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.
Medalists Gold Yassine Bensghir Silver Abdul Rahman Suleiman Bronze Samuel Mwera
Results
Final 21 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yassine Bensghir 3:40.72 Abdul Rahman Suleiman 3:41.72 Samuel Mwera 3:41.75 4 Nick Willis 3:42.69 5 Toni Mohr 3:44.46 6 Arturo Casado 3:44.67 7 Isaac Songok 3:44.93 8 Juan Luis Barrios 3:44.97 9 Andrew O'Neill 3:45.61 10 Cosmin Suteu 3:45.76 11 Chris Lukezic 3:46.01 12 Samson Kiplagat 3:50.05
Heats 19 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Samuel Mwera 3:43.56 Q 2 Yassine Bensghir 3:44.51 Q 3 Samson Kiplagat 3:45.16 Q 4 Nick Willis 3:45.98 Q 5 Chris Lukezic 3:46.24 q 6 Andrew O'Neill 3:46.40 q 7 Patrick Schulz 3:49.05 8 Marcus van der Koelen 3:49.20 9 Mourad Naami 3:49.27 10 John Lindström 3:50.24 11 Abdelkader Mahmoudi 3:53.59 12 Koichi Murakami 3:55.20 13 Sergio Vallejo 3:56.09 14 Sabri Kara 3:58.12 15 Ajmal Amirov 4:01.91 16 Setefano Mika 4:08.56
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abdul Rahman Suleiman 3:40.57 Q 2 Isaac Songok 3:41.65 Q 3 Juan Luis Barrios 3:42.00 Q 4 Toni Mohr 3:44.59 Q 5 Arturo Casado 3:46.69 q 6 Cosmin Suteu 3:48.23 q 7 Aleksandr Krivchonkov 3:49.07 8 Daniel Spitzl 3:49.43 9 Liam Reale 3:50.52 10 Mounir Yemmouni 3:50.99 11 Shawn Forrest 3:54.85 12 Hani Meguellati 4:02.54 13 Shaun Smith 4:13.88 14 Park Ji-Yun 4:26.34 15 Keith Sepety 4:32.21 Vitaliy Gorlukovic DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
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