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

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, NJR
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.