The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 13 July.
Medalists Gold Jonathan Ndiku Silver Benjamin Kiplagat Bronze Patrick Terer
Results Final 13 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jonathan Ndiku 8:17.28 Benjamin Kiplagat 8:19.24 Patrick Terer 8:25.14 4 Dereje Abdi 8:32.98 5 Legese Lamiso 8:38.34 6 Abdel Ghani Aït Bahmad 8:45.45 7 Krystian Zalewski 8:45.64 8 Majid Saleh Bashir 8:49.27 9 Dylan Knight 8:52.90 10 Curtis Carr 8:53.79 11 Alexandru Ghinea 8:55.28 12 Luis Orta 9:03.69
Heats 10 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Legese Lamiso 8:48.61 Q 2 Benjamin Kiplagat 8:49.17 Q 3 Patrick Terer 8:50.03 Q 4 Alexandru Ghinea 8:52.63 Q 5 Luis Orta 8:52.70 q 6 Dylan Knight 8:53.67 q 7 Sebastian Martos 8:57.85 8 Mohamed Mahcene 9:06.03 9 Steven Jardin 9:07.00 10 Eduardo Gregório 9:19.70 11 Andreas Van Ham 9:32.13
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonathan Ndiku 8:42.32 Q 2 Dereje Abdi 8:42.46 Q 3 Abdel Ghani Aït Bahmad 8:48.05 Q 4 Krystian Zalewski 8:48.94 Q 5 Majid Saleh Bashir 8:51.31 q 6 Curtis Carr 8:55.28 q 7 Matthew Hughes 9:01.82 8 Abdelatif Hadjam 9:10.32 9 Jonathan Hernández 9:16.77 10 Jorge Cruz 9:23.36
Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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