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2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 13 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Jonathan Ndiku
 Kenya
Silver Benjamin Kiplagat
 Uganda
Bronze Patrick Terer
 Kenya

Results

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Final

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13 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jonathan Ndiku  Kenya 8:17.28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda 8:19.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patrick Terer  Kenya 8:25.14
4 Dereje Abdi  Ethiopia 8:32.98
5 Legese Lamiso  Ethiopia 8:38.34
6 Abdel Ghani Aït Bahmad  Morocco 8:45.45
7 Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:45.64
8 Majid Saleh Bashir  Bahrain 8:49.27
9 Dylan Knight  United States 8:52.90
10 Curtis Carr  United States 8:53.79
11 Alexandru Ghinea  Romania 8:55.28
12 Luis Orta  Venezuela 9:03.69

Heats

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10 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Legese Lamiso  Ethiopia 8:48.61 Q
2 Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda 8:49.17 Q
3 Patrick Terer  Kenya 8:50.03 Q
4 Alexandru Ghinea  Romania 8:52.63 Q
5 Luis Orta  Venezuela 8:52.70 q
6 Dylan Knight  United States 8:53.67 q
7 Sebastian Martos  Spain 8:57.85
8 Mohamed Mahcene  Algeria 9:06.03
9 Steven Jardin  France 9:07.00
10 Eduardo Gregório  Uruguay 9:19.70
11 Andreas Van Ham  Belgium 9:32.13

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jonathan Ndiku  Kenya 8:42.32 Q
2 Dereje Abdi  Ethiopia 8:42.46 Q
3 Abdel Ghani Aït Bahmad  Morocco 8:48.05 Q
4 Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:48.94 Q
5 Majid Saleh Bashir  Bahrain 8:51.31 q
6 Curtis Carr  United States 8:55.28 q
7 Matthew Hughes  Canada 9:01.82
8 Abdelatif Hadjam  France 9:10.32
9 Jonathan Hernández  Spain 9:16.77
10 Jorge Cruz  Portugal 9:23.36

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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