The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 24 and 26 July.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Record Athlete (nation) Location Date Games record 8:20.83 Bangkok, Thailand 13 August 2007
Results Heats First 8 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Rob McManus 8:48.17 2 Frank Geovani Duran 8:49.10 , 3 Ármin Lesták 8:50.39 4 8:51.38 5 Wiktor Antosz 8:51.43 6 Alejandro Quijada 8:51.62 7 Gil Weicherding 8:51.72 8 Roberto Angel Marquez 8:53.75 9 Alexander Sproston 8:58.94 10 Nils Bredin 8:59.55 11 Lovro Nedeljković 9:04.07 12 Sunil Jinabhai Joliya 9:08.37
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Owen Smith 8:46.17 2 Cuma Özcan 8:46.56 3 Ruben Querinjean 8:46.68 4 8:46.77 5 8:47.31 6 8:47.31 7 Adam Bajorski 8:47.96 8 Stephen Kerfoot 8:49.86 , 9 8:54.75 10 Ofentse Bokaba 9:01.12 11 José Lino Fajardo Loja 10:40.53 — Ranvir Ajay Singh
Final Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Ruben Querinjean 8:18.46 GR Alejandro Quijada 8:20.70 8:35.05 4 Cuma Özcan 8:38.70 5 Adam Bajorski 8:38.91 6 Rob McManus 8:41.52 7 8:41.53 8 Wiktor Antosz 8:45.29 9 Owen Smith 8:48.86 10 Gil Weicherding 8:49.67 11 8:55.40 12 Frank Geovani Duran 8:56.52 13 Roberto Angel Marquez 8:58.11 14 Stephen Kerfoot 8:59.10 15 Ármin Lesták 9:03.80 16 9:11.53
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