1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

1998 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	women
10,000 m	men
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
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 July and 1 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Reuben Kosgei  Kenya
Silver	Abraham Cherono  Kenya
Bronze	Morocco

Results[]

Final[]

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Reuben Kosgei	Kenya	8:23.76
	Abraham Cherono	Kenya	8:32.24
		Morocco	8:34.91
4	Maru Daba	Ethiopia	8:35.51
5		United States	8:38.66
6		Finland	8:41.05
7		United States	8:42.19
8	Mustafa Mohamed	Sweden	8:42.55
9		Ethiopia	8:43.47
10	Henrik Skoog	Sweden	8:44.30
11	Martin Dent	Australia	8:46.66
12	Filmon Ghirmai	Germany	8:53.94

Heats[]

30 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abraham Cherono	Kenya	8:47.27	Q
2		United States	8:47.34	Q
3	Henrik Skoog	Sweden	8:55.53	Q
4		Spain	9:01.89
5	Chris Thompson	United Kingdom	9:07.37
6		Finland	9:09.77
7		Norway	9:10.64
8		Algeria	9:10.67
9		South Africa	9:23.21
10		Hungary	9:33.17
11		New Zealand	9:35.83
12		Uruguay	9:53.29

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maru Daba	Ethiopia	8:42.79	Q
2	Reuben Kosgei	Kenya	8:43.07	Q
3	Mustafa Mohamed	Sweden	8:46.27	Q
4		Finland	8:49.49	q
5	Adrián Peña	Spain	8:55.82
6		Burundi	9:06.16
7		United Kingdom	9:07.09
8		France	9:13.68
9		Argentina	9:17.96
10		Austria	9:22.32
11		Algeria	9:44.80
12		Paraguay	9:46.34
13		Hungary	10:01.73

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Morocco	8:42.94	Q
2		United States	8:43.11	Q
3	Filmon Ghirmai	Germany	8:43.15	Q
4		Ethiopia	8:43.16	q
5	Martin Dent	Australia	8:48.77	q
6		United Arab Emirates	8:56.75
7		Burundi	9:05.04
8		Russia	9:07.30
9		China	9:08.05
10		France	9:26.46
11		Turkey	9:45.53
		Qatar	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References[]