# 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 28 and 31 August 2024.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN) | 7:58.66 | Brussels, Belgium | 24 August 2001 |
| Championship Record | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) | 8:06.10 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
| World U20 Leading | Edmund Serem (KEN) | 8:20.05 | Nairobi, Kenya | 22 May 2024 |

## Results
### Heats

The first 8 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Kosgei | Kenya | 8:24.64 | Q |
| 2 | Berihum Moges | Ethiopia | 8:30.92 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Anes Djayahia | Algeria | 8:39.10 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Tetsu Sasaki | Japan | 8:41.48 | Q |
| 5 | Hosea Chemutai | Uganda | 8:44.43 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Sharuk Khan | India | 8:45.12 | Q, NU20R |
| 7 | Ishak Dahmani | France | 8:46.83 | Q |
| 8 | Nathan Houwaard | Netherlands | 8:49.08 | Q |
| 9 | Abdelwahed Aachour | Morocco | 8:52.06 | PB |
| 10 | Francesco Mazza | Italy | 8:58.27 | |
| 11 | Rayen Mejri | Tunisia | 9:08.38 | |
| 12 | Aarno Liebl | Switzerland | 9:12.11 | |
| 13 | Johannes Sandvik Bø | Norway | 9:20.74 | |
| 14 | Toby Chippendale | Australia | 9:26.69 | |
| 15 | Luke Knepp | United States | 9:33.17 | |
| – | Jakub Abramczyk | Poland | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edmund Serem | Kenya | 8:46.56 | Q |
| 2 | Hailu Ayalew | Ethiopia | 8:48.14 | Q |
| 3 | Wyatt Haughton | United States | 8:59.09 | Q |
| 4 | Soma Nagahara | Japan | 8:59.44 | Q |
| 5 | Ameur Ounadjela | Algeria | 9:00.88 | Q |
| 6 | Houssam Baba | Morocco | 9:01.16 | Q |
| 7 | Daniel Marák | Czech Republic | 9:01.43 | Q |
| 8 | Saif Zuidi | Tunisia | 9:03.50 | Q |
| 9 | Paul Walochny | Germany | 9:04.45 | |
| 10 | Andres Lara | Spain | 9:07.21 | |
| 11 | Alberto Pomini | Italy | 9:07.38 | |
| 12 | Benjámin Szabó | Hungary | 9:14.71 | |
| 13 | Cuma Özcan | Turkey | 9:22.02 | |
| 14 | Ranvir Singh | India | 9:22.54 | |
| 15 | Lizardo Huamani | Peru | 9:34.23 | |
| – | Mihai Alin Șavlovschi | Romania | DNF | |
| – | Krzysztof Zieliński | Poland | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Edmund Serem | Kenya | 8:15.28 | WU20L |
| | Matthew Kosgei | Kenya | 8:17.46 | PB |
| | Hailu Ayalew | Ethiopia | 8:24.08 | PB |
| 4 | Berihun Moges | Ethiopia | 8:25.45 | PB |
| 5 | Soma Nagahara | Japan | 8:30.37 | PB |
| 6 | Wyatt Haughton | United States | 8:38.34 | PB |
| 7 | Hosea Chemutai | Uganda | 8:39.59 | PB |
| 8 | Ishak Dahmani | France | 8:39.79 | PB |
| 9 | Anes Djayahia | Algeria | 8:40.67 | |
| 10 | Sharuk Khan | India | 8:42.06 | NU20R |
| 11 | Ameur Ounadjela | Algeria | 8:47.12 | PB |
| 12 | Saif Zuidi | Tunisia | 8:48.70 | |
| 13 | Nathan Houwaard | Netherlands | 8:51.32 | |
| 14 | Daniel Marák | Czech Republic | 8:51.75 | PB |
| 15 | Houssam Baba | Morocco | 8:58.66 | PB |
| 16 | Tetsu Sasaki | Japan | 9:16.20 | |