2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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 Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Benjamin Kiplagat Uganda |
| Bronze | Patrick Terer Kenya |

## Results

### Final

13 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jonathan Ndiku | Kenya | 8:17.28 |
| | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 8:19.24 |
| | Patrick Terer | Kenya | 8:25.14 |
| 4 | Dereje Abdi | Ethiopia | 8:32.98 |
| 5 | Legese Lamiso | Ethiopia | 8:38.34 |
| 6 | Abdel Ghani Aït Bahmad | Morocco | 8:45.45 |
| 7 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:45.64 |
| 8 | Majid Saleh Bashir | Bahrain | 8:49.27 |
| 9 | Dylan Knight | United States | 8:52.90 |
| 10 | Curtis Carr | United States | 8:53.79 |
| 11 | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:55.28 |
| 12 | Luis Orta | Venezuela | 9:03.69 |

### Heats

10 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Legese Lamiso | Ethiopia | 8:48.61 | Q |
| 2 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 8:49.17 | Q |
| 3 | Patrick Terer | Kenya | 8:50.03 | Q |
| 4 | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:52.63 | Q |
| 5 | Luis Orta | Venezuela | 8:52.70 | q |
| 6 | Dylan Knight | United States | 8:53.67 | q |
| 7 | Sebastian Martos | Spain | 8:57.85 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Mahcene | Algeria | 9:06.03 | |
| 9 | Steven Jardin | France | 9:07.00 | |
| 10 | Eduardo Gregório | Uruguay | 9:19.70 | |
| 11 | Andreas Van Ham | Belgium | 9:32.13 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jonathan Ndiku | Kenya | 8:42.32 | Q |
| 2 | Dereje Abdi | Ethiopia | 8:42.46 | Q |
| 3 | Abdel Ghani Aït Bahmad | Morocco | 8:48.05 | Q |
| 4 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:48.94 | Q |
| 5 | Majid Saleh Bashir | Bahrain | 8:51.31 | q |
| 6 | Curtis Carr | United States | 8:55.28 | q |
| 7 | Matthew Hughes | Canada | 9:01.82 | |
| 8 | Abdelatif Hadjam | France | 9:10.32 | |
| 9 | Jonathan Hernández | Spain | 9:16.77 | |
| 10 | Jorge Cruz | Portugal | 9:23.36 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Bahrain (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Spain (2)
* Uganda (1)
* United States (2)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (1)
