2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fouad El Kaam Morocco	Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya	Vincent Letting Kenya

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:44.44	Q
2	2	Taresa Tolosa	Ethiopia	3:44.58	Q
3	2	Eric Kiptanui	Kenya	3:44.66	Q
4	2	Younés Essalhi	Morocco	3:44.70	Q
5	1	Fouad El Kaam	Morocco	3:46.48	Q
6	2	Santino Kenyi	South Sudan	3:47.31	Q
7	1	Vincent Letting	Kenya	3:47.80	Q
8	1	Birhanu Sorsa	Ethiopia	3:48.43	Q
9	2	Dey Dey	South Sudan	3:48.43	q
10	1	Dumisani Hlaselo	South Africa	3:50.58	Q
11	2	Oskear Komeya	Namibia	3:51.55
12	1	Wellington Varevi	Zimbabwe	3:51.70	Q
13	1	Sylvester Koko	Botswana	3:52.31
14	1	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	3:54.48
15	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	3:54.76
16	1	Abraham Matet	South Sudan	3:55.14
17	2	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3:56.12	q
18	1	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	4:11.87
	1	Benedicto Makumba	Malawi	DNS
	1	Daud Mohamed Abubakar	Somalia	DNS
	1	Zemen Addis	Ethiopia	DNS
	1	Raoul Yeguelet Yeliti	Central African Republic	DNS
	2	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	DNS
	2	Alex Ngouari Mouissi	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2	Lamin Keita	Gambia	DNS
	2	Patrick Nibafasha	Burundi	DNS
	2	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	DNS
	2	Yach Wol	South Sudan	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fouad El Kaam	Morocco	3:39.49
	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:39.71
	Vincent Letting	Kenya	3:40.78
4	Younés Essalhi	Morocco	3:41.34
5	Taresa Tolosa	Ethiopia	3:42.23
6	Birhanu Sorsa	Ethiopia	3:43.56
7	Eric Kiptanui	Kenya	3:43.81
8	Dumisani Hlaselo	South Africa	3:44.53
9	Johan Cronje	South Africa	3:45.26
10	Santino Kenyi	South Sudan	3:45.34	NR
11	Wellington Varevi	Zimbabwe	3:48.40
12	Dey Dey	South Sudan	3:48.70