title: 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
text: # 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 23 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Paul Chemase Kenya |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Julius Chelule Kenya |
  | Bronze | Irba Lakhal Morocco |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  23 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Paul Chemase | Kenya | 8:31.51 |
  | | Julius Chelule | Kenya | 8:33.64 |
  | | Irba Lakhal | Morocco | 8:34.42 |
  | 4 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 8:38.11 |
  | 5 | Lemma Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 8:38.66 |
  | 6 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 8:39.85 |
  | 7 | Christian Knoblich | Germany | 8:39.99 |
  | 8 | César Pérez | Spain | 8:52.45 |
  | 9 | Gustavo de Paula | Brazil | 8:54.61 |
  | 10 | Aleksey Rudenko | Russia | 8:59.49 |
  | 11 | Chryssovalantis Athanassiou | Greece | 9:08.46 |
  | 12 | Aleksey Potapov | Russia | 9:12.52 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  21 July
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paul Chemase | Kenya | 8:56.54 | Q |
  | 2 | Lemma Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 8:56.69 | Q |
  | 3 | César Pérez | Spain | 8:57.68 | Q |
  | 4 | Aleksey Potapov | Russia | 8:58.34 | Q |
  | 5 | Christian Knoblich | Germany | 8:59.53 | q |
  | 6 | Toshiharu Adachi | Japan | 9:04.87 | |
  | 7 | Oleg Chaban | Moldova | 9:08.13 | |
  | 8 | Domenico D'Ambrosio | Italy | 9:10.42 | |
  | 9 | José Serrano | Portugal | 9:12.60 | |
  | 10 | Jerome Cochet | France | 9:28.12 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Irba Lakhal | Morocco | 8:50.88 | Q |
  | 2 | Julius Chelule | Kenya | 8:51.18 | Q |
  | 3 | Gustavo de Paula | Brazil | 8:55.04 | Q |
  | 4 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 8:57.45 | Q |
  | 5 | Aleksey Rudenko | Russia | 8:58.79 | q |
  | 6 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 9:01.10 | q |
  | 7 | Chryssovalantis Athanassiou | Greece | 9:03.09 | q |
  | 8 | Alexander Fuchs | Germany | 9:03.44 | |
  | 9 | Jan-Erik Salo | Finland | 9:11.85 | |
  | 10 | Christopher Elliott | United Kingdom | 9:11.95 | |
  | 11 | Shinya Otsuka | Japan | 9:16.67 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Brazil (1)
  * Ethiopia (1)
  * Finland (1)
  * France (1)
  * Germany (2)
  * Greece (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Japan (2)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Moldova (1)
  * Morocco (1)
  * Portugal (1)
  * Russia (2)
  * Spain (2)
  * United Kingdom (1)
  