title: 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Yassine Bensghir Morocco |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Abdul Rahman Suleiman Qatar |
  | Bronze | Samuel Mwera Tanzania |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  21 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco | 3:40.72 |
  | | Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Qatar | 3:41.72 |
  | | Samuel Mwera | Tanzania | 3:41.75 |
  | 4 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:42.69 |
  | 5 | Toni Mohr | Germany | 3:44.46 |
  | 6 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:44.67 |
  | 7 | Isaac Songok | Kenya | 3:44.93 |
  | 8 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 3:44.97 |
  | 9 | Andrew O'Neill | Australia | 3:45.61 |
  | 10 | Cosmin Suteu | Romania | 3:45.76 |
  | 11 | Chris Lukezic | United States | 3:46.01 |
  | 12 | Samson Kiplagat | Kenya | 3:50.05 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  19 July
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Samuel Mwera | Tanzania | 3:43.56 | Q |
  | 2 | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco | 3:44.51 | Q |
  | 3 | Samson Kiplagat | Kenya | 3:45.16 | Q |
  | 4 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:45.98 | Q |
  | 5 | Chris Lukezic | United States | 3:46.24 | q |
  | 6 | Andrew O'Neill | Australia | 3:46.40 | q |
  | 7 | Patrick Schulz | Germany | 3:49.05 | |
  | 8 | Marcus van der Koelen | Netherlands | 3:49.20 | |
  | 9 | Mourad Naami | Algeria | 3:49.27 | |
  | 10 | John Lindström | Sweden | 3:50.24 | |
  | 11 | Abdelkader Mahmoudi | France | 3:53.59 | |
  | 12 | Koichi Murakami | Japan | 3:55.20 | |
  | 13 | Sergio Vallejo | Spain | 3:56.09 | |
  | 14 | Sabri Kara | Turkey | 3:58.12 | |
  | 15 | Ajmal Amirov | Tajikistan | 4:01.91 | |
  | 16 | Setefano Mika | Samoa | 4:08.56 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Qatar | 3:40.57 | Q |
  | 2 | Isaac Songok | Kenya | 3:41.65 | Q |
  | 3 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 3:42.00 | Q |
  | 4 | Toni Mohr | Germany | 3:44.59 | Q |
  | 5 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 3:46.69 | q |
  | 6 | Cosmin Suteu | Romania | 3:48.23 | q |
  | 7 | Aleksandr Krivchonkov | Russia | 3:49.07 | |
  | 8 | Daniel Spitzl | Austria | 3:49.43 | |
  | 9 | Liam Reale | Ireland | 3:50.52 | |
  | 10 | Mounir Yemmouni | France | 3:50.99 | |
  | 11 | Shawn Forrest | Australia | 3:54.85 | |
  | 12 | Hani Meguellati | Algeria | 4:02.54 | |
  | 13 | Shaun Smith | Jamaica | 4:13.88 | |
  | 14 | Park Ji-Yun | South Korea | 4:26.34 | |
  | 15 | Keith Sepety | Micronesia | 4:32.21 | |
  | | Vitaliy Gorlukovic | Lithuania | DNF | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Algeria (2)
  * Australia (2)
  * Austria (1)
  * France (2)
  * Germany (2)
  * Ireland (1)
  * Jamaica (1)
  * Japan (1)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Lithuania (1)
  * Mexico (1)
  * Micronesia (1)
  * Morocco (1)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * New Zealand (1)
  * Qatar (1)
  * Romania (1)
  * Russia (1)
  * Samoa (1)
  * South Korea (1)
  * Spain (2)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Tajikistan (1)
  * Tanzania (1)
  * Turkey (1)
  * United States (1)
  