| Event: | Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres |
| Games: | 2014 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre |
| Date: | August 20–24 |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: | Yomif Kejelcha |
| Goldnoc: | ETH |
| Silver: | Thierry Ndikumwenayo |
| Silvernoc: | BDI |
| Bronze: | Moses Koech |
| Bronzenoc: | KEN |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The boys’ 3000 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–24 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2014 | 18:55 | Heat | |
| 24 August 2014 | 20:30 | Final |
First 50% of the athletes from the Qualification round progress to the A Final and the remaining athletes to the B Final.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | Q | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 8:05.85 | FA | |||
| 2 | 10 | 8:06.50 | FA | |||
| 3 | 1 | 8:13.89 | PB | FA | ||
| 4 | 5 | 8:14.51 | PB | FA | ||
| 5 | 7 | 8:16.11 | PB | FA | ||
| 6 | 15 | 8:16.43 | PB | FA | ||
| 7 | 11 | 8:16.86 | PB | FA | ||
| 8 | 2 | 8:21.58 | PB | FA | ||
| 9 | 12 | 8:23.76 | PB | FB | ||
| 10 | 4 | 8:30.40 | PB | FB | ||
| 11 | 9 | 8:33.94 | PB | FB | ||
| 12 | 8 | 8:39.67 | PB | FB | ||
| 13 | 14 | 8:45.33 | PB | FB | ||
| 14 | 3 | 8:46.65 | PB | FB | ||
| 15 | 13 | 9:00.01 | FB | |||
| 16 | 6 | 9:46.78 | FB |
| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7:56.20 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 8:06.05 | PB | |||
| 3 | 7 | 8:06.33 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 8:08.91 | PB | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 8:09.99 | PB | ||
| 6 | 6 | 8 | 8:18.98 | PB | ||
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 8:21.62 | |||
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| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 8:31.05 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 6 | 8:32.07 | |||
| 3 | 10 | 8 | 8:32.44 | PB | ||
| 4 | 11 | 5 | 8:37.11 | PB | ||
| 5 | 12 | 4 | 8:37.82 | PB | ||
| 6 | 13 | 2 | 8:39.38 | PB | ||
| 7 | 14 | 7 | 8:40.07 | PB | ||
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