2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Mike Kipyego  Kenya
Silver	David Kirwa  Kenya
Bronze	Abubaker Kamal  Qatar

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mike Kipyego	Kenya	8:29.54
	David Kirwa	Kenya	8:31.44
	Abubaker Kamal	Qatar	8:33.67
4	Radosław Popławski	Poland	8:37.87
5	Fernando Fernandes	Brazil	8:45.76
6	Halil Akkaş	Turkey	8:50.17
7	Shuji Yoshioka	Japan	8:52.30
8	Mohamed Ali Al-Banai	Saudi Arabia	8:52.38
9	Robbie Nissen	Canada	8:53.69
10	Arkangelo Roko	Sudan	8:54.81
11	Vitaliy Gorlukovic	Lithuania	9:01.11
12	Stephen Murphy	United Kingdom	9:05.80

Heats

18 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Kirwa	Kenya	8:50.17	Q
2	Radosław Popławski	Poland	8:51.40	Q
3	Robbie Nissen	Canada	8:52.05	Q
4	Shuji Yoshioka	Japan	8:52.56	Q
5	Mohamed Ali Al-Banai	Saudi Arabia	8:56.69	q
6	Vitaliy Gorlukovic	Lithuania	8:57.23	q
7	Ruben Schwarz	Germany	9:01.58
8	Miloš Vujkovic	Yugoslavia	9:04.26
9	Michael Fadeau	France	9:05.29
10	Mandla Maseko	South Africa	9:05.60
11	Atef Zaamouchi	Algeria	9:09.07
12	Cristian Patiño	Ecuador	9:09.72
13	Michael Shelley	Australia	9:11.18
14	Gehad Abdelhaleem	Egypt	9:36.71

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mike Kipyego	Kenya	8:44.31	Q
2	Abubaker Kamal	Qatar	8:46.69	Q
3	Fernando Fernandes	Brazil	8:47.96	Q
4	Halil Akkaş	Turkey	8:55.05	Q
5	Stephen Murphy	United Kingdom	8:56.85	q
6	Arkangelo Roko	Sudan	8:57.99	q
7	Larbi Hamidi	Algeria	9:02.10
8	Piet Desmet	Belgium	9:05.17
9	Luke Taylor	Australia	9:14.37
10	Anthony Godongwana	South Africa	9:15.59
11	Christian Klein	Germany	9:25.85
12	Kristjan Hunter	Canada	9:30.97
13	Marco Carbonetti	Italy	9:37.72
14	Enrique Sánchez	Spain	9:45.35
15	Sergei Tserepannikov	Estonia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (2)
•  Australia (2)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Ecuador (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Estonia (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Saudi Arabia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015