2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres explained

The boys' 1500 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7 and 10 of July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Teshome Dirirsa	Vincent Kiprotich Mutai	Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe

Records

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

World Youth Best		3:33.72		18 August 2006
Championship Record		3:36.78	Debrecen, Hungary	15 July 2001
World Youth Leading		3:35.54	Gaborone, Botswana	13 May 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.^{[2] [3]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:48.35	Q
2			3:50.89	Q
3			3:52.14	Q, PB
4			3:52.60	q
5			3:53.84
6			3:57.24	PB
7			3:57.83	PB
8			3:58.50
9			4:01.20
10			4:01.37
11			4:26.73

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:47.66	Q
2			3:48.00	Q
3			3:50.16	Q, PB
4			3:53.05	PB
5			3:55.61
6			3:55.95
7			3:57.18
8			3:58.60	PB
9			3:59.05
10			4:05.34
11			4:07.11

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:45.32	Q
2			3:50.40	Q
3			3:51.20	Q, PB
4			3:51.22	q, PB
5			3:52.77	q, PB
6			3:56.56
7			3:57.28
8			4:00.89
9			4:03.60
10			4:09.19
11			4:29.12	PB

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:39.19	PB
			3:39.17	PB
			3:39.54
4			3:40.60
5			3:43.89	PB
6			3:46.51	PB
7			3:46.55	PB
8			3:47.60	PB
9			3:48.40	PB
10			3:49.58	PB
11			3:51.24	PB
12			4:11.11

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/wyc11/results/eventCode=4528/racedate=08-06-2011/bydate.html Timetable
2. Web site: 1500 Metres Result | 7th IAAF World Youth Championships.
3. Web site: 1500 Metres Boys - Round 1 . . 7 July 2011.
4. Web site: 1500 Metres Result | 7th IAAF World Youth Championships.
5. Web site: 1500 Metres Boys - Final . . 10 July 2011.