2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	3:45.43	Q
2	1	Abdelkader Hachlaf	Morocco	3:45.44	Q
3	1	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	3:45.62	Q
4	1	Cornelius Chirchir	Kenya	3:45.75	Q
5	1	Habtai Kifletsion	Eritrea	3:47.74	Q
6	1	Mohamed Kanzari	Tunisia	3:48.24	q
7	1	Keenetse Moswasi	Botswana	3:53.79	q
8	2	Laban Rotich	Kenya	3:56.87	Q
9	2	Youssef Baba	Morocco	3:57.00	Q
10	2	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:57.04	Q
11	2	Mohamed Khaldi	Algeria	3:57.18	Q
12	2	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	3:57.30	Q
13	2	Ibrahim Ofangobi	Benin	4:02.80
14	2	Roland Natouyoulana	Republic of the Congo	4:10.61
15	1	Sory Fofana	Guinea	4:12.58
16	2	Mohamed Faisal	Somalia	4:16.59
17	1	Abdulahi Yahye	Somalia	4:20.57
	1	Mohamed Babiker	Sudan	DNS
	2	Abdillahi Bouh Moumin	Djibouti	DNS
	2	Arlindo Pinheiro	São Tomé and Príncipe	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	3:38.11
	Laban Rotich	Kenya	3:38.60
	Abdelkader Hachlaf	Morocco	3:38.78
4	Cornelius Chirchir	Kenya	3:39.67
5	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	3:41.49
6	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:43.00
7	Mohamed Khaldi	Algeria	3:43.46
8	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	3:44.23
9	Youssef Baba	Morocco	3:48.20
10	Habtai Kifletsion	Eritrea	3:48.31
11	Mohamed Kanzari	Tunisia	3:48.77
12	Keenetse Moswasi	Botswana	3:56.23

Medalists