2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres

The boys' 3000 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.

Boys' 3000 metres
at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueRSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates11 July (heats)
14 July (final)
Competitors27
Winning time7:53.56 PB
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Kenya
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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Yomif Kejelcha
  Ethiopia
Vedic Kipkoech
  Kenya
Alexander Mutiso Munyao
  Kenya

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best   Abreham Cherkos (ETH) 7:32.37 Lausanne, Switzerland 11 July 2006
Championship Record   William Malel Sitonik (KEN) 7:40.10 Lille, France 10 July 2011
World Youth Leading   Vedic Kipkoech (KEN) 7:52.0 Nairobi, Kenya 11 June 2013

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified.[1]

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vedic Kipkoech   Kenya 8:26.25 Q
2 Mogos Tuemay   Ethiopia 8:26.69 Q
3 Awet Nftalem Kibrab   Eritrea 8:27.23 Q
4 Suguru Hirosue   Japan 8:30.26 Q
5 Josh Shanks   Canada 8:32.36 Q
6 Yohanes Chiappinelli   Italy 8:39.24 q, PB
7 El Hocine Zourkane   Algeria 8:42.83 q
8 James Sugira   Rwanda 8:45.49
9 Jure Josipović   Croatia 8:46.07
10 Martín Acebes   Spain 8:56.81
11 Yann Schrub   France 8:57.41
12 Bogdan Bălăşoiu   Romania 9:08.74
13 Ayetullah Belir   Turkey 9:31.59

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yomif Kejelcha   Ethiopia 8:22.11 Q
2 Alexander Mutiso Munyao   Kenya 8:25.30 Q
3 Denis Bashkirtsev   Russia 8:29.55 Q, PB
4 Takeshi Okada   Japan 8:31.68 Q
5 Enis Korkmaz   Turkey 8:34.12 Q, PB
6 Tawfiq Bouziane   Algeria 8:34.17 q, PB
7 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla   Qatar 8:36.08 q, PB
8 Lahcen Ait Alibou   Spain 8:39.46 q
9 Nathan Wadhwani   Canada 8:42.90
10 Harry Sichaly   Malawi 8:44.25
11 Moeketsi Sekosana   South Africa 8:53.12
12 Abdalla Targan Yousif   Sudan 8:59.68
13 Andriy Ivakhin   Ukraine 9:11.51
Andemichael Miebale   Eritrea DQ

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Yomif Kejelcha   Ethiopia 7:53.56 PB
  Vedic Kipkoech   Kenya 7:55.60
  Alexander Mutiso Munyao   Kenya 7:56.86 PB
4 Mogos Tuemay   Ethiopia 8:03.83 PB
5 Awet Nftalem Kibrab   Eritrea 8:05.19 PB
6 Suguru Hirosue   Japan 8:24.37 PB
7 Denis Bashkirtsev   Russia 8:26.71 PB
8 Takeshi Okada   Japan 8:27.06
9 El Hocine Zourkane   Algeria 8:27.43 PB
10 Yohanes Chiappinelli   Italy 8:27.76 PB
11 Tawfiq Bouziane   Algeria 8:35.53
12 Josh Shanks   Canada 8:50.16
13 Enis Korkmaz   Turkey 9:04.68
14 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla   Qatar 9:13.96
Lahcen Ait Alibou   Spain DQ

References

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  1. ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 July 2013.