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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Conseslus Kipruto
 Kenya
Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui
 Kenya
Hicham Sigueni
 Morocco

Records

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Prior to the competition, 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
Championship Record &
World Junior Leading
 Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:06.10 Barcelona, Spain 15 July 2012

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: The first 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya 8:19.46 Q
2 1 Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui  Kenya 8:26.58 Q
3 2 Weynay Ghebresilasie  Eritrea 8:37.01 Q
4 1 Hicham Sigueni  Morocco 8:37.94 Q
5 1 Meresa Kahsay  Ethiopia 8:38.01 Q, PB
6 2 Jaouad Chemlal  Morocco 8:41.05 Q
7 1 Ahmed Mohammed Burhan  Saudi Arabia 8:48.38 Q
8 1 Zak Seddon  Great Britain 8:49.67 q
9 1 Edward Owens  United States 8:52.99 q, PB
10 2 Bilal Tabti  Algeria 8:54.85 Q, PB
11 2 Szymon Kulka  Poland 8:55.93 q
12 1 Hashim Salah Mohamed  Qatar 8:56.15 q, PB
13 1 Ryan Cassidy  Canada 8:56.88 PB
14 2 Djilali Bedrani  France 8:56.98
15 2 Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria 8:57.98
16 1 Julien Detre  France 9:00.32
17 2 Malek Ben Amor  Tunisia 9:02.59
18 1 Issam Zeghdane  Algeria 9:03.98
19 1 Italo Quazzola  Italy 9:05.28
20 2 Konstantin Wedel  Germany 9:05.64
21 2 Darren Fahy  United States 9:08.69
22 2 Antoine Thibeault  Canada 9:10.71
23 1 José Nuno Paulo  Portugal 9:11.31
24 1 Jonathan Romeo  Spain 9:14.86
25 1 Adam Lipschitz  South Africa 9:16.17
26 2 Christoph Graf  Switzerland 9:18.31
27 1 Davorin Cimermancic  Slovenia 9:20.28
28 2 Ivan Savka  Ukraine 9:24.97
29 2 Jorge Blanco  Spain 9:31.22
30 2 Bin Yu  China 9:46.23
2 Animut Minalu  Ethiopia DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya 8:06.10 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui  Kenya 8:19.94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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