2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.^[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	12 and 15 July
Competitors	30 from 22 nations
Winning time	8:25.35
Medalists
Takele Nigate    Ethiopia   Leonard Kipkemoi Bett    Kenya   Getnet Wale    Ethiopia
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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	Albert Chemutai (UGA)	8:17.17	Rome, Italy	21 May 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Getnet Wale	Ethiopia	8:39.15	Q
2	2	Leonard Kipkemoi Bett	Kenya	8:39.30	Q
3	1	Albert Chemutai	Uganda	8:49.47	Q
4	2	Trung Cuong Nguyen	Vietnam	8:51.16	Q, NR
5	1	Takele Nigate	Ethiopia	8:51.17	Q
6	2	Denis Cherotich	Uganda	8:51.56	Q, PB
7	2	Tim Van de Velde	Belgium	8:52.78	Q
8	2	Takumi Yoshida	Japan	8:56.64	q
9	1	Mohamed Er Rachdi	Morocco	8:58.95	Q
10	1	Nikolaos Sakis	Greece	8:59.58	Q, PB
11	2	Stefan Schmid	Austria	9:01.91	q
12	2	David Foller	Czech Republic	9:02.45	q, PB
13	1	Murat Yalçinkaya	Turkey	9:02.80	Q
14	1	Alex Drover	Canada	9:02.97	q, PB
15	1	Giovanni Gatto	Italy	9:03.21	q
16	1	Aziz Jdai	Tunisia	9:03.61	PB
17	2	Saba Khvichava	Georgia	9:07.73
18	2	Marcel Scheele	Canada	9:09.60
19	1	Kosei Hitomi	Japan	9:11.99	PB
20	2	Wilho Hautala	Finland	9:12.42	PB
21	2	Hunter Boyer	United States	9:13.74
22	1	Velten Schneider	Germany	9:14.74
23	2	Ibrahim Oussaa	France	9:16.79
24	1	Timothée Mischler	France	9:25.18
25	1	Alejandro Ortuño	Spain	9:28.46
26	1	Edwar Condori	Peru	9:36.08
27	1	Nahuel Carabaña	Andorra	9:37.30
28	2	Carlos Muñoz	Spain	9:41.66
	1	Mohamed Amine Drabli	Algeria	DNF
	2	Oussama Bassi	Algeria	DQ

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Takele Nigate	Ethiopia	8:25.35	SB
	Leonard Kipkemoi Bett	Kenya	8:25.39
	Getnet Wale	Ethiopia	8:26.16	SB
4	Albert Chemutai	Uganda	8:28.63
5	Takumi Yoshida	Japan	8:50.99	PB
6	Giovanni Gatto	Italy	8:52.09	PB
7	Mohamed Er Rachdi	Morocco	8:57.21
8	Tim Van de Velde	Belgium	9:02.03
9	Stefan Schmid	Austria	9:02.20
10	Nikolaos Sakis	Greece	9:02.45
11	Trung Cuong Nguyen	Vietnam	9:04.38
12	Alex Drover	Canada	9:10.16
13	David Foller	Czech Republic	9:17.99
14	Murat Yalçinkaya	Turkey	9:18.03
	Denis Cherotich	Uganda	DNF

References

1. "2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men – Round 1 – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
3. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men – Final – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.