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)
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3:33.72 | Zürich, Switzerland | 18 August 2006 |
| Championship Record | Kumari Taki (KEN)
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3:36.38 | Cali, Colombia | 17 July 2015 |
| World Youth Leading |  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
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3:39.92 | Stockholm, Sweden | 18 June 2017 |
Heats
Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Hosea Kiplangat |  Uganda |
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| 1 | Nassim Ben Omrane |  Tunisia |
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| 1 | Dominic Kipkemboi | Kenya |
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| 1 | Abebe Dessassa |  Ethiopia |
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| 1 | Ali Mhanna |  Lebanon |
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| 1 | Rabie Deliba |  Algeria |
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| 1 | Bereket Tedros |  Eritrea |
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| 1 | Burhan Görüroglu |  Turkey |
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| 1 | Carlos Alberto Vilches |  Puerto Rico |
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| 1 | Yan Wei |  China |
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| 1 | Shomari Mtalim |  Tanzania |
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| 2 | Elias Schreml |  Germany |
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| 2 | George Meitamei Manangoi | Kenya |
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| 2 | Oussama Slimani | Tunisia |
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| 2 | Mohammed Ahmed Abubakar | Athletes Refugee Team | |||
| 2 | Avdesh Nagar |  India |
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| 2 | Zhang Dayu | China |
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| 2 | SeyedAmir Zamanpour |  Iran |
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| 2 | Anass Essayi |  Morocco |
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| 2 | Daniel Kiprop | Uganda |
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| 2 | Belete Mekonen | Ethiopia |
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| 2 | Abdelilah Zahir | Morocco |
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| 2 | Mohamed Muhidin Yalahow |  Somalia |