2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres

Boys' 3000 metres
at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueRSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates11 July (heats)
14 July (final)
Competitors27
Winning time7:53.56 PB
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Kenya

The boys' 3000 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Yomif Kejelcha
 Ethiopia
Vedic Kipkoech
 Kenya
Alexander Mutiso Munyao
 Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Abreham Cherkos (ETH) 7:32.37 Lausanne, Switzerland 11 July 2006
Championship Record  William Malel Sitonik (KEN) 7:40.10 Lille, France 10 July 2011
World Youth Leading  Vedic Kipkoech (KEN) 7:52.0 Nairobi, Kenya 11 June 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified.[1]

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vedic Kipkoech  Kenya 8:26.25 Q
2 Mogos Tuemay  Ethiopia 8:26.69 Q
3 Awet Nftalem Kibrab  Eritrea 8:27.23 Q
4 Suguru Hirosue  Japan 8:30.26 Q
5 Josh Shanks  Canada 8:32.36 Q
6 Yohanes Chiappinelli  Italy 8:39.24 q, PB
7 El Hocine Zourkane  Algeria 8:42.83 q
8 James Sugira  Rwanda 8:45.49
9 Jure Josipović  Croatia 8:46.07
10 Martín Acebes  Spain 8:56.81
11 Yann Schrub  France 8:57.41
12 Bogdan Bălăşoiu  Romania 9:08.74
13 Ayetullah Belir  Turkey 9:31.59

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 8:22.11 Q
2 Alexander Mutiso Munyao  Kenya 8:25.30 Q
3 Denis Bashkirtsev  Russia 8:29.55 Q, PB
4 Takeshi Okada  Japan 8:31.68 Q
5 Enis Korkmaz  Turkey 8:34.12 Q, PB
6 Tawfiq Bouziane  Algeria 8:34.17 q, PB
7 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla  Qatar 8:36.08 q, PB
8 Lahcen Ait Alibou  Spain 8:39.46 q
9 Nathan Wadhwani  Canada 8:42.90
10 Harry Sichaly  Malawi 8:44.25
11 Moeketsi Sekosana  South Africa 8:53.12
12 Abdalla Targan Yousif  Sudan 8:59.68
13 Andriy Ivakhin  Ukraine 9:11.51
Andemichael Miebale  Eritrea DQ

Final

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 7:53.56 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vedic Kipkoech  Kenya 7:55.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexander Mutiso Munyao  Kenya 7:56.86 PB
4 Mogos Tuemay  Ethiopia 8:03.83 PB
5 Awet Nftalem Kibrab  Eritrea 8:05.19 PB
6 Suguru Hirosue  Japan 8:24.37 PB
7 Denis Bashkirtsev  Russia 8:26.71 PB
8 Takeshi Okada  Japan 8:27.06
9 El Hocine Zourkane  Algeria 8:27.43 PB
10 Yohanes Chiappinelli  Italy 8:27.76 PB
11 Tawfiq Bouziane  Algeria 8:35.53
12 Josh Shanks  Canada 8:50.16
13 Enis Korkmaz  Turkey 9:04.68
14 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla  Qatar 9:13.96
Lahcen Ait Alibou  Spain DQ

References

  1. ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 July 2013.