| Event: | Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres |
| Games: | 2010 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Bishan Stadium |
| Date: | August 17–22 |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Gold: | Abrar Osman |
| Goldnoc: | ERI |
| Silver: | Fekru Jebesa |
| Silvernoc: | ETH |
| Bronze: | Hicham Sigueni |
| Bronzenoc: | MAR |
| Next: | 2014 |
The boys' 3,000 metres competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games was held on 17–22 August 2010 in Bishan Stadium.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2010 | 09:45 | Heats | |
| 22 August 2010 | 09:40 | Final |
| Rank | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:12.65 | FA | ||||
| 2 | 8:12.80 | FA | ||||
| 3 | 8:12.95 | SB | FA | |||
| 4 | 8:13.05 | PB | FA | |||
| 5 | 8:14.08 | FA | ||||
| 6 | 8:14.38 | PB | FA | |||
| 7 | 8:14.60 | FA | ||||
| 8 | 8:14.97 | FA | ||||
| 9 | 8:15.02 | FA | ||||
| 10 | 8:16.33 | PB | FA | |||
| 11 | 8:17.99 | FA | ||||
| 12 | 8:30.84 | SB | FA | |||
| 13 | 8:33.03 | FB | ||||
| 14 | 8:38.45 | FB | ||||
| 15 | 8:50.77 | FB | ||||
| 16 | 8:52.78 | FB | ||||
| 17 | 8:54.43 | FB | ||||
| 18 | 9:07.60 | FB | ||||
| 19 | 9:17.37 | FB | ||||
| 20 | 10:16.03 | FB | ||||
| FB | ||||||
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| Rank | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:27.19 | ||||
| 2 | 8:28.76 | PB | |||
| 3 | 8:32.85 | PB | |||
| 4 | 8:49.68 | ||||
| 5 | 8:58.63 | ||||
| 6 | 9:01.03 | ||||
| 7 | 9:25.90 | ||||
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| Rank | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:07.24 | |||||
| 8:08.53 | |||||
| 8:08.55 | SB | ||||
| 4 | 8:08.57 | PB | |||
| 5 | 8:11.26 | PB | |||
| 6 | 8:11.37 | ||||
| 7 | 8:13.11 | ||||
| 8 | 8:14.59 | ||||
| 9 | 8:15.23 | PB | |||
| 10 | 8:32.85 | ||||
| 11 | 8:36.73 | ||||
| DSQ | |||||