title: 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres
text: # 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres
  
  The Boys' 1500 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
  
  | World Youth Best | Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN) | 3:33.72 | Zürich, Switzerland | 18 August 2006 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Kumari Taki (KEN) | 3:36.38 | Cali, Colombia | 17 July 2015 |
  | World Youth Leading | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 3:39.92 | Stockholm, Sweden | 18 June 2017 |
  
  ## Heats
  
  Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.
  
  | Heat | Name | Nationality |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hosea Kiplangat | Uganda |
  | 1 | Nassim Ben Omrane | Tunisia |
  | 1 | Dominic Kipkemboi | Kenya |
  | 1 | Abebe Dessassa | Ethiopia |
  | 1 | Ali Mhanna | Lebanon |
  | 1 | Rabie Deliba | Algeria |
  | 1 | Bereket Tedros | Eritrea |
  | 1 | Burhan Görüroglu | Turkey |
  | 1 | Carlos Alberto Vilches | Puerto Rico |
  | 1 | Yan Wei | China |
  | 1 | Shomari Mtalim | Tanzania |
  | 2 | Elias Schreml | Germany |
  | 2 | George Meitamei Manangoi | Kenya |
  | 2 | Oussama Slimani | Tunisia |
  | 2 | Mohammed Ahmed Abubakar | Athletes Refugee Team |
  | 2 | Avdesh Nagar | India |
  | 2 | Zhang Dayu | China |
  | 2 | SeyedAmir Zamanpour | Iran |
  | 2 | Anass Essayi | Morocco |
  | 2 | Daniel Kiprop | Uganda |
  | 2 | Belete Mekonen | Ethiopia |
  | 2 | Abdelilah Zahir | Morocco |
  | 2 | Mohamed Muhidin Yalahow | Somalia |
  