| Event: | Boys' 3000 metres |
| Games: | 2018 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Parque Polideportivo Roca |
| Date: | 11 October and 15 October 2018 |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Gold: | Jackson Kavesa Muema |
| Goldnoc: | KEN |
| Silver: | Berihu Aregawi |
| Silvernoc: | ETH |
| Bronze: | Oscar Chelimo |
| Bronzenoc: | UGA |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The boys' 3000 metres competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 11 and 15 October, at the Parque Polideportivo Roca.
All times are in local time (UTC-3).
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 October 2018 | 15:30 | Stage 1 | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 15 October 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 10:00 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Cross Country |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Chelimo | 8:08.20 | |||
| 2 | Berihu Aregawi | 8:09.17 | |||
| 3 | Jackson Kavesa Muema | 8:09.95 | |||
| 4 | Evan Burke | 8:14.99 | |||
| 5 | Rintaro Kajiyama | 8:22.15 | |||
| 6 | Haben Ghebremariam | 8:22.45 | |||
| 7 | Francesco Guerra | 8:24.27 | |||
| 8 | Ömer Amaçtan | 8:26.39 | |||
| 9 | Aime Phraditte Bakunzi | 8:26.70 | |||
| 10 | Clemens Erdmann | 8:29.27 | |||
| 11 | Adisu Guadia | 8:30.27 | |||
| 12 | Francis Damiano Damasi | 8:30.91 | |||
| 13 | Layth Hakim Hussein Albohaya | 8:39.44 | |||
| 14 | Julius Mäkinen | 8:41.41 | |||
| 15 | Fayez Abdullah Alsubaie | 8:45.61 | |||
| 16 | Abdllah Jehad Mohammad Almeleefi | 8:45.95 | |||
| 17 | Gamil Saleh Ali Al-Hamati | 8:52.07 | |||
| 18 | Dick Kapalu | 9:31.78 |
| Rank | Overall rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jackson Kavesa Muema | 11:12 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Berihu Aregawi | 11:13 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Oscar Chelimo | 11:28 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Francis Damiano Damasi | 11:35 | |||
| 5 | 13 | Haben Ghebremariam | 11:54 | |||
| 6 | 16 | Evan Burke | 11:59 | |||
| 7 | 18 | Adisu Guadia | 12:06 | |||
| 8 | 19 | Rintaro Kajiyama | 12:10 | |||
| 9 | 22 | Ömer Amaçtan | 12:15 | |||
| 10 | 27 | Clemens Erdmann | 12:29 | |||
| 11 | 35 | Layth Hakim Hussein Albohaya | 12:38 | |||
| 12 | 36 | Gamil Saleh Ali Al-Hamati | 12:42 | |||
| 13 | 39 | Abdllah Jehad Mohammad Almeleefi | 12:46 | |||
| 14 | 40 | Julius Mäkinen | 12:48 | |||
| 15 | 45 | Aime Phraditte Bakunzi | 13:01 | |||
| 16 | 51 | Dick Kapalu | 13:49 | |||
| Francesco Guerra | ||||||
| Fayez Abdullah Alsubaie |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Stage 1 | Cross Country | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Kavesa Muema | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Berihu Aregawi | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Oscar Chelimo | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Evan Burke | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Haben Ghebremariam | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Rintaro Kajiyama | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| Francis Damiano Damasi | 12 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Ömer Amaçtan | 8 | 9 | 17 | |||
| Adisu Guadia | 11 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Clemens Erdmann | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||
| 11 | Layth Hakim Hussein Albohaya | 13 | 11 | 24 | ||
| 12 | Aime Phraditte Bakunzi | 9 | 15 | 24 | ||
| 13 | Julius Mäkinen | 14 | 14 | 28 | ||
| 14 | Gamil Saleh Ali Al-Hamati | 17 | 12 | 29 | ||
| 15 | Abdllah Jehad Mohammad Almeleefi | 16 | 13 | 29 | ||
| 16 | Dick Kapalu | 18 | 16 | 34 | ||
| Francesco Guerra | 7 | |||||
| Fayez Abdullah Alsubaie | 15 |