# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Conseslus Kipruto Kenya | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui Kenya | Hicham Sigueni Morocco |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN) | 7:58.66 | Brussels, Belgium | 24 August 2001 |
| Championship Record | Willy Rutto Komen (KEN) | 8:14.00 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) | 8:08.92 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||
| Championship Record & World Junior Leading | Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) | 8:06.10 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: The first 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:19.46 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui | Kenya | 8:26.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Weynay Ghebresilasie | Eritrea | 8:37.01 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | 8:37.94 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Meresa Kahsay | Ethiopia | 8:38.01 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Jaouad Chemlal | Morocco | 8:41.05 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ahmed Mohammed Burhan | Saudi Arabia | 8:48.38 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Zak Seddon | Great Britain | 8:49.67 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Edward Owens | United States | 8:52.99 | q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | Bilal Tabti | Algeria | 8:54.85 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 2 | Szymon Kulka | Poland | 8:55.93 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Hashim Salah Mohamed | Qatar | 8:56.15 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Ryan Cassidy | Canada | 8:56.88 | PB |
| 14 | 2 | Djilali Bedrani | France | 8:56.98 | |
| 15 | 2 | Mitko Tsenov | Bulgaria | 8:57.98 | |
| 16 | 1 | Julien Detre | France | 9:00.32 | |
| 17 | 2 | Malek Ben Amor | Tunisia | 9:02.59 | |
| 18 | 1 | Issam Zeghdane | Algeria | 9:03.98 | |
| 19 | 1 | Italo Quazzola | Italy | 9:05.28 | |
| 20 | 2 | Konstantin Wedel | Germany | 9:05.64 | |
| 21 | 2 | Darren Fahy | United States | 9:08.69 | |
| 22 | 2 | Antoine Thibeault | Canada | 9:10.71 | |
| 23 | 1 | José Nuno Paulo | Portugal | 9:11.31 | |
| 24 | 1 | Jonathan Romeo | Spain | 9:14.86 | |
| 25 | 1 | Adam Lipschitz | South Africa | 9:16.17 | |
| 26 | 2 | Christoph Graf | Switzerland | 9:18.31 | |
| 27 | 1 | Davorin Cimermancic | Slovenia | 9:20.28 | |
| 28 | 2 | Ivan Savka | Ukraine | 9:24.97 | |
| 29 | 2 | Jorge Blanco | Spain | 9:31.22 | |
| 30 | 2 | Bin Yu | China | 9:46.23 | |
| – | 2 | Animut Minalu | Ethiopia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:06.10 | CR |
| | Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui | Kenya | 8:19.94 | |
| | Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | 8:30.14 | |
| 4 | Jaouad Chemlal | Morocco | 8:30.92 | |
| 5 | Bilal Tabti | Algeria | 8:32.08 | NJ |
| 6 | Weynay Ghebresilasie | Eritrea | 8:33.87 | |
| 7 | Meresa Kahsay | Ethiopia | 8:36.13 | PB |
| 8 | Ahmed Mohammed Burhan | Saudi Arabia | 8:36.14 | |
| 9 | Zak Seddon | Great Britain | 8:45.18 | |
| 10 | Hashim Salah Mohamed | Qatar | 8:51.35 | PB |
| 11 | Edward Owens | United States | 8:51.44 | PB |
| - | Szymon Kulka | Poland | DNS | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)