1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 12 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Matthew Birir  Kenya
Silver	Francisco Munuera  Spain
Bronze	Simeon Rono  Kenya

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Birir	Kenya	8:31.02
	Francisco Munuera	Spain	8:41.03
	Simeon Rono	Kenya	8:42.05
4	Alastair O'Connor	United Kingdom	8:44.68
5	Vladimir Golyas	Soviet Union	8:49.68
6	Joël Bourgeois	Canada	8:51.80
7	Seiji Kushibe	Japan	8:53.86
8	Yuriy Churakov	Soviet Union	8:55.07
9	Yeóryios Yianélis	Greece	8:55.80
10	Florin Ionescu	Romania	9:04.30
11	Marcel Laros	Netherlands	9:08.43
12	Rainer Huth	West Germany	9:15.85

Heats

10 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Francisco Munuera	Spain	8:48.75	Q
2	Marcel Laros	Netherlands	8:52.21	Q
3	Seiji Kushibe	Japan	8:53.09	Q
4	Joël Bourgeois	Canada	8:53.41	Q
5	Yuriy Churakov	Soviet Union	8:53.86	q
6	Alastair O'Connor	United Kingdom	8:54.73	q
7	Darren Abbott	Australia	8:58.69
8	Alvaro Ramalhete	Portugal	9:05.42
9	Emil Cheresharski	Bulgaria	9:06.23
10	Jim Svenøy	Norway	9:07.46
11	Nurettin Özyürek	Turkey	9:10.51
12	John Murray	Ireland	9:25.28
13	John Moritz	United States	9:27.91
	Holger Ross	West Germany	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Birir	Kenya	8:45.32	Q
2	Simeon Rono	Kenya	8:50.57	Q
3	Yeóryios Yianélis	Greece	8:52.15	Q
4	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8:52.58	Q
5	Vladimir Golyas	Soviet Union	8:53.95	q
6	Rainer Huth	West Germany	8:56.99	q
7	Georgios Loucaides	Cyprus	8:59.90
8	Masafumi Matsuoka	Japan	9:00.03
9	Keith Cullen	United Kingdom	9:08.39
10	Héctor Arias	Mexico	9:09.76
11	František Zálešák	Czechoslovakia	9:19.79
12	Julio Figueirêdo	Portugal	9:34.44

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Spain (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (1)
•  West Germany (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015