The boys' 3000 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 14 July.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeYomif KejelchaVedic KipkoechAlexander Mutiso Munyao
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best7:32.37Lausanne, Switzerland11 July 2006Championship Record7:40.10Lille, France10 July 2011World Youth Leading7:52.0Nairobi, Kenya11 June 2013
Heats Qualification rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vedic Kipkoech 8:26.25 Q 2 Mogos Tuemay 8:26.69 Q 3 Awet Nftalem Kibrab 8:27.23 Q 4 Suguru Hirosue 8:30.26 Q 5 Josh Shanks 8:32.36 Q 6 Yohanes Chiappinelli 8:39.24 q, PB 7 El Hocine Zourkane 8:42.83 q 8 James Sugira 8:45.49 9 Jure Josipović 8:46.07 10 Martín Acebes 8:56.81 11 Yann Schrub 8:57.41 12 Bogdan Bălăşoiu 9:08.74 13 Ayetullah Belir 9:31.59
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yomif Kejelcha 8:22.11 Q 2 Alexander Mutiso Munyao 8:25.30 Q 3 Denis Bashkirtsev 8:29.55 Q, PB 4 Takeshi Okada 8:31.68 Q 5 Enis Korkmaz 8:34.12 Q, PB 6 Tawfiq Bouziane 8:34.17 q, PB 7 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla 8:36.08 q, PB 8 Lahcen Ait Alibou 8:39.46 q 9 Nathan Wadhwani 8:42.90 10 Harry Sichaly 8:44.25 11 Moeketsi Sekosana 8:53.12 12 Abdalla Targan Yousif 8:59.68 13 Andriy Ivakhin 9:11.51 Andemichael Miebale DQ
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yomif Kejelcha 7:53.56 PB Vedic Kipkoech 7:55.60 Alexander Mutiso Munyao 7:56.86 PB 4 Mogos Tuemay 8:03.83 PB 5 Awet Nftalem Kibrab 8:05.19 PB 6 Suguru Hirosue 8:24.37 PB 7 Denis Bashkirtsev 8:26.71 PB 8 Takeshi Okada 8:27.06 9 El Hocine Zourkane 8:27.43 PB 10 Yohanes Chiappinelli 8:27.76 PB 11 Tawfiq Bouziane 8:35.53 12 Josh Shanks 8:50.16 13 Enis Korkmaz 9:04.68 14 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla 9:13.96 Lahcen Ait Alibou DQ
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