1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 July and 1 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Reuben Kosgei
 Kenya
Silver Abraham Cherono
 Kenya
Bronze Mustapha Mellouk
 Morocco

Results

Final

1 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Reuben Kosgei  Kenya 8:23.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abraham Cherono  Kenya 8:32.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mustapha Mellouk  Morocco 8:34.91
4 Maru Daba  Ethiopia 8:35.51
5 Chris Dugan  United States 8:38.66
6 Tuomo Lehtinen  Finland 8:41.05
7 Ian Connor  United States 8:42.19
8 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 8:42.55
9 Gebremariam Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 8:43.47
10 Henrik Skoog  Sweden 8:44.30
11 Martin Dent  Australia 8:46.66
12 Filmon Ghirmai  Germany 8:53.94

Heats

30 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Abraham Cherono  Kenya 8:47.27 Q
2 Ian Connor  United States 8:47.34 Q
3 Henrik Skoog  Sweden 8:55.53 Q
4 Eric Segura  Spain 9:01.89
5 Chris Thompson  United Kingdom 9:07.37
6 Mikael Talasjoki  Finland 9:09.77
7 Kjetil Ramstad  Norway 9:10.64
8 Fethi Meftah  Algeria 9:10.67
9 Jan Bochedi  South Africa 9:23.21
10 Norbert Csorba  Hungary 9:33.17
11 Vaughan Craddock  New Zealand 9:35.83
12 Marcos Silva  Uruguay 9:53.29

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maru Daba  Ethiopia 8:42.79 Q
2 Reuben Kosgei  Kenya 8:43.07 Q
3 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 8:46.27 Q
4 Tuomo Lehtinen  Finland 8:49.49 q
5 Adrián Peña  Spain 8:55.82
6 Lambert Ndayikeza  Burundi 9:06.16
7 Iain Murdoch  United Kingdom 9:07.09
8 Kevin Paulsen  France 9:13.68
9 Juan Carlos de Bastos  Argentina 9:17.96
10 Georg Mlynek  Austria 9:22.32
11 Sofiane Tayane  Algeria 9:44.80
12 Oscar Meza  Paraguay 9:46.34
13 Máté Németh  Hungary 10:01.73

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mustapha Mellouk  Morocco 8:42.94 Q
2 Chris Dugan  United States 8:43.11 Q
3 Filmon Ghirmai  Germany 8:43.15 Q
4 Gebremariam Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 8:43.16 q
5 Martin Dent  Australia 8:48.77 q
6 Jassim Mohamed  United Arab Emirates 8:56.75
7 Pasteur Nyabenda  Burundi 9:05.04
8 Andrey Kuznetsov  Russia 9:07.30
9 Xing Zhonglin  China 9:08.05
10 Laurent Slaviero  France 9:26.46
11 Sakir Kaya  Turkey 9:45.53
Mahmoud Ibrahim Ali  Qatar DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015