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2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

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Boys' 1500 metres
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates7 July (heats)
10 July (final)
Competitors33
Winning time3:39.13 PB
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Kenya
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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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Teshome Dirirsa
 Ethiopia
Vincent Kiprotich Mutai
 Kenya
Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe
 Kenya

Records

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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

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Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.[2][3]

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Teshome Dirirsa  Ethiopia 3:39.19 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincent Kiprotich Mutai  Kenya 3:39.17 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "1500 Metres Result | 7th IAAF World Youth Championships".
  3. ^ "1500 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ "1500 Metres Result | 7th IAAF World Youth Championships".
  5. ^ "1500 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.