1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Adil Kaouch  Morocco
Silver	Benjamin Kipkurui  Kenya
Bronze	Robert Witt  Poland

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:42.43
	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	3:42.67
	Robert Witt	Poland	3:43.47
4	Kiyoharo Sato	Japan	3:43.62
5	Gabe Jennings	United States	3:43.94
6	Colm McLean	Ireland	3:44.79
7	Alastair Stevenson	Australia	3:45.39
8	Nelson Birgen	Kenya	3:45.42
9	Hicham Lamalem	Morocco	3:45.71
10	Daniel Zegeye	Ethiopia	3:46.45
11	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:46.71
12	Michael Öhman	Sweden	3:47.04
13	Franek Haschke	Germany	3:47.10
14	Hamish Thorpe	New Zealand	3:51.80

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gabe Jennings	United States	3:47.76	Q
2	Kiyoharo Sato	Japan	3:48.27	Q
3	Colm McLean	Ireland	3:49.64	Q
4	Florent Lacasse	France	3:51.48
5	Maurizio Bobbato	Italy	3:54.14
6	Lucky Hadebe	South Africa	3:58.37
7	Daniel Moham Lekunutu	Lesotho	3:58.53
8	Franek Haschke	Germany	4:04.61	q
9	Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel	Mauritania	4:13.46
10	Cheng Pisey	Cambodia	4:40.80
	Yousef El-Nasri	Spain	DQ	IAAF rule 163.2
	Paul Fenn	Australia	DQ	IAAF rule 163.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	3:50.89	Q
2	Hamish Thorpe	New Zealand	3:52.17	Q
3	Alastair Stevenson	Australia	3:52.26	Q
4	Mechal Gebreab	Ethiopia	3:52.57
5	Nacer Benzine	Algeria	3:53.46
6	Slavko Petrović	Croatia	3:54.17
7	Filipe Pedro	Portugal	3:55.09
8	Enos Matalane	South Africa	3:55.42
9	Mohamed Al-Bayed	Palestine	3:56.03
10	Daniel Abicht	Germany	3:58.70
11	Hicham Lamalem	Morocco	5:25.07	q

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:45.79	Q
2	Nelson Birgen	Kenya	3:46.60	Q
3	Robert Witt	Poland	3:46.79	Q
4	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:46.93	q
5	Michael Öhman	Sweden	3:49.51	q
6	Daniel Zegeye	Ethiopia	3:49.93	q
7	Steven Barrus	United States	3:50.04
8	Chris Bolt	United Kingdom	3:52.10
9	Roberto Castro	Spain	3:53.89
10	Kamardin Andriantambezina	Madagascar	3:59.13
11	Kezang Dorji	Bhutan	4:59.11

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.