sentences:  2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.