2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres
| Boys' 1500 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadium Lille Métropole | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 July (heats) 10 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:39.13 PB | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The boys' 1500 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7 and 10 of July.[1]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Teshome Dirirsa  Ethiopia
|
Vincent Kiprotich Mutai  Kenya
|
Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe Kenya
|
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (KEN)
|
3:33.72 | Zurich, Switzerland | 18 August 2006 |
| Championship Record | Isaac Kiprono Songok (KEN)
|
3:36.78 | Debrecen, Hungary | 15 July 2001 |
| World Youth Leading | Geoffrey Barusei (KEN)
|
3:35.54 | Gaborone, Botswana | 13 May 2011 |
Heats
[edit]Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.[2][3]
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe | Kenya |
3:48.35 | Q |
| 2 | Robbie Farnham-Rose |  Great Britain |
3:50.89 | Q |
| 3 | Lorenzo Dini |  Italy |
3:52.14 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Ruairí Finnegan |  Ireland |
3:52.60 | q |
| 5 | Dominik Czaja |  Poland |
3:53.84 | |
| 6 | Abderahmane Adami |  Algeria |
3:57.24 | PB |
| 7 | Harish Singh Koranga |  India |
3:57.83 | PB |
| 8 | Marc Alcalá |  Spain |
3:58.50 | |
| 9 | Leonel Cesar |  Argentina |
4:01.20 | |
| 10 | Dániel Kilian |  Hungary |
4:01.37 | |
| 11 | Bob Bertemes |  Luxembourg |
4:26.73 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Kiprotich Mutai | Kenya |
3:47.66 | Q |
| 2 | Fayidu Murad | Ethiopia |
3:48.00 | Q |
| 3 | James McMurray | Great Britain |
3:50.16 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Son Myeong-jun |  South Korea |
3:53.05 | PB |
| 5 | Edgar Alan Garcia |  Mexico |
3:55.61 | |
| 6 | Benjamin Flanagan |  Canada |
3:55.95 | |
| 7 | Shane Fitzsimons | Ireland |
3:57.18 | |
| 8 | Oleksandr Karpenko |  Ukraine |
3:58.60 | PB |
| 9 | Ignacio Diaz-Cano | Spain |
3:59.05 | |
| 10 | Edwin Haroldo Pirir |  Guatemala |
4:05.34 | |
| 11 | Omer Almog |  Israel |
4:07.11 |
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teshome Dirirsa | Ethiopia |
3:45.32 | Q |
| 2 | Yonas Habtemicael |  Eritrea |
3:50.40 | Q |
| 3 | Emilio Perco | Italy |
3:51.20 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Jacob Burcham |  United States |
3:51.22 | q, PB |
| 5 | Hocine Khelif | Algeria |
3:52.77 | q, PB |
| 6 | Alexander Freemantle | Canada |
3:56.56 | |
| 7 | Fouad Gares |  Tunisia |
3:57.28 | |
| 8 | Ivan Malić |  Croatia |
4:00.89 | |
| 9 | Alexandre Saddedine |  France |
4:03.60 | |
| 10 | Jan Petrac |  Slovenia |
4:09.19 | |
| 11 | Azham Waheed |  Maldives |
4:29.12 | PB |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Teshome Dirirsa | Ethiopia |
3:39.19 | PB |
 |
Vincent Kiprotich Mutai | Kenya |
3:39.17 | PB |
 |
Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe | Kenya |
3:39.54 | |
| 4 | Fayidu Murad | Ethiopia |
3:40.60 | |
| 5 | Yonas Habtemicael | Eritrea |
3:43.89 | PB |
| 6 | James McMurray | Great Britain |
3:46.51 | PB |
| 7 | Jacob Burcham | United States |
3:46.55 | PB |
| 8 | Robbie Farnham-Rose | Great Britain |
3:47.60 | PB |
| 9 | Lorenzo Dini | Italy |
3:48.40 | PB |
| 10 | Ruairí Finnegan | Ireland |
3:49.58 | PB |
| 11 | Hocine Khelif | Algeria |
3:51.24 | PB |
| 12 | Emilio Perco | Italy |
4:11.11 |
References
[edit]- ^ Timetable
- ^ "1500 Metres Result | 7th IAAF World Youth Championships".
- ^ "1500 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
- ^ "1500 Metres Result | 7th IAAF World Youth Championships".
- ^ "1500 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.