title: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 1500 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 1500 metres
  
  The boys' 1500 metres competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 12 and 15 October, at the Parque Polideportivo Roca.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are in local time (UTC-3).
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | 12 October 2018 | 16:00 | Stage 1 |
  | 15 October 2018 | 10:00 | Cross Country |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Stage 1
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Melese Nberet | Ethiopia | 3:52.95 | |
  | 2 | 2 | Anass Essayi | Morocco | 3:53.75 | |
  | 3 | 1 | Jean de Dieu Butoyi | Burundi | 3:54.32 | |
  | 4 | 2 | Meron Goitom | Eritrea | 3:54.39 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Nabil Mahdi Djama | Djibouti | 3:55.04 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Corentin Texier | France | 3:55.20 | PB |
  | 7 | 2 | Luke Young | Australia | 3:55.28 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Andrej Paulíny | Slovakia | 3:56.08 | |
  | 9 | 1 | Lucas Pinho Leite | Brazil | 3:56.29 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Oleksandr Honskyi | Ukraine | 3:56.39 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Kosuke Ishida | Japan | 3:57.25 | SB |
  | 12 | 2 | Nickson Lesiyia Pariken | Kenya | 3:59.11 | |
  | 13 | 1 | Hugo de Miguel | Spain | 3:59.53 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Leopoldo Rincon Valtierra | Mexico | 4:00.28 | |
  | 15 | 2 | Hamdani Benahamed | Algeria | 4:01.72 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Carlos Vilches | Puerto Rico | 4:05.93 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Bence Apáti | Hungary | 4:08.21 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Yusuf Ali Abdirashid | Somalia | 4:08.66 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Tarik Demir | Turkey | 4:12.37 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Manuel Belo | East Timor | 4:13.41 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Kinley Tshering | Bhutan | 4:15.15 | PB |
  | 22 | 1 | Tefo Khoahla | Lesotho | 4:32.98 | |
  | 23 | 1 | Moukhtar Soule | Mauritania | 5:17.05 | PB |
  
  ### Cross Country
  
  | Rank | Overall rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Jean de Dieu Butoyi | Burundi | 11:31 |
  | 2 | 6 | Anass Essayi | Morocco | 11:35 |
  | 3 | 7 | Melese Nberet | Ethiopia | 11:38 |
  | 4 | 8 | Nickson Lesiyia Pariken | Kenya | 11:48 |
  | 5 | 10 | Kosuke Ishida | Japan | 11:52 |
  | 6 | 12 | Nabil Mahdi Djama | Djibouti | 11:53 |
  | 7 | 26 | Luke Young | Australia | 12:28 |
  | 8 | 28 | Leopoldo Rincon Valtierra | Mexico | 12:30 |
  | 9 | 29 | Carlos Vilches | Puerto Rico | 12:32 |
  | 10 | 33 | Hugo de Miguel | Spain | 12:36 |
  | 11 | 34 | Andrej Paulíny | Slovakia | 12:36 |
  | 12 | 37 | Lucas Pinho Leite | Brazil | 12:43 |
  | 13 | 41 | Tarik Demir | Turkey | 12:48 |
  | 14 | 42 | Meron Goitom | Eritrea | 12:49 |
  | 15 | 44 | Oleksandr Honskyi | Ukraine | 12:58 |
  | 16 | 46 | Kinley Tshering | Bhutan | 13:10 |
  | 17 | 47 | Tefo Khoahla | Lesotho | 13:13 |
  | 18 | 48 | Bence Apáti | Hungary | 13:14 |
  | 19 | 49 | Corentin Texier | France | 13:15 |
  | 20 | 50 | Yusuf Ali Abdirashid | Somalia | 13:42 |
  | | | Hamdani Benahamed | Algeria | DNF |
  | | | Manuel Belo | East Timor | DNS |
  | | | Moukhtar Soule | Mauritania | DNS |
  
  ### Final placing
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation | Stage 1 | Cross Country | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jean de Dieu Butoyi | Burundi | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | | Anass Essayi | Morocco | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | | Melese Nberet | Ethiopia | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 4 | Nabil Mahdi Djama | Djibouti | 5 | 6 | 11 |
  | 5 | Luke Young | Australia | 7 | 7 | 14 |
  | 6 | Nickson Lesiyia Pariken | Kenya | 12 | 4 | 16 |
  | 7 | Kosuke Ishida | Japan | 11 | 5 | 16 |
  | 8 | Meron Goitom | Eritrea | 4 | 14 | 18 |
  | 9 | Andrej Paulíny | Slovakia | 8 | 11 | 19 |
  | 10 | Lucas Pinho Leite | Brazil | 9 | 12 | 21 |
  | 11 | Leopoldo Rincon Valtierra | Mexico | 14 | 8 | 22 |
  | 12 | Hugo de Miguel | Spain | 13 | 10 | 23 |
  | 13 | Carlos Vilches | Puerto Rico | 16 | 9 | 25 |
  | 14 | Oleksandr Honskyi | Ukraine | 10 | 15 | 25 |
  | 15 | Corentin Texier | France | 6 | 19 | 25 |
  | 16 | Tarik Demir | Turkey | 19 | 13 | 32 |
  | 17 | Bence Apáti | Hungary | 17 | 18 | 35 |
  | 18 | Kinley Tshering | Bhutan | 21 | 16 | 37 |
  | 19 | Yusuf Ali Abdirashid | Somalia | 18 | 20 | 38 |
  | 20 | Tefo Khoahla | Lesotho | 22 | 17 | 39 |
  | | Manuel Belo | East Timor | 20 | DNS | |
  | | Hamdani Benahamed | Algeria | 15 | DNF | |
  | | Moukhtar Soule | Mauritania | 23 | DNS | |
  