2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 20 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Mike Kipyego   Kenya
Silver	David Kirwa   Kenya
Bronze	Abubaker Kamal   Qatar

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mike Kipyego	Kenya	8:29.54
	David Kirwa	Kenya	8:31.44
	Abubaker Kamal	Qatar	8:33.67
4	Radosław Popławski	Poland	8:37.87
5	Fernando Fernandes	Brazil	8:45.76
6	Halil Akkaş	Turkey	8:50.17
7	Shuji Yoshioka	Japan	8:52.30
8	Mohamed Ali Al-Banai	Saudi Arabia	8:52.38
9	Robbie Nissen	Canada	8:53.69
10	Arkangelo Roko	Sudan	8:54.81
11	Vitaliy Gorlukovic	Lithuania	9:01.11
12	Stephen Murphy	United Kingdom	9:05.80

Heats

18 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Kirwa	Kenya	8:50.17	Q
2	Radosław Popławski	Poland	8:51.40	Q
3	Robbie Nissen	Canada	8:52.05	Q
4	Shuji Yoshioka	Japan	8:52.56	Q
5	Mohamed Ali Al-Banai	Saudi Arabia	8:56.69	q
6	Vitaliy Gorlukovic	Lithuania	8:57.23	q
7	Ruben Schwarz	Germany	9:01.58
8	Miloš Vujkovic	Yugoslavia	9:04.26
9	Michael Fadeau	France	9:05.29
10	Mandla Maseko	South Africa	9:05.60
11	Atef Zaamouchi	Algeria	9:09.07
12	Cristian Patiño	Ecuador	9:09.72
13	Michael Shelley	Australia	9:11.18
14	Gehad Abdelhaleem	Egypt	9:36.71

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mike Kipyego	Kenya	8:44.31	Q
2	Abubaker Kamal	Qatar	8:46.69	Q
3	Fernando Fernandes	Brazil	8:47.96	Q
4	Halil Akkaş	Turkey	8:55.05	Q
5	Stephen Murphy	United Kingdom	8:56.85	q
6	Arkangelo Roko	Sudan	8:57.99	q
7	Larbi Hamidi	Algeria	9:02.10
8	Piet Desmet	Belgium	9:05.17
9	Luke Taylor	Australia	9:14.37
10	Anthony Godongwana	South Africa	9:15.59
11	Christian Klein	Germany	9:25.85
12	Kristjan Hunter	Canada	9:30.97
13	Marco Carbonetti	Italy	9:37.72
14	Enrique Sánchez	Spain	9:45.35
	Sergei Tserepannikov	Estonia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (2)
•   Australia (2)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   Ecuador (1)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Estonia (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sudan (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015