2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
Conseslus Kipruto Kenya |
Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui Kenya |
Hicham Sigueni Morocco |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN) |
7:58.66 | Brussels, Belgium | 24 August 2001 |
| Championship Record | Willy Rutto Komen (KEN) |
8:14.00 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) |
8:08.92 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship Record & World Junior Leading |
Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) |
8:06.10 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
Results
Heats
Qualification: The first 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:19.46 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui | Kenya | 8:26.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Weynay Ghebresilasie |  Eritrea | 8:37.01 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | 8:37.94 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Meresa Kahsay |  Ethiopia | 8:38.01 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Jaouad Chemlal | Morocco | 8:41.05 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ahmed Mohammed Burhan |  Saudi Arabia | 8:48.38 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Zak Seddon |  Great Britain | 8:49.67 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Edward Owens |  United States | 8:52.99 | q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | Bilal Tabti |  Algeria | 8:54.85 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 2 | Szymon Kulka |  Poland | 8:55.93 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Hashim Salah Mohamed |  Qatar | 8:56.15 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Ryan Cassidy |  Canada | 8:56.88 | PB |
| 14 | 2 | Djilali Bedrani |  France | 8:56.98 | |
| 15 | 2 | Mitko Tsenov |  Bulgaria | 8:57.98 | |
| 16 | 1 | Julien Detre | France | 9:00.32 | |
| 17 | 2 | Malek Ben Amor |  Tunisia | 9:02.59 | |
| 18 | 1 | Issam Zeghdane | Algeria | 9:03.98 | |
| 19 | 1 | Italo Quazzola |  Italy | 9:05.28 | |
| 20 | 2 | Konstantin Wedel |  Germany | 9:05.64 | |
| 21 | 2 | Darren Fahy | United States | 9:08.69 | |
| 22 | 2 | Antoine Thibeault | Canada | 9:10.71 | |
| 23 | 1 | José Nuno Paulo |  Portugal | 9:11.31 | |
| 24 | 1 | Jonathan Romeo |  Spain | 9:14.86 | |
| 25 | 1 | Adam Lipschitz |  South Africa | 9:16.17 | |
| 26 | 2 | Christoph Graf |  Switzerland | 9:18.31 | |
| 27 | 1 | Davorin Cimermancic |  Slovenia | 9:20.28 | |
| 28 | 2 | Ivan Savka |  Ukraine | 9:24.97 | |
| 29 | 2 | Jorge Blanco | Spain | 9:31.22 | |
| 30 | 2 | Bin Yu |  China | 9:46.23 | |
| – | 2 | Animut Minalu | Ethiopia | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:06.10 | CR |
 | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui | Kenya | 8:19.94 | |
 | Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | 8:30.14 | |
| 4 | Jaouad Chemlal | Morocco | 8:30.92 | |
| 5 | Bilal Tabti | Algeria | 8:32.08 | NJ |
| 6 | Weynay Ghebresilasie | Eritrea | 8:33.87 | |
| 7 | Meresa Kahsay | Ethiopia | 8:36.13 | PB |
| 8 | Ahmed Mohammed Burhan | Saudi Arabia | 8:36.14 | |
| 9 | Zak Seddon | Great Britain | 8:45.18 | |
| 10 | Hashim Salah Mohamed | Qatar | 8:51.35 | PB |
| 11 | Edward Owens | United States | 8:51.44 | PB |
| - | Szymon Kulka | Poland | DNS |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
Algeria (2)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (2)
China (1)
Eritrea (1)
Ethiopia (1)
France (2)
Germany (1)
Italy (1)
Kenya (2)
Morocco (2)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Qatar (1)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (1)
Spain (2)
Switzerland (1)
Tunisia (1)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (1)
United States (2)
