title: 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
text: # 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 20 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Mike Kipyego Kenya |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | David Kirwa Kenya |
  | Bronze | Abubaker Kamal Qatar |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  20 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Mike Kipyego | Kenya | 8:29.54 |
  | | David Kirwa | Kenya | 8:31.44 |
  | | Abubaker Kamal | Qatar | 8:33.67 |
  | 4 | Radosław Popławski | Poland | 8:37.87 |
  | 5 | Fernando Fernandes | Brazil | 8:45.76 |
  | 6 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | 8:50.17 |
  | 7 | Shuji Yoshioka | Japan | 8:52.30 |
  | 8 | Mohamed Ali Al-Banai | Saudi Arabia | 8:52.38 |
  | 9 | Robbie Nissen | Canada | 8:53.69 |
  | 10 | Arkangelo Roko | Sudan | 8:54.81 |
  | 11 | Vitaliy Gorlukovic | Lithuania | 9:01.11 |
  | 12 | Stephen Murphy | United Kingdom | 9:05.80 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  18 July
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | David Kirwa | Kenya | 8:50.17 | Q |
  | 2 | Radosław Popławski | Poland | 8:51.40 | Q |
  | 3 | Robbie Nissen | Canada | 8:52.05 | Q |
  | 4 | Shuji Yoshioka | Japan | 8:52.56 | Q |
  | 5 | Mohamed Ali Al-Banai | Saudi Arabia | 8:56.69 | q |
  | 6 | Vitaliy Gorlukovic | Lithuania | 8:57.23 | q |
  | 7 | Ruben Schwarz | Germany | 9:01.58 | |
  | 8 | Miloš Vujkovic | FR Yugoslavia | 9:04.26 | |
  | 9 | Michael Fadeau | France | 9:05.29 | |
  | 10 | Mandla Maseko | South Africa | 9:05.60 | |
  | 11 | Atef Zaamouchi | Algeria | 9:09.07 | |
  | 12 | Cristian Patiño | Ecuador | 9:09.72 | |
  | 13 | Michael Shelley | Australia | 9:11.18 | |
  | 14 | Gehad Abdelhaleem | Egypt | 9:36.71 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mike Kipyego | Kenya | 8:44.31 | Q |
  | 2 | Abubaker Kamal | Qatar | 8:46.69 | Q |
  | 3 | Fernando Fernandes | Brazil | 8:47.96 | Q |
  | 4 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | 8:55.05 | Q |
  | 5 | Stephen Murphy | United Kingdom | 8:56.85 | q |
  | 6 | Arkangelo Roko | Sudan | 8:57.99 | q |
  | 7 | Larbi Hamidi | Algeria | 9:02.10 | |
  | 8 | Piet Desmet | Belgium | 9:05.17 | |
  | 9 | Luke Taylor | Australia | 9:14.37 | |
  | 10 | Anthony Godongwana | South Africa | 9:15.59 | |
  | 11 | Christian Klein | Germany | 9:25.85 | |
  | 12 | Kristjan Hunter | Canada | 9:30.97 | |
  | 13 | Marco Carbonetti | Italy | 9:37.72 | |
  | 14 | Enrique Sánchez | Spain | 9:45.35 | |
  | | Sergei Tserepannikov | Estonia | DNF | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Algeria (2)
  * Australia (2)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Brazil (1)
  * Canada (2)
  * Ecuador (1)
  * Egypt (1)
  * Estonia (1)
  * France (1)
  * Germany (2)
  * Italy (1)
  * Japan (1)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Lithuania (1)
  * Poland (1)
  * Qatar (1)
  * Saudi Arabia (1)
  * South Africa (2)
  * Spain (1)
  * Sudan (1)
  * Turkey (1)
  * United Kingdom (1)
  * FR Yugoslavia (1)
  