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

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 1 and 4 August 2022.
38 athletes from 26 countries were originally entered to the competition, even though the first published entry list featured 43 athletes from 27 countries.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 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 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide (MAR) | 8:19.63 | Rabat, Morocco | 5 June 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 took place on 3 August, with the 38 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 6 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Samuel Duguna | Ethiopia | 8:44.83 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Haron Kibet | Kenya | 8:47.25 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tomáš Habarta | Czech Republic | 8:47.36 | Q, NU20R |
| 4 | 2 | Samuel Firewu | Ethiopia | 8:49.27 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Emmanuel Wafula | Kenya | 8:49.57 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Elphas Toroitich Ndiwa | Uganda | 8:50.05 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Morocco | 8:50.70 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Asahi Kuroda | Japan | 8:51.04 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Leonard Chemutai | Uganda | 8:51.09 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Hamse Dhabar | Bahrain | 8:51.25 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 1 | Abderrahmane Daoud | Algeria | 8:51.30 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Ryotaro Onuma | Japan | 9:00.02 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Rubén Leonardo | Spain | 9:00.60 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Baptiste Cartieaux | France | 9:01.37 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Cesare Caiani | Italy | 9:02.35 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Clément Labar | Belgium | 9:04.39 | |
| 17 | 3 | Paulo de Jesus Gomez | Costa Rica | 9:05.97 | NU20R |
| 18 | 2 | Thomas Bridger | Great Britain | 9:06.37 | |
| 19 | 1 | Peter Visser | United States | 9:06.47 | |
| 20 | 3 | Wilson Navarrete | Ecuador | 9:06.99 | |
| 21 | 2 | Bryce Lentz | United States | 9:07.67 | |
| 22 | 3 | Tomer Mualem | Israel | 9:08.19 | |
| 23 | 2 | César Morales | Mexico | 9:11.70 | |
| 24 | 1 | Archie Noakes | Australia | 9:12.50 | |
| 25 | 2 | Flynn Pumpa | Australia | 9:14.48 | |
| 26 | 2 | Maciej Megier | Poland | 9:14.55 | |
| 27 | 2 | Roger Suria | Spain | 9:14.60 | |
| 28 | 1 | Maximilian Matolín | Czech Republic | 9:21.33 | |
| 29 | 1 | Vinicius De Carvalho | Brazil | 9:22.17 | |
| 30 | 2 | Matthys Bourse | France | 9:23.04 | |
| 31 | 3 | Vebjørn Hovdejord | Norway | 9:23.42 | |
| 32 | 1 | Silas Zahlten | Germany | 9:29.08 | |
| 33 | 3 | Kurt Lauer | Germany | 9:31.73 | |
| 34 | 1 | Leandro Monteiro | Portugal | 9:31.93 | |
| 35 | 1 | Roberto Angel Marquez | Germany | 9:33.02 | |
| 36 | 3 | Moetez Fajraoui | Tunisia | 9:44.89 | |
| | 2 | Yassin Chninni | Tunisia | | DNF |
| | 1 | Ferenc Soma Kovács | Hungary | | DNS |

### Final

The final was started at 17:01 on 6 August. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Samuel Duguna | Ethiopia | 8:37.92 | |
| | Samuel Firewu | Ethiopia | 8:39.11 | |
| | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Morocco | 8:40.62 | |
| 4 | Leonard Chemutai | Uganda | 8:41.03 | |
| 5 | Hamse Dhabar | Bahrain | 8:44.74 | PB |
| 6 | Emmanuel Wafula | Kenya | 8:45.05 | |
| 7 | Elphas Toroitich Ndiwa | Uganda | 8:49.27 | |
| 8 | Abderrahmane Daoud | Algeria | 8:49.86 | |
| 9 | Tomáš Habarta | Czech Republic | 8:51.86 | |
| 10 | Haron Kibet | Kenya | 8:53.79 | |
| 11 | Rubén Leonardo | Spain | 8:55.77 | |
| 12 | Asahi Kuroda | Japan | 8:56.36 | |
| 13 | Baptiste Cartieaux | France | 9:08.03 | |
| 14 | Ryotaro Onuma | Japan | 9:14.37 | |
| 15 | Cesare Caiani | Italy | 9:14.73 | |