The boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 and 12 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMeresa KahsayNicholas Kiptanui BettJustus Lagat

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best5:21.36Rabat, Morocco16 July 2006Championship Record5:24.69Marrakesh, Morocco15 July 2005World Youth Leading5:29.2Nairobi, Kenya11 June 2013

Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Meresa Kahsay 5:45.10 Q 2 Hiroshi Yanokura 5:53.85 Q 3 Patrick Karl 5:55.54 Q 4 Mateusz Kaczmarek 5:56.46 q 5 Haran Dunderdale 5:56.78 q 6 Ben Preisner 5:57.60 7 Ömer Tuncer 6:03.96 PB 8 Michal Talán 6:07.03 PB 9 Luca Sinn 6:07.87 10 Bohdan Shkilnyuk 6:12.22 11 Samuel Abascal 6:13.83 12 Dávid Major 6:14.01 13 Danny Guamán 6:14.54 Salama Modihi DNS

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nicholas Kiptanui Bett 5:44.69 Q 2 Hicham Chemlal 5:45.84 Q, PB 3 Soufien Cherni 5:50.82 Q, PB 4 Tobias Wolter 5:51.03 q, PB 5 Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan 5:55.83 q, PB 6 Andreas Jansson 5:56.04 q 7 Ruan Meintjies 6:03.49 8 Patryk Blaszczyk 6:04.97 9 Francisco Reyes 6:08.74 10 Giulio Perpetuo 6:13.87 11 Serhiy Shevchenko 6:14.33 12 Julián Sánchez-Pinto 6:15.22 13 Rareș Popescu 6:15.83 14 Bandula Withanage 6:29.32 Nabil El-Hannachi DQ

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Justus Lagat 5:35.22 Q, PB 2 Micheale Atsbaha 5:39.97 Q 3 Filip Sasínek 5:45.03 Q, PB 4 Bailey Roth 5:45.20 q, PB 5 Konstadinos Migas 5:58.30 6 Said Ettaqy 6:01.49 7 Weverton Fidelis 6:01.58 8 Daniel Reyes 6:03.11 PB 9 Jonnathan Mogroviejo 6:04.32 10 Matthew Axe 6:05.28 11 Islam Amangos 6:13.15 12 Luis de la Cruz 6:32.10 13 Darius Cristea 6:33.22 14 Hansajith Mudiyanselage 6:38.63

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Meresa Kahsay 5:19.99 WYB Nicholas Kiptanui Bett 5:20.92 PB Justus Lagat 5:30.00 PB 4 Hicham Chemlal 5:32.92 PB 5 Micheale Atsbaha 5:36.64 PB 6 Hiroshi Yanokura 5:42.16 PB 7 Bailey Roth 5:45.87 8 Filip Sasínek 5:47.90 9 Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan 5:49.79 PB 10 Patrick Karl 5:49.96 PB 11 Soufien Cherni 5:50.31 PB 12 Tobias Wolter 5:52.36 13 Andreas Jansson 5:52.44 PB 14 Haran Dunderdale 5:56.23 15 Mateusz Kaczmarek 5:58.18

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