2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18 and 21 October.

Medalists

Gold	Raymond Yator Kenya
Silver	David Chemweno Kenya
Bronze	Abdelatif Chemlal Morocco

Results

Final

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Raymond Yator	Kenya	8:16.34
	David Chemweno	Kenya	8:31.95
	Abdelatif Chemlal	Morocco	8:43.57
4	Adelino Monteiro	Portugal	8:45.34
5	Martin Pröll	Austria	8:46.80
6	Itay Magidi	Israel	8:51.26
7	Jukka Keskisalo	Finland	8:53.18
8	Rami Al-Faar	Saudi Arabia	8:53.48
9	Grzegorz Walaszek	Poland	9:03.14
10	Steffen Preuk	Germany	9:03.42
11	Ion Luchianov	Moldova	9:16.32
12	Jacob Selebalo	South Africa	9:22.20

Heats

18 October

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Raymond Yator	Kenya	8:35.76	Q
2	Jukka Keskisalo	Finland	8:52.46	Q
3	Martin Pröll	Austria	8:53.70	Q
4	Jacob Selebalo	South Africa	8:57.24	Q
5	Rami Al-Faar	Saudi Arabia	8:58.93	q
6	Steffen Preuk	Germany	9:01.03	q
7	Ali Tachour	Algeria	9:04.36
8	Fernando Fernandes	Brazil	9:07.94
9	Sebastián Pino	Chile	9:10.98
10	Vadym Slobodenyuk	Ukraine	9:12.45
11	Masataka Inaka	Japan	9:12.69
12	Michaël André	France	9:14.78
13	Luke Taylor	Australia	9:15.42
14	Paul Morrice	New Zealand	9:21.67
15	Mariano Mastromarino	Argentina	9:25.72
16	Mircea Bogdan	Romania	9:40.80
	Dimítrios Spiliópoulos	Greece	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Chemweno	Kenya	8:51.34	Q
2	Abdelatif Chemlal	Morocco	8:51.45	Q
3	Adelino Monteiro	Portugal	8:53.03	Q
4	Grzegorz Walaszek	Poland	8:54.17	Q
5	Itay Magidi	Israel	8:54.78	q
6	Ion Luchianov	Moldova	8:55.19	q
7	Richard Jeremiah	Australia	9:05.43
8	Hristóforos Meroúsis	Greece	9:09.55
9	Erick Bonilla	El Salvador	9:16.25
10	Sergio Lobos	Chile	9:18.67
11	Moses Faku	South Africa	9:21.33
12	Liam Reale	Ireland	9:24.28
13	Missoum Azaïdj	Algeria	9:30.35
14	Yuri Floriani	Italy	9:31.74
	Saleh Al-Safhan	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 163.6
	Raphael Schäfer	Germany	DNF
	José Correa	Argentina	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (2)
• Argentina (2)
• Australia (2)
• Austria (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Chile (2)
• El Salvador (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Moldova (1)
• Morocco (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Poland (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (1)
• Saudi Arabia (2)
• South Africa (2)
• Ukraine (1)