2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
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][2][3]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Conseslus Kipruto Kenya | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui Kenya | Hicham Sigueni Morocco |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN) | 7:58.66 | Brussels, Belgium | 24 August 2001 |
Championship Record | Willy Rutto Komen (KEN) | 8:14.00 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
World Junior Leading | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) | 8:08.92 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
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Championship Record & World Junior Leading | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) | 8:06.10 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Qualification: The first 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:06.10 | CR | |
Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui | Kenya | 8:19.94 | ||
Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | 8:30.14 | ||
4 | Jaouad Chemlal | Morocco | 8:30.92 | |
5 | Bilal Tabti | Algeria | 8:32.08 | NJ |
6 | Weynay Ghebresilasie | Eritrea | 8:33.87 | |
7 | Meresa Kahsay | Ethiopia | 8:36.13 | PB |
8 | Ahmed Mohammed Burhan | Saudi Arabia | 8:36.14 | |
9 | Zak Seddon | Great Britain | 8:45.18 | |
10 | Hashim Salah Mohamed | Qatar | 8:51.35 | PB |
11 | Edward Owens | United States | 8:51.44 | PB |
- | Szymon Kulka | Poland | DNS |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (2)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (2)
- China (1)
- Eritrea (1)
- Ethiopia (1)
- France (2)
- Germany (1)
- Italy (1)
- Kenya (2)
- Morocco (2)
- Poland (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Qatar (1)
- Saudi Arabia (1)
- Slovenia (1)
- South Africa (1)
- Spain (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Tunisia (1)
- Ukraine (1)
- United Kingdom (1)
- United States (2)
References
[edit]- ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015