2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 24 July.

Medalists

Gold	Amos Kirui  Kenya
Silver	Yemane Haileselassie  Eritrea
Bronze	Getnet Wale  Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN)	7:58.66	Brussels, Belgium	24 August 2001
Championship Record	Conseslus Kipruto (KEN)	8:06.10	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Hailemariyam Amare (ETH)	8:21.10	Beijing, China	18 May 2016

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Vincent Kipyegon Ruto	Kenya	8:37.20	Q
2	2	Kidanemariam Dessie	Ethiopia	8:39.05	Q, PB
3	1	Getnet Wale	Ethiopia	8:43.92	Q, PB
4	1	Amos Kirui	Kenya	8:44.32	Q
5	2	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	Djibouti	8:44.49	Q
6	2	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	8:44.51	Q
7	2	Abdelkarim Ben Zahra	Morocco	8:44.69	Q, PB
8	1	Yemane Haileselassie	Eritrea	8:46.31	Q
9	1	Albert Chemutai	Uganda	8:47.14	Q
10	2	Soufien Cherni	Tunisia	8:48.45	q, PB
11	2	Kai Benedict	United States	8:51.37	q
12	1	Taisei Ogino	Japan	8:51.50	Q
13	2	Zerom Berakai	Eritrea	8:52.23	q
14	1	Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui	Tunisia	8:53.51	q
15	2	Ahmed Saidia	Algeria	8:53.98	q, PB
16	1	Lennart Mesecke	Germany	8:57.61
17	1	Alex Rogers	United States	8:59.00
18	1	Thomas Byrkjeland	Norway	9:01.17
19	1	Alexis Rodríguez	Spain	9:03.26
20	2	Jannik Seelhöfer	Germany	9:03.37
21	2	Louis Gilavert	France	9:09.58
22	1	Víctor Ortiz	Puerto Rico	9:10.86
23	2	Sean Bergman	Canada	9:13.76
24	2	Miguel González	Spain	9:20.01
25	1	Nickolas Colyn	Canada	9:25.67
26	2	Muhand Khamis Saifeldin	Qatar	9:29.76
	1	Ivo Balabanov	Bulgaria	DNF

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Amos Kirui	Kenya	8:20.43	WU20L
	Yemane Haileselassie	Eritrea	8:22.67
	Getnet Wale	Ethiopia	8:22.83
4	Vincent Kipyegon Ruto	Kenya	8:22.84
5	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	8:32.66
6	Abdelkarim Ben Zahra	Morocco	8:34.28	PB
7	Albert Chemutai	Uganda	8:37.76	PB
8	Kidanemariam Dessie	Ethiopia	8:39.92
9	Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui	Tunisia	8:41.79	NU20R
10	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	Djibouti	8:42.38
11	Soufien Cherni	Tunisia	8:42.56	PB
12	Ahmed Saidia	Algeria	8:44.53	PB
13	Zerom Berakai	Eritrea	8:44.89
14	Kai Benedict	United States	8:49.13	PB
15	Taisei Ogino	Japan	8:53.71

References

1. "Heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
2. "Final results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2017.