1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jimmy Muindi Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ayele Mezegebu Ethiopia |
| Bronze | Stephen Chepseba Kenya |

## Results

### Final

20 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jimmy Muindi | Kenya | 8:31.62 |
| | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 8:32.43 |
| | Stephen Chepseba | Kenya | 8:32.48 |
| 4 | Steffen Brandis | Germany | 8:39.58 |
| 5 | Glenn Stojanovic | Australia | 8:40.62 |
| 6 | Emerson Vettori | Brazil | 8:41.55 |
| 7 | Takeshi Yamamoto | Japan | 8:41.73 |
| 8 | Yoshiyuki Ikeda | Japan | 8:42.52 |
| 9 | André Green | Germany | 8:43.61 |
| 10 | Marco Rebelo | Portugal | 8:49.04 |
| 11 | Antony Mwingereza | Tanzania | 8:54.97 |
| 12 | Stuart Kefford | United Kingdom | 8:59.42 |

### Heats

18 September

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 8:38.77 | Q |
| 2 | Stephen Chepseba | Kenya | 8:38.82 | Q |
| 3 | Yoshiyuki Ikeda | Japan | 8:41.91 | Q |
| 4 | André Green | Germany | 8:45.46 | Q |
| 5 | Marco Rebelo | Portugal | 8:50.10 | q |
| 6 | Nathan Kennedy | United States | 8:54.62 | |
| 7 | Stefano Ciallella | Italy | 8:55.74 | |
| 8 | José María González | Spain | 9:00.29 | |
| 9 | Dainius Saucikovas | Lithuania | 9:01.51 | |
| 10 | Adam Dobrzynski | Poland | 9:05.24 | |
| 11 | Hasan Yilmaz | Turkey | 9:11.85 | |
| 12 | Jaciel Silva | Brazil | 9:20.73 | |
| 13 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 9:40.42 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jimmy Muindi | Kenya | 8:42.27 | Q |
| 2 | Emerson Vettori | Brazil | 8:46.00 | Q |
| 3 | Steffen Brandis | Germany | 8:47.13 | Q |
| 4 | Glenn Stojanovic | Australia | 8:48.01 | Q |
| 5 | Antony Mwingereza | Tanzania | 8:48.82 | q |
| 6 | Takeshi Yamamoto | Japan | 8:53.78 | q |
| 7 | Stuart Kefford | United Kingdom | 8:54.15 | q |
| 8 | Ferdinando Vicari | Italy | 8:54.75 | |
| 9 | Clement Hagima | Romania | 9:09.08 | |
| 10 | Abderrahmane Daas | Algeria | 9:10.77 | |
| 11 | Paulo Gomes | Portugal | 9:14.22 | |
| 12 | Grzegorz Pustulka | Poland | 9:27.59 | |
| 13 | Petar Kajtazi | Croatia | 9:37.59 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Spain (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (1)
