# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 2000 metres steeplechase

The men's 2000 metres steeplechase event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jon Azkueta Spain |
| Silver | Johnstone Kipkoech Kenya |
| Bronze | Jens Volkmann West Germany |

## Results
### Final

20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jon Azkueta | Spain | 5:28.56 |
| | Johnstone Kipkoech | Kenya | 5:29.56 |
| | Jens Volkmann | West Germany | 5:29.60 |
| 4 | Tom Hanlon | United Kingdom | 5:32.84 |
| 5 | José Luis Civera | Spain | 5:33.83 |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Koshelev | Soviet Union | 5:34.86 |
| 7 | Ángel Rodríguez | Cuba | 5:35.99 |
| 8 | Stephen Connell | Canada | 5:36.80 |
| 9 | Taoufik Boukrouma | Tunisia | 5:40.95 |
| 10 | Abdelmaleh Amanallah | Morocco | 5:40.96 |
| 11 | Viktor Shevlyakov | Soviet Union | 5:44.93 |
| 12 | Reinhold Rogen | Italy | 5:47.90 |
| 13 | Tomasz Szabliński | Poland | 5:48.90 |
| | Claudio Nicostra | Italy | DNF |
| | Jarosław Folta | Poland | DNF |

### Heats

18 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johnstone Kipkoech | Kenya | 5:37.31 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Hanlon | United Kingdom | 5:38.18 | Q |
| 3 | Jens Volkmann | West Germany | 5:38.64 | Q |
| 4 | Ángel Rodríguez | Cuba | 5:38.74 | Q |
| 5 | Jarosław Folta | Poland | 5:38.79 | Q |
| 6 | Viktor Shevlyakov | Soviet Union | 5:38.91 | q |
| 7 | José Luis Civera | Spain | 5:38.99 | q |
| 8 | Abdelmaleh Amanallah | Morocco | 5:44.16 | q |
| 9 | Reinhold Rogen | Italy | 5:44.39 | q |
| 10 | Clodoaldo do Carmo | Brazil | 5:47.62 | |
| 11 | Fabrice Jonneau | France | 5:48.63 | |
| 12 | Juan Meza | Chile | 5:54.54 | |
| 13 | Zhelyazko Zhelev | Bulgaria | 5:58.99 | |
| 14 | Yeóryios Avramides | Greece | 6:00.00 | |
| 15 | Guy Schultz | Canada | 6:03.26 | |
| 16 | Brian Lenihan | United States | 6:03.34 | |
| 17 | Jamal Mahmoud Hamada | Palestine | 6:03.38 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Koshelev | Soviet Union | 5:41.91 | Q |
| 2 | Taoufik Boukrouma | Tunisia | 5:42.49 | Q |
| 3 | Jon Azkueta | Spain | 5:43.97 | Q |
| 4 | Stephen Connell | Canada | 5:44.28 | Q |
| 5 | Tomasz Szabliński | Poland | 5:44.71 | Q |
| 6 | Claudio Nicostra | Italy | 5:45.64 | q |
| 7 | Andreas Fischer | West Germany | 5:48.03 | |
| 8 | Patrick Woods | Australia | 5:48.37 | |
| 9 | Yoshinori Kosugi | Japan | 5:48.55 | |
| 10 | Abdel Aziz Sahere | Morocco | 5:51.50 | |
| 11 | Yeóryios Dimitrópoulos | Greece | 5:51.85 | |
| 12 | Guilherme Martins | Portugal | 5:52.64 | |
| 13 | Paul Hagendoren | Netherlands | 5:57.84 | |
| 14 | Joseph Meli Kiprobon | Kenya | 5:58.18 | |
| 15 | José Pestana | Cuba | 5:59.18 | |
| 16 | Michael Hedgecock | United States | 6:05.51 | |
| 17 | Martin Holmes | New Zealand | 6:08.10 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Cuba (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)