2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

2008 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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 13 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Jonathan Ndiku  Kenya
Silver	Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda
Bronze	Kenya

Results[]

Final[]

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	8:17.28
	Benjamin Kiplagat	Uganda	8:19.24
		Kenya	8:25.14
4		Ethiopia	8:32.98
5		Ethiopia	8:38.34
6		Morocco	8:45.45
7	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8:45.64
8		Bahrain	8:49.27
9		United States	8:52.90
10		United States	8:53.79
11		Romania	8:55.28
12	Luis Orta	Venezuela	9:03.69

Heats[]

10 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Ethiopia	8:48.61	Q
2	Benjamin Kiplagat	Uganda	8:49.17	Q
3		Kenya	8:50.03	Q
4		Romania	8:52.63	Q
5	Luis Orta	Venezuela	8:52.70	q
6		United States	8:53.67	q
7	Sebastian Martos	Spain	8:57.85
8		Algeria	9:06.03
9		France	9:07.00
10		Uruguay	9:19.70
11		Belgium	9:32.13

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	8:42.32	Q
2		Ethiopia	8:42.46	Q
3		Morocco	8:48.05	Q
4	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8:48.94	Q
5		Bahrain	8:51.31	q
6		United States	8:55.28	q
7	Matthew Hughes	Canada	9:01.82
8		France	9:10.32
9	Jonathan Hernández	Spain	9:16.77
10		Portugal	9:23.36

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References[]