| Event: | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Competition: | 2018 World U20 Championships |
| Venue: | Ratina Stadium |
| Dates: | 12 and 15 July |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Win Value: | 8:25.35 |
| Gold: | Takele Nigate |
| Goldnoc: | ETH |
| Silver: | Leonard Kipkemoi Bett |
| Silvernoc: | KEN |
| Bronze: | Getnet Wale |
| Bronzenoc: | ETH |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.[1]
| Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Record | 7:58.66 | Brussels, Belgium | 24 August 2001 | ||
| Championship Record | 8:06.10 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 | ||
| World Junior Leading | 8:17.17 | Rome, Italy | 21 May 2018 | ||
Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | align=left |  | 8:39.15 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | align=left |  | 8:39.30 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | align=left |  | 8:49.47 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | align=left | 8:51.16 | Q, | |||
| 5 | 1 | align=left | | 8:51.17 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | align=left | | 8:51.56 | Q, | ||
| 7 | 2 | align=left |  | 8:52.78 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | align=left |  | 8:56.64 | q | ||
| 9 | 1 | align=left |  | 8:58.95 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | align=left | 8:59.58 | Q, | |||
| 11 | 2 | align=left |  | 9:01.91 | q | ||
| 12 | 2 | align=left |  | 9:02.45 | q, | ||
| 13 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:02.80 | Q | ||
| 14 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:02.97 | q, | ||
| 15 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:03.21 | q | ||
| 16 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:03.61 | |||
| 17 | 2 | align=left |  | 9:07.73 | |||
| 18 | 2 | align=left | | 9:09.60 | |||
| 19 | 1 | align=left | | 9:11.99 | |||
| 20 | 2 | align=left |  | 9:12.42 | |||
| 21 | 2 | align=left |  | 9:13.74 | |||
| 22 | 1 | align=left | 9:14.74 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | align=left |  | 9:16.79 | |||
| 24 | 1 | align=left | | 9:25.18 | |||
| 25 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:28.46 | |||
| 26 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:36.08 | |||
| 27 | 1 | align=left |  | 9:37.30 | |||
| 28 | 2 | align=left | | 9:41.66 | |||
| 1 | align=left | ||||||
| 2 | align=left |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | | 8:25.35 | ||||
| align=left | | 8:25.39 | ||||
| align=left | | 8:26.16 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | | 8:28.63 | |||
| 5 | align=left | | 8:50.99 | |||
| 6 | align=left | | 8:52.09 | |||
| 7 | align=left | | 8:57.21 | |||
| 8 | align=left | | 9:02.03 | |||
| 9 | align=left | | 9:02.20 | |||
| 10 | align=left | 9:02.45 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | 9:04.38 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | | 9:10.16 | |||
| 13 | align=left | | 9:17.99 | |||
| 14 | align=left | | 9:18.03 | |||
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