2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metres

None Boy's 1500 metres World Youth Championships Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero 15 and 17 July 2015 27 19 3:36.38 CR World Youth Championships in Athletics Kumari Taki KEN Mulugeta Assefa ETH Lawi Kosgei KEN 2013 2017 The boys' 1500 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 15 and 17 July. Kumari Taki won the event in a championship record time of 3:36.38. Qualification The first heat was won by Ethiopia's Mulugeta Asefa, in a 3:52.97 tactical affair. The first 800 m was run in just 2:11.40, leading to a slower final time and less qualifiers coming from the first heat. Kumari Taki led the second heat qualifiers in a 3:48.35 time. He led from the starting gun to the finishing tape, with the first 800 metres being covered in a more honest 2:04.54.Kitula Sammy Winning starts for Taki, Kosgei in Colombia Games https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/athletics/2000169358/winning-starts-for-taki-kosgei-in-colombia-games 2024-01-23 The Standard en Finals Taki again chose a frontrunning tactic to use in the finals, with only his countryman Lawi Kosgei willing to stick with the early pace. Taki began his kick with 600 metres remaining, allowing him to break Robert Biwott's old championship record by 0.39 seconds.KOMEN JONATHAN TAKI DELIVERS GOLD IN STYLE: Kenya’s Kumari in sublime form as he smashes World Youth 1,500m boys’ record https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/athletics/2000169728/taki-delivers-gold-in-style-kenyas-kumari-in-sublime-form-as-he-smashes-world-youth-1500m-boys-record 2024-01-23 The Standard en Ethiopia's Mulugeta Assefa chose the opposite tactic, taking a slow, conservative early pace which paid off as he passed Kosgei for the silver medal.Championship records for Taki and Piskunov in Cali REPORT World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/news/report/day-3-wrap-cali-2015 2024-01-23 worldathletics.org Results Round 1 First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.1500 Metres Boys - Round 1 https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5408/AT-1500-M-h----.RS6.pdf?v=687207730 World Athletics 15 July 2015 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 2 Kumari Taki 3:48.45 Q 2 2 Welde Tufa 3:49.71 Q 3 2 Amine Bouazizi 3:52.02 Q 4 2 Mohammed Bouaziza 3:52.03 Q, PB 5 2 Abdelkarim Ben Zahra 3:52.03 q 6 1 Mulugeta Assefa 3:52.97 Q 7 2 Jochem Vermeulen 3:53.86 q 8 1 Lawi Kosgei 3:53.87 Q 9 1 Ignacio Fontes 3:54.48 Q 10 1 Yani Khelaf 3:54.70 Q 11 1 Anton Hrabovskyy 3:54.97 q 12 1 James Gormley 3:55.27 q 13 1 Hicham Akankam 3:56.60 14 1 Brendan Hoff 3:56.64 15 2 Antonio Criado 3:58.05 PB 16 1 Phillip Rocha 3:58.51 17 1 Anis Benstiti 3:59.07 18 2 Ramazan Barbaros 3:59.59 19 1 Carlos Hernández athlete 4:01.60 20 2 Markhim Lonsdale 4:02.45 21 1 Hou Zhongyuan 4:05.54 22 2 Mateusz Dębski 4:06.11 23 2 Takumi Yokokawa 4:07.87 24 2 Abubakr Abdalla 4:08.02 25 2 Edward Hayfron 4:11.39 26 1 Julius Bua 4:11.73 27 – 1 Justice Dreischor 5 DQ Final 1500 Metres Boys - Final https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5408/AT-1500-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=809175432 World Athletics 17 July 2015 Rank Name Nationality Time Note Kumari Taki 3:36.38 CR Mulugeta Assefa 3:41.10 PB Lawi Kosgei 3:41.43 4 Welde Tufa 3:41.74 PB 5 James Gormley 3:48.31 6 Ignacio Fontes 3:48.83 PB 7 Yani Khelaf 3:48.83 8 Anton Hrabovskyy 3:51.48 PB 9 Abdelkarim Ben Zahra 3:52.78 10 Jochem Vermeulen 3:54.50 11 Mohammed Bouaziza 3:56.91 12 Amine Bouazizi 4:09.17 References Cali IAAF World Youth Championships Results World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7078710 2024-01-16 worldathletics.org Category:2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics Category:1500 metres at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics