# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 July and 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Reuben Kosgei Kenya |
| Silver | Abraham Cherono Kenya |
| Bronze | Mustapha Mellouk Morocco |

## Results
### Final

1 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Reuben Kosgei | Kenya | 8:23.76 |
| | Abraham Cherono | Kenya | 8:32.24 |
| | Mustapha Mellouk | Morocco | 8:34.91 |
| 4 | Maru Daba | Ethiopia | 8:35.51 |
| 5 | Chris Dugan | United States | 8:38.66 |
| 6 | Tuomo Lehtinen | Finland | 8:41.05 |
| 7 | Ian Connor | United States | 8:42.19 |
| 8 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden | 8:42.55 |
| 9 | Gebremariam Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 8:43.47 |
| 10 | Henrik Skoog | Sweden | 8:44.30 |
| 11 | Martin Dent | Australia | 8:46.66 |
| 12 | Filmon Ghirmai | Germany | 8:53.94 |

### Heats

30 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abraham Cherono | Kenya | 8:47.27 | Q |
| 2 | Ian Connor | United States | 8:47.34 | Q |
| 3 | Henrik Skoog | Sweden | 8:55.53 | Q |
| 4 | Eric Segura | Spain | 9:01.89 | |
| 5 | Chris Thompson | United Kingdom | 9:07.37 | |
| 6 | Mikael Talasjoki | Finland | 9:09.77 | |
| 7 | Kjetil Ramstad | Norway | 9:10.64 | |
| 8 | Fethi Meftah | Algeria | 9:10.67 | |
| 9 | Jan Bochedi | South Africa | 9:23.21 | |
| 10 | Norbert Csorba | Hungary | 9:33.17 | |
| 11 | Vaughan Craddock | New Zealand | 9:35.83 | |
| 12 | Marcos Silva | Uruguay | 9:53.29 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maru Daba | Ethiopia | 8:42.79 | Q |
| 2 | Reuben Kosgei | Kenya | 8:43.07 | Q |
| 3 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden | 8:46.27 | Q |
| 4 | Tuomo Lehtinen | Finland | 8:49.49 | q |
| 5 | Adrián Peña | Spain | 8:55.82 | |
| 6 | Lambert Ndayikeza | Burundi | 9:06.16 | |
| 7 | Iain Murdoch | United Kingdom | 9:07.09 | |
| 8 | Kevin Paulsen | France | 9:13.68 | |
| 9 | Juan Carlos de Bastos | Argentina | 9:17.96 | |
| 10 | Georg Mlynek | Austria | 9:22.32 | |
| 11 | Sofiane Tayane | Algeria | 9:44.80 | |
| 12 | Oscar Meza | Paraguay | 9:46.34 | |
| 13 | Máté Németh | Hungary | 10:01.73 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mustapha Mellouk | Morocco | 8:42.94 | Q |
| 2 | Chris Dugan | United States | 8:43.11 | Q |
| 3 | Filmon Ghirmai | Germany | 8:43.15 | Q |
| 4 | Gebremariam Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 8:43.16 | q |
| 5 | Martin Dent | Australia | 8:48.77 | q |
| 6 | Jassim Mohamed | United Arab Emirates | 8:56.75 | |
| 7 | Pasteur Nyabenda | Burundi | 9:05.04 | |
| 8 | Andrey Kuznetsov | Russia | 9:07.30 | |
| 9 | Xing Zhonglin | China | 9:08.05 | |
| 10 | Laurent Slaviero | France | 9:26.46 | |
| 11 | Sakir Kaya | Turkey | 9:45.53 | |
| | Mahmoud Ibrahim Ali | Qatar | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Burundi (2)
* China (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Turkey (1)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Uruguay (1)