2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
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[edit]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Conseslus Kipruto Kenya | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui Kenya | Hicham Sigueni Morocco |
Records[edit]
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[edit]
Heats[edit]
Qualification: The first 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
Final[edit]
| 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[edit]
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)
References[edit]
- ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015