2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.
Medalists
Records
, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.| World Junior Record | 3:30.24 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 19 July 2002 | |
| Championship Record | 3:35.53 | Grosseto, Italy | 15 July 2004 | |
| World Junior Leading | 3:33.39 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 27 May 2012 |
Results
Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat and the 3 fastest times qualified| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Hamza Driouch | 3:38.06 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Teshome Dirirsa | 3:41.78 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | Dominic Mutuku Mutili | 3:41.97 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Mohammed Abid | 3:42.58 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | Yenew Tebikew | 3:42.69 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 11 | Carlos Díaz | 3:43.16 | Q, NJ | |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 3:44.04 | q, PB | |
| 8 | 2 | 13 | Federico Bruno | 3:44.81 | q | |
| 9 | 1 | 9 | Mohamed Abdikadar | 3:46.37 | q | |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Teklit Teweldebrhan | 3:46.46 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 10 | Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich | 3:46.54 | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Abdelhadi Labäli | 3:46.75 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Charlie Grice | 3:47.05 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Robert Denault | 3:48.47 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Abdessalem Ayouni | 3:48.67 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Fabian Brunswig | 3:48.72 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Yusuke Uchikoshi | 3:49.06 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 12 | Sean Tobin | 3:49.11 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Izaic Yorks | 3:49.21 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Joao Bussotti Neves | 3:49.37 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Julian Oakley | 3:49.43 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 11 | Julius Lawnik | 3:49.51 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Łukasz Gurtkiewicz | 3:49.61 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 12 | Yunus Emre Cavusli | 3:50.12 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Ben Moynihan | 3:50.59 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 8 | Ferdinand Kvan Edman | 3:50.95 | ||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Abdullah Obaid Al Salhi | 3:51.78 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 11 | David Lorenzo | 3:52.98 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Ruairí Finnegan | 3:53.95 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 9 | Kyle Grieve | 3:54.37 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Austin Mudd | 3:54.82 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Ioran Etchechury | 3:55.15 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Marc Alcalá | 3:55.68 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 10 | Egide Kayigire | 3:56.75 | PB | |
| 35 | 1 | 6 | Mandhar Legseir | 3:59.30 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 4 | Boldoo Odbayar | 4:04.65 | PB | |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Carles Gómez | 4:16.99 | PB |
Final
| Rank | Order | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 6 | Hamza Driouch | 3:39.04 | |||
| 1 | Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich | 3:40.39 | PB | ||
| 12 | Abdelhadi Labäli | 3:40.60 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Mohammed Abid | 3:41.73 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Teklit Teweldebrhan | 3:42.63 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Dominic Mutuku Mutili | 3:42.79 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Carlos Díaz | 3:44.02 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Yenew Tebikew | 3:44.02 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Teshome Dirirsa | 3:44.54 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 3:46.54 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Mohamed Abdikadar | 3:53.74 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Federico Bruno | 3:55.38 |