title: 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Atoi Boru Kenya |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi |
  | Bronze | Kevin Sullivan Canada |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  20 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Atoi Boru | Kenya | 3:37.94 |
  | | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 3:38.59 |
  | | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:39.11 |
  | 4 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 3:40.26 |
  | 5 | Eddie Crowe | New Zealand | 3:40.82 |
  | 6 | Javier Rodríguez | Spain | 3:40.94 |
  | 7 | Dominique Löser | Germany | 3:41.47 |
  | 8 | Yusuke Fujiwaki | Japan | 3:42.02 |
  | 9 | Mohamed Belasri | Morocco | 3:43.60 |
  | 10 | Carlo Barbieri | Italy | 3:51.41 |
  | 11 | Hailu Zewde | Ethiopia | 3:52.02 |
  | 12 | Matt Hibberd | United Kingdom | 3:58.06 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  18 September
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Atoi Boru | Kenya | 3:41.58 | Q |
  | 2 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 3:42.74 | Q |
  | 3 | Eddie Crowe | New Zealand | 3:43.02 | Q |
  | 4 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:43.17 | Q |
  | 5 | Javier Rodríguez | Spain | 3:43.43 | Q |
  | 6 | Yusuke Fujiwaki | Japan | 3:44.05 | q |
  | 7 | Carlo Barbieri | Italy | 3:44.47 | q |
  | 8 | Mitiku Megersa | Ethiopia | 3:44.85 | |
  | 9 | David Robertson | United Kingdom | 3:46.47 | |
  | 10 | Wieslaw Czajka | Poland | 3:48.05 | |
  | 11 | Jörg Söllner | Germany | 3:49.20 | |
  | 12 | Ahmed Krama | Algeria | 3:58.25 | |
  | 13 | Lennox Ellis | Barbados | 3:58.57 | |
  | | Lee Jin-Il | South Korea | DNF | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hailu Zewde | Ethiopia | 3:44.80 | Q |
  | 2 | Dominique Löser | Germany | 3:44.86 | Q |
  | 3 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 3:44.86 | Q |
  | 4 | Mohamed Belasri | Morocco | 3:44.88 | Q |
  | 5 | Matt Hibberd | United Kingdom | 3:44.91 | Q |
  | 6 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 3:44.93 | |
  | 7 | Andrzej Gromadzinski | Poland | 3:45.73 | |
  | 8 | Masamoto Kobayashi | Japan | 3:46.27 | |
  | 9 | Hamisi Kassim | Tanzania | 3:46.88 | |
  | 10 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:48.73 | |
  | 11 | Francisco Ferrando | Spain | 3:49.26 | |
  | 12 | Igor Lishchinskiy | Commonwealth of Independent States | 3:49.67 | |
  | 13 | Fikre Wondafrash | Ethiopia | 3:50.74 | |
  | 14 | Paul Chemase | Kenya | 3:55.13 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Algeria (1)
  * Barbados (1)
  * Burundi (1)
  * Canada (1)
  * Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
  * Ethiopia (3)
  * Germany (2)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Italy (1)
  * Japan (2)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Morocco (1)
  * New Zealand (1)
  * Poland (2)
  * South Korea (2)
  * Spain (2)
  * Tanzania (1)
  * Tunisia (1)
  * United Kingdom (2)
  