2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 and 15 July.

Medalists

Gold	Abdalaati Iguider Morocco
Silver	Benson Esho Kenya
Bronze	Brimin Kipruto Kenya

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:35.53
	Benson Esho	Kenya	3:35.80
	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	3:35.96
4	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	3:37.44
5	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	3:43.19
6	Tom Lancashire	United Kingdom	3:43.31
7	Mike Woods	Canada	3:43.35
8	David Torrence	United States	3:43.62
9	Víctor Montaner	Spain	3:45.90
10	Barnabás Bene	Hungary	3:48.12
11	Aïssa Dahmar	Algeria	3:51.71
	Sultan Khamis Zaman	Qatar	DNF

Heats

13 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	3:43.96	Q
2	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	3:46.07	Q
3	Benson Esho	Kenya	3:46.46	Q
4	Hailu Dinku	Ethiopia	3:48.12
5	Russell Brown	United States	3:49.02
6	Adónios Koutríkis	Greece	3:49.78
7	Moritz Waldmann	Germany	3:50.51
8	Juan Bote	Spain	3:54.22
9	Gary Davenport	United Kingdom	3:58.84
10	Hamidou Garba	Niger	4:01.99
11	Abdillahi Waberi Robleh	Djibouti	4:15.30
	Gilio Iannone	Italy	DQ	IAAF rule 163.2
	Yousef Abu Kwaik	Palestine	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	3:42.08	Q
2	Sultan Khamis Zaman	Qatar	3:42.31	Q
3	Tom Lancashire	United Kingdom	3:42.48	Q
4	Mike Woods	Canada	3:42.49	q
5	Víctor Montaner	Spain	3:45.23	q
6	Nikolai Vedehin	Estonia	3:46.60
7	Łukasz Parszczyński	Poland	3:47.08
8	Colin Costello	Ireland	3:49.42
9	Solomon Tsige	Ethiopia	3:50.12
10	Romain Maquin	France	3:50.68
11	Stefan Eberhardt	Germany	3:53.40
12	Setefano Mika	Samoa	4:03.03

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	3:45.43	Q
2	Barnabás Bene	Hungary	3:45.82	Q
3	Aïssa Dahmar	Algeria	3:46.13	Q
4	David Torrence	United States	3:46.60	q
5	Danny Darcy	Ireland	3:47.75
6	Isaias Haro	Mexico	3:49.51
7	Victor Gras	France	3:51.96
8	Adrian Danilewicz	Poland	3:54.75
9	Kurt Benninger	Canada	3:54.82
10	Abdalla Abdel Gadir	Sudan	4:10.61
11	Derek Mandell	Guam	4:27.27
12	Ben Wieczorek	Norfolk Island	4:28.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (2)
• Canada (2)
• Djibouti (1)
• Estonia (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Guam (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (2)
• Italy (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Mexico (1)
• Morocco (2)
• Niger (1)
• Norfolk Island (1)
• Palestine (1)
• Poland (2)
• Qatar (1)
• Samoa (1)
• Spain (2)
• Sudan (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)