| Event: | Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres |
| Games: | 2014 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre |
| Date: | August 21–24 |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Gold: | Gilbert Soet |
| Goldnoc: | KEN |
| Silver: | Mulugeta Uma |
| Silvernoc: | ETH |
| Bronze: | Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim |
| Bronzenoc: | DJI |
| Next: | 2018 |
The boys’ 1500 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 21–24 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2014 | 19:40 | Heats | |
| 24 August 2014 | 10:20 | Final |
First 50% athletes in Qualification round will progress to the A Final, and the remaining athletes to the B Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | Q | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 3:45.21 | PB | FA | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3:47.06 | PB | FA | ||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 3:47.28 | PB | FA | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3:47.38 | PB | FA | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 3:49.45 | PB | FA | ||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 3:49.79 | FA | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 3:51.71 | PB | FA | ||
| 8 | 1 | 8 | 3:51.90 | FA | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 3:52.26 | FA | |||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 3:52.32 | PB | FB | ||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | 3:52.36 | FB | |||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 3:53.02 | FB | |||
| 13 | 1 | 9 | 3:54.35 | PB | FB | ||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | 3:54.88 | PB | FB | ||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 3:55.78 | FB | |||
| 16 | 2 | 9 | 3:55.85 | PB | FB | ||
| 17 | 1 | 5 | 4:09.24 | PB | FB | ||
| 18 | 2 | 8 | 4:16.36 | FB |
| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 3:41.99 | PB | |||
| 2 | 6 | 3:45.08 | PB | |||
| 3 | 8 | 3:45.72 | PB | |||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3:46.28 | PB | ||
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 3:46.92 | PB | ||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 3:47.22 | PB | ||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 3:48.20 | PB | ||
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 3:48.93 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 3:51.61 |
| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | 3:53.46 | |||
| 2 | 11 | 2 | 3:53.64 | |||
| 3 | 12 | 8 | 3:53.88 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 9 | 3:55.58 | |||
| 5 | 14 | 3 | 3:56.56 | |||
| 6 | 15 | 6 | 3:59.12 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 7 | 4:01.93 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 4 | 4:19.74 | |||
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