbalough	United States	3:47.08	q
5	Pascal Sarwat	Tanzania	3:47.14
6	Tshamano Setone	South Africa	3:47.49
7	Jean Claude Niyonizigiye	Burundi	3:47.98
8	Falko Zauber	Germany	3:48.22
9	Zhang Guolin	China	3:51.90
10	Daiki Sato	Japan	3:56.78
11	Adam Graham	Australia	4:00.32

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono	Kenya	3:44.90	Q
2	Álvaro Rodríguez	Spain	3:45.59	Q
3	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	3:45.79	Q
4	Tsegai Tewelde	Eritrea	3:45.81	q
5	Abdel Ghani Bensaadi	Algeria	3:45.87	q
6	Saleh Bakheet	Bahrain	3:49.96
7	Hayden McLaren	New Zealand	3:50.03
8	Andrew Acosta	United States	3:50.11
9	Tom Wiggers	Netherlands	3:52.03
10	Mourad Amdouni	France	3:55.86
11	Leeto Hlalele	Lesotho	3:59.89
12	Mohamed Ould Sidi	Mauritania	4:26.06

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (1)
• Australia (1)
• Bahrain (2)
• Burundi (1)
• Canada (1)
• China (2)
• Comoros (1)
• Eritrea (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Lesotho (1)
• Mauritania (1)
• Morocco (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (2)
• Sudan (1)
• Tanzania (1)
• Uganda (2)
• United States (2)
• Zambia (1)