2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

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

World Youth Best	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN)	3:33.72	Zürich, Switzerland	18 August 2006
Championship Record	Kumari Taki (KEN)	3:36.38	Cali, Colombia	17 July 2015
World Youth Leading	Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)	3:39.92	Stockholm, Sweden	18 June 2017

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Hosea Kiplangat	Uganda
	1	Nassim Ben Omrane	Tunisia
	1	Dominic Kipkemboi	Kenya
	1	Abebe Dessassa	Ethiopia
	1	Ali Mhanna	Lebanon
	1	Rabie Deliba	Algeria
	1	Bereket Tedros	Eritrea
	1	Burhan Görüroglu	Turkey
	1	Carlos Alberto Vilches	Puerto Rico
	1	Yan Wei	China
	1	Shomari Mtalim	Tanzania
	2	Elias Schreml	Germany
	2	George Meitamei Manangoi	Kenya
	2	Oussama Slimani	Tunisia
	2	Mohammed Ahmed Abubakar	Athletes Refugee Team
	2	Avdesh Nagar	India
	2	Zhang Dayu	China
	2	SeyedAmir Zamanpour	Iran
	2	Anass Essayi	Morocco
	2	Daniel Kiprop	Uganda
	2	Belete Mekonen	Ethiopia
	2	Abdelilah Zahir	Morocco
	2	Mohamed Muhidin Yalahow	Somalia