1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	William Chemitei  Kenya
Silver	Matthew Birir  Kenya
Bronze	Finland

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	William Chemitei	Kenya	8:41.61
	Matthew Birir	Kenya	8:44.54
		Finland	8:46.42
4	Wander Moura	Brazil	8:48.16
5	Leonid Shvetsov	Soviet Union	8:51.01
6		Italy	8:56.66
7		Bulgaria	9:00.65
8	Kim Bauermeister	West Germany	9:01.19
9		Brazil	9:01.97
10		Canada	9:04.71
11		East Germany	9:04.96
12		United States	9:04.96
13	Simretu Alemayehu	Ethiopia	9:05.56
14		Finland	9:06.57
15		Italy	9:08.04

Heats[]

29 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Italy	9:03.05	Q
2	Simretu Alemayehu	Ethiopia	9:03.97	Q
3		Finland	9:07.23	Q
4	Leonid Shvetsov	Soviet Union	9:12.01	Q
5	Spencer Duval	United Kingdom	9:14.65
6		France	9:26.20
7		United States	9:36.40
8		Norway	9:40.85
9		Japan	9:51.29
10		Singapore	10:05.18
		Czechoslovakia	DNF

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Birir	Kenya	8:54.51	Q
2	Wander Moura	Brazil	9:05.62	Q
3		East Germany	9:07.73	Q
4		Brazil	9:08.74	Q
5		Canada	9:08.76	q
6		France	9:14.44
7	Michael Buchleitner	Austria	9:18.29
8		Australia	9:19.19
9		West Germany	9:31.12
10		New Zealand	9:39.46
11		Spain	9:56.71

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	William Chemitei	Kenya	8:53.89	Q
2		Italy	9:04.59	Q
3		Bulgaria	9:05.40	Q
4	Kim Bauermeister	West Germany	9:07.77	Q
5		United States	9:10.60	q
6		Finland	9:12.14	q
7		Portugal	9:22.51
8		New Zealand	9:24.65
9		Poland	9:35.14
10		Dominican Republic	9:37.45
11		Canada	9:44.81

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References[]