The men's 3000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 7 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 7:28.19 Paris, France 27 August 2016 Championship Record 7:42.09 Nairobi, Kenya 18 August 2021 World U20 Leading 7:35.4 Nairobi, Kenya 22 May 2026
Results Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 7 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Emmanuel Kiprono 7:28.28 , Aloïs Abraham 7:47.79 Ojiro Honda 7:48.49 4 Liam Conway 7:50.10 5 Aleksi Ahlfors 7:50.56 6 Chien Tzu-chieh 7:51.18 7 Ilyes Druez 7:51.67 8 Sebastian Lörstad 7:51.94(.935) 9 Edwin Elkana 7:51.94(.937) 10 Owen Powell 7:53.35 11 Haruki Niizuma 7:54.30 12 Dan Kipyeko 7:55.58 13 Michael Clark 7:57.43 14 Alejandro Ibañez 7:58.95 15 Sawyer LeBlanc 8:00.02 16 Nadim Mameche 8:01.28 17 Magnus Øyen 8:01.74 18 Noah Bontrager 8:09.10 19 Charles Barrett 8:10.34 20 Abraham Cherotich 8:11.62 21 Matthew McLachlan 8:20.15 22 Sebastian Smed Grønkjær 8:31.20
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