| | Event type
1,500 metres, Boys
| Date | 12 – 15 October 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | YOG | |
| Location | Pentathlon & Cross Country, Parque Olímpico de la Juventud, Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires / Athletics Field, Parque Olímpico de la Juventud, Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires | |
| Participants | 23 from 23 countries | |
| Format | Two stages with final results determined by cumulative points for each stage. First stage over 1,500 metres, second stage cross-country. | |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Butoyi |  BDI | 4 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Anass Essayi |  MAR | 4 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Melese Nberet |  ETH | 4 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Nabil Mahdi Djama |  DJI | 11 | |||
| 5 | Luke Young |  AUS | 14 | |||
| 6 | Nickson Pariken |  KEN | 16 | |||
| 7 | Kosuke Ishida |  JPN | 16 | |||
| 8 | Meron Goitom |  ERI | 18 | |||
| 9 | Andrej Paulíny |  SVK | 19 | |||
| 10 | Lucas Leite |  BRA | 21 | |||
| 11 | Leopoldo Rincón |  MEX | 22 | |||
| 12 | Hugo de Miguel |  ESP | 23 | |||
| 13 | Carlos Vilches |  PUR | 25 | |||
| 14 | Oleksandr Honskyi |  UKR | 25 | |||
| 15 | Corentin Tixier |  FRA | 25 | |||
| 16 | Tarık Demir |  TUR | 32 | |||
| 17 | Bence Apáti |  HUN | 35 | |||
| 18 | Kinley Tshering |  BHU | 37 | |||
| 19 | Yusuf Ali Abdirashid |  SOM | 38 | |||
| 20 | Tefo Khoahla |  LES | 39 | |||
| Hamdani Benahamed |  ALG | – | ||||
| Manuel Ataíde |  TLS | – | ||||
| Moukhtar Soule |  MTN | – |