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
	Reuben Kosgei	Kenya	8:23.76
	Abraham Cherono	Kenya	8:32.24
	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.

•   Algeria (2)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Australia (1)
•   Austria (1)
•   Burundi (2)
•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Morocco (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Paraguay (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (2)
•   Turkey (1)
•   United Arab Emirates (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Uruguay (1)

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