2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres explained

The boys' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Robert Biwott	Tesfu Tewelde	Titus Kibiego

Records

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

World Youth Best		3:33.72	Zurich, Switzerland	18 August 2006
Championship Record		3:36.78	Debrecen, Hungary	15 July 2001
World Youth Leading		3:38.5	Nairobi, Kenya	11 June 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest qualified.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:54.98	Q, PB
2			3:55.12	Q
3			3:55.58	Q
4			3:56.30
5			3:56.64
6			3:58.48	PB
7			3:58.80
8			4:03.15
9			4:03.40
10			4:05.53
11			4:05.91
12			4:14.33
			DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:51.95	Q
2			3:52.49	Q
3			3:52.82	Q
4			3:53.64	q, PB
5			3:54.50
6			3:57.15	PB
7			3:58.06
8			3:59.59
9			4:02.12
10			4:07.67
11			4:24.59
12			4:41.50

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:50.30	Q, PB
2			3:50.34	Q, PB
3			3:50.44	Q
4			3:50.58	q, PB
5			3:51.05	q
6			3:53.98	PB
7			3:54.02
8			3:57.12
9			3:57.59
10			3:58.09	PB
11			4:05.94
12			4:10.72

Final

Results:^[2]

Rank	! Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:36.77	CR
			3:42.14	PB
			3:42.97
4			3:44.43	PB
5			3:44.69	PB
6			3:45.02	PB
7			3:48.69	PB
8			3:49.44
9			3:52.00
10			3:52.71	PB
11			3:54.67
12			3:55.77

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1500 Metres Boys - Round 1 . . 11 July 2013.
2. Web site: 1500 Metres Boys - Final . . 14 July 2013.