2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase

Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase
at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueRSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates10 July (heats)
12 July (final)
Competitors43
Winning time5:19.99 WYB
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Kenya
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The boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 and 12 July.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Meresa Kahsay
 Ethiopia
Nicholas Kiptanui Bett
 Kenya
Justus Lagat
 Kenya

Records

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

World Youth Best  Nabil Ouhaddi (MAR) 5:21.36 Rabat, Morocco 16 July 2006
Championship Record  Abel Mutai (KEN) 5:24.69 Marrakech, Morocco 15 July 2005
World Youth Leading  Nicholas Kiptanui Bett (KEN) 5:29.2 Nairobi, Kenya 11 June 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.[1]

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Meresa Kahsay  Ethiopia 5:45.10 Q
2 Hiroshi Yanokura  Japan 5:53.85 Q
3 Patrick Karl  Germany 5:55.54 Q
4 Mateusz Kaczmarek  Poland 5:56.46 q
5 Haran Dunderdale  Great Britain 5:56.78 q
6 Ben Preisner  Canada 5:57.60
7 Ömer Tuncer  Turkey 6:03.96 PB
8 Michal Talán  Slovakia 6:07.03 PB
9 Luca Sinn  Austria 6:07.87
10 Bohdan Shkilnyuk  Ukraine 6:12.22
11 Samuel Abascal  Spain 6:13.83
12 Dávid Major  Hungary 6:14.01
13 Danny Guamán  Ecuador 6:14.54
Salama Modihi  Egypt DNS

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nicholas Kiptanui Bett  Kenya 5:44.69 Q
2 Hicham Chemlal  Morocco 5:45.84 Q, PB
3 Soufien Cherni  Tunisia 5:50.82 Q, PB
4 Tobias Wolter  Canada 5:51.03 q, PB
5 Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan  Qatar 5:55.83 q, PB
6 Andreas Jansson  Sweden 5:56.04 q
7 Ruan Meintjies  South Africa 6:03.49
8 Patryk Blaszczyk  Poland 6:04.97
9 Francisco Reyes  Mexico 6:08.74
10 Giulio Perpetuo  Italy 6:13.87
11 Serhiy Shevchenko  Ukraine 6:14.33
12 Julián Sánchez-Pinto  Spain 6:15.22
13 Rareș Popescu  Romania 6:15.83
14 Bandula Withanage  Sri Lanka 6:29.32
Nabil El-Hannachi  Algeria DQ

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Justus Lagat  Kenya 5:35.22 Q, PB
2 Micheale Atsbaha  Ethiopia 5:39.97 Q
3 Filip Sasínek  Czech Republic 5:45.03 Q, PB
4 Bailey Roth  United States 5:45.20 q, PB
5 Konstadinos Migas  Greece 5:58.30
6 Said Ettaqy  Italy 6:01.49
7 Weverton Fidelis  Brazil 6:01.58
8 Daniel Reyes  Mexico 6:03.11 PB
9 Jonnathan Mogroviejo  Ecuador 6:04.32
10 Matthew Axe  Great Britain 6:05.28
11 Islam Amangos  Kazakhstan 6:13.15
12 Luis de la Cruz  Peru 6:32.10
13 Darius Cristea  Romania 6:33.22
14 Hansajith Mudiyanselage  Sri Lanka 6:38.63

Final

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Meresa Kahsay  Ethiopia 5:19.99 WYB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicholas Kiptanui Bett  Kenya 5:20.92 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Justus Lagat  Kenya 5:30.00 PB
4 Hicham Chemlal  Morocco 5:32.92 PB
5 Micheale Atsbaha  Ethiopia 5:36.64 PB
6 Hiroshi Yanokura  Japan 5:42.16 PB
7 Bailey Roth  United States 5:45.87
8 Filip Sasínek  Czech Republic 5:47.90
9 Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan  Qatar 5:49.79 PB
10 Patrick Karl  Germany 5:49.96 PB
11 Soufien Cherni  Tunisia 5:50.31 PB
12 Tobias Wolter  Canada 5:52.36
13 Andreas Jansson  Sweden 5:52.44 PB
14 Haran Dunderdale  Great Britain 5:56.23
15 Mateusz Kaczmarek  Poland 5:58.18

References

  1. ^ "2000 Metres Steeplechase Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "2000 Metres Steeplechase Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 12 July 2013.