2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

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]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Conseslus Kipruto	Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui	Hicham Sigueni

Records

, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record		7:58.66	Brussels, Belgium	24 August 2001
Championship Record		8:14.00	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading		8:08.92	Doha, Qatar	11 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record & World Junior Leading		8:06.10	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012

Results

Heats

Qualification: The first 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			8:19.46	Q
2	1			8:26.58	Q
3	2			8:37.01	Q
4	1			8:37.94	Q
5	1			8:38.01	Q, PB
6	2			8:41.05	Q
7	1			8:48.38	Q
8	1			8:49.67	q
9	1			8:52.99	q, PB
10	2			8:54.85	Q, PB
11	2			8:55.93	q
12	1			8:56.15	q, PB
13	1			8:56.88	PB
14	2			8:56.98
15	2			8:57.98
16	1			9:00.32
17	2			9:02.59
18	1			9:03.98
19	1			9:05.28
20	2			9:05.64
21	2			9:08.69
22	2			9:10.71
23	1			9:11.31
24	1			9:14.86
25	1			9:16.17
26	2			9:18.31
27	1			9:20.28
28	2			9:24.97
29	2			9:31.22
30	2			9:46.23
–	2			DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			8:06.10	CR
			8:19.94
			8:30.14
			8:30.92
			8:32.08	NJ
			8:33.87
			8:36.13	PB
			8:36.14
			8:45.18
10			8:51.35	PB
11			8:51.44	PB
			DNS

Participation

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

External links

• WJC12 3000 metres steeplechase schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727064739/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=3KSC/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-07-27.