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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Conseslus Kipruto
  Kenya
Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui
  Kenya
Hicham Sigueni
  Morocco

Records

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Prior to the competition, 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

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Heats

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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

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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

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According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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