1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldAdil Kaouch
 Morocco
SilverBenjamin Kipkurui
 Kenya
BronzeRobert Witt
 Poland

Results

Final

2 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Adil Kaouch Morocco3:42.43
Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya3:42.67
Robert Witt Poland3:43.47
4Kiyoharo Sato Japan3:43.62
5Gabe Jennings United States3:43.94
6Colm McLean Ireland3:44.79
7Alastair Stevenson Australia3:45.39
8Nelson Birgen Kenya3:45.42
9Hicham Lamalem Morocco3:45.71
10Daniel Zegeye Ethiopia3:46.45
11Ivan Heshko Ukraine3:46.71
12Michael Öhman Sweden3:47.04
13Franek Haschke Germany3:47.10
14Hamish Thorpe New Zealand3:51.80

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Gabe Jennings United States3:47.76Q
2Kiyoharo Sato Japan3:48.27Q
3Colm McLean Ireland3:49.64Q
4Florent Lacasse France3:51.48
5Maurizio Bobbato Italy3:54.14
6Lucky Hadebe South Africa3:58.37
7Daniel Moham Lekunutu Lesotho3:58.53
8Franek Haschke Germany4:04.61q
9Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel Mauritania4:13.46
10Cheng Pisey Cambodia4:40.80
Yousef El-Nasri SpainDQIAAF rule 163.2
Paul Fenn AustraliaDQIAAF rule 163.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya3:50.89Q
2Hamish Thorpe New Zealand3:52.17Q
3Alastair Stevenson Australia3:52.26Q
4Mechal Gebreab Ethiopia3:52.57
5Nacer Benzine Algeria3:53.46
6Slavko Petrović Croatia3:54.17
7Filipe Pedro Portugal3:55.09
8Enos Matalane South Africa3:55.42
9Mohamed Al-Bayed Palestine3:56.03
10Daniel Abicht Germany3:58.70
11Hicham Lamalem Morocco5:25.07q

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Adil Kaouch Morocco3:45.79Q
2Nelson Birgen Kenya3:46.60Q
3Robert Witt Poland3:46.79Q
4Ivan Heshko Ukraine3:46.93q
5Michael Öhman Sweden3:49.51q
6Daniel Zegeye Ethiopia3:49.93q
7Steven Barrus United States3:50.04
8Chris Bolt United Kingdom3:52.10
9Roberto Castro Spain3:53.89
10Kamardin Andriantambezina Madagascar3:59.13
11Kezang Dorji Bhutan4:59.11

Participation

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

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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