# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 3 and 5 August 2022.
42 athletes from 28 countries were originally entered to the competition, however, 34 of them competed.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) | 7:28.19 | Paris, France | 27 August 2016 |
| Championship Record | Tadese Worku (ETH) | 7:42.09 | Nairobi, Kenya | 18 August 2021 |
| World U20 Leading | Reynold Cheruiyot (KEN) | 7:39.09 | Djibouti, Djibouti | 25 March 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 took place on 3 August, with the 34 athletes involved being split into 2 heats of 17 athletes each. The first 6 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Edwin Kisalsak | Kenya | 7:55.60 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Habtom Samuel | Eritrea | 7:56.70 | Q SB |
| 3 | 2 | Diriba Girma | Ethiopia | 7:57.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rogers Kibet | Uganda | 7:57.18 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Felix Korir | Kenya | 7:58.12 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Dan Kibet | Uganda | 7:59.71 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Keita Sato | Japan | 8:00.17 | Q SB |
| 8 | 1 | Melkeneh Azize | Ethiopia | 8:00.37 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Joel Ibler Lillesø | Denmark | 8:07.34 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Nick Griggs | Ireland | 8:08.35 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Hassan Idleh Diraneh | Djibouti | 8:11.08 | q |
| 12 | 2 | David Šlapák | Czech Republic | 8:11.55 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Mario Monreal | Spain | 8:13.49 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Esten Hansen-Møllerud Hauen | Norway | 8:15.70 | |
| 15 | 1 | Hiroto Yoshioka | Japan | 8:15.95 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Noah Konteh | Belgium | 8:16.22 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Stefan Nillessen | Netherlands | 8:16.34 | |
| 18 | 1 | Will Barnicoat | Great Britain | 8:17.32 | |
| 19 | 1 | Pedro Vázquez | Spain | 8:17.99 | |
| 20 | 1 | Ian Sánchez | Mexico | 8:19.35 | |
| 21 | 1 | Yazid Dalla | Algeria | 8:19.92 | |
| 22 | 1 | Will Anthony | New Zealand | 8:21.13 | |
| 23 | 2 | Lucas Guerra | United States | 8:21.90 | |
| 24 | 1 | Patrick Clanton | Australia | 8:25.63 | |
| 25 | 1 | Loann Brelivet | France | 8:25.95 | |
| 26 | 1 | Matěj Hřebačka | Czech Republic | 8:26.39 | |
| 27 | 2 | Mohamed Aataati | Morocco | 8:26.66 | |
| 28 | 2 | Iker Sánchez | Mexico | 8:26.95 | |
| 29 | 1 | Christoph Schrick | Germany | 8:30.07 | |
| 30 | 2 | Callum Morgan | Ireland | 8:36.23 | |
| 31 | 2 | Thomas Diamond | Australia | 8:38.84 | |
| 32 | 1 | Moheddine Benchahyd | Morocco | 8:43.27 | |
| 33 | 2 | Esteban Ortega | Colombia | 9:05.92 | |
| | 2 | Teun Ter Haar | Netherlands | DNF | DNF |

### Final

The final was started at 17:04 on 5 August.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Melkeneh Azize | Ethiopia | 7:44.06 | |
| | Felix Korir | Kenya | 7:47.86 | PB |
| | Edwin Kisalsak | Kenya | 7:49.82 | PB |
| 4 | Diriba Girma | Ethiopia | 7:50.63 | |
| 5 | Rogers Kibet | Uganda | 7:50.95 | PB |
| 6 | Joel Ibler Lillesø | Denmark | 7:56.40 | |
| 7 | Dan Kibet | Uganda | 8:02.08 | |
| 8 | Habtom Samuel | Eritrea | 8:03.98 | |
| 9 | Nick Griggs | Ireland | 8:04.42 | |
| 10 | Hassan Idleh Diraneh | Djibouti | 8:11.38 | |
| 11 | David Šlapák | Czech Republic | 8:18.55 | |
| 12 | Noah Konteh | Belgium | 8:18.61 | |
| 13 | Mario Monreal | Spain | 8:18.71 | |
| | Keita Sato | Japan | | DNS |
| | Hiroto Yoshioka | Japan | | DNS |