title: 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
text: # 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
  
  | World Junior Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN) | 7:58.66 | Brussels, Belgium | 24 August 2001 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) | 8:06.10 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
  | World Junior Leading | Albert Chemutai (UGA) | 8:17.17 | Rome, Italy | 21 May 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Getnet Wale | Ethiopia | 8:39.15 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Leonard Kipkemoi Bett | Kenya | 8:39.30 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Albert Chemutai | Uganda | 8:49.47 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Trung Cuong Nguyen | Vietnam | 8:51.16 | Q, NR |
  | 5 | 1 | Takele Nigate | Ethiopia | 8:51.17 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Denis Cherotich | Uganda | 8:51.56 | Q, PB |
  | 7 | 2 | Tim Van de Velde | Belgium | 8:52.78 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Takumi Yoshida | Japan | 8:56.64 | q |
  | 9 | 1 | Mohamed Er Rachdi | Morocco | 8:58.95 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Nikolaos Sakis | Greece | 8:59.58 | Q, PB |
  | 11 | 2 | Stefan Schmid | Austria | 9:01.91 | q |
  | 12 | 2 | David Foller | Czech Republic | 9:02.45 | q, PB |
  | 13 | 1 | Murat Yalçinkaya | Turkey | 9:02.80 | Q |
  | 14 | 1 | Alex Drover | Canada | 9:02.97 | q, PB |
  | 15 | 1 | Giovanni Gatto | Italy | 9:03.21 | q |
  | 16 | 1 | Aziz Jdai | Tunisia | 9:03.61 | PB |
  | 17 | 2 | Saba Khvichava | Georgia | 9:07.73 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Marcel Scheele | Canada | 9:09.60 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Kosei Hitomi | Japan | 9:11.99 | PB |
  | 20 | 2 | Wilho Hautala | Finland | 9:12.42 | PB |
  | 21 | 2 | Hunter Boyer | United States | 9:13.74 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Velten Schneider | Germany | 9:14.74 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Ibrahim Oussaa | France | 9:16.79 | |
  | 24 | 1 | Timothée Mischler | France | 9:25.18 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Alejandro Ortuño | Spain | 9:28.46 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Edwar Condori | Peru | 9:36.08 | |
  | 27 | 1 | Nahuel Carabaña | Andorra | 9:37.30 | |
  | 28 | 2 | Carlos Muñoz | Spain | 9:41.66 | |
  | | 1 | Mohamed Amine Drabli | Algeria | DNF | |
  | | 2 | Oussama Bassi | Algeria | DQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Takele Nigate | Ethiopia | 8:25.35 | SB |
  | | Leonard Kipkemoi Bett | Kenya | 8:25.39 | |
  | | Getnet Wale | Ethiopia | 8:26.16 | SB |
  | 4 | Albert Chemutai | Uganda | 8:28.63 | |
  | 5 | Takumi Yoshida | Japan | 8:50.99 | PB |
  | 6 | Giovanni Gatto | Italy | 8:52.09 | PB |
  | 7 | Mohamed Er Rachdi | Morocco | 8:57.21 | |
  | 8 | Tim Van de Velde | Belgium | 9:02.03 | |
  | 9 | Stefan Schmid | Austria | 9:02.20 | |
  | 10 | Nikolaos Sakis | Greece | 9:02.45 | |
  | 11 | Trung Cuong Nguyen | Vietnam | 9:04.38 | |
  | 12 | Alex Drover | Canada | 9:10.16 | |
  | 13 | David Foller | Czech Republic | 9:17.99 | |
  | 14 | Murat Yalçinkaya | Turkey | 9:18.03 | |
  | | Denis Cherotich | Uganda | DNF | |
  