2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 20 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mike Kipyego Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | David Kirwa Kenya |
| Bronze | Abubaker Kamal Qatar |

## Results

### Final

20 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mike Kipyego | Kenya | 8:29.54 |
| | David Kirwa | Kenya | 8:31.44 |
| | Abubaker Kamal | Qatar | 8:33.67 |
| 4 | Radosław Popławski | Poland | 8:37.87 |
| 5 | Fernando Fernandes | Brazil | 8:45.76 |
| 6 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | 8:50.17 |
| 7 | Shuji Yoshioka | Japan | 8:52.30 |
| 8 | Mohamed Ali Al-Banai | Saudi Arabia | 8:52.38 |
| 9 | Robbie Nissen | Canada | 8:53.69 |
| 10 | Arkangelo Roko | Sudan | 8:54.81 |
| 11 | Vitaliy Gorlukovic | Lithuania | 9:01.11 |
| 12 | Stephen Murphy | United Kingdom | 9:05.80 |

### Heats

18 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Kirwa | Kenya | 8:50.17 | Q |
| 2 | Radosław Popławski | Poland | 8:51.40 | Q |
| 3 | Robbie Nissen | Canada | 8:52.05 | Q |
| 4 | Shuji Yoshioka | Japan | 8:52.56 | Q |
| 5 | Mohamed Ali Al-Banai | Saudi Arabia | 8:56.69 | q |
| 6 | Vitaliy Gorlukovic | Lithuania | 8:57.23 | q |
| 7 | Ruben Schwarz | Germany | 9:01.58 | |
| 8 | Miloš Vujkovic | FR Yugoslavia | 9:04.26 | |
| 9 | Michael Fadeau | France | 9:05.29 | |
| 10 | Mandla Maseko | South Africa | 9:05.60 | |
| 11 | Atef Zaamouchi | Algeria | 9:09.07 | |
| 12 | Cristian Patiño | Ecuador | 9:09.72 | |
| 13 | Michael Shelley | Australia | 9:11.18 | |
| 14 | Gehad Abdelhaleem | Egypt | 9:36.71 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mike Kipyego | Kenya | 8:44.31 | Q |
| 2 | Abubaker Kamal | Qatar | 8:46.69 | Q |
| 3 | Fernando Fernandes | Brazil | 8:47.96 | Q |
| 4 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | 8:55.05 | Q |
| 5 | Stephen Murphy | United Kingdom | 8:56.85 | q |
| 6 | Arkangelo Roko | Sudan | 8:57.99 | q |
| 7 | Larbi Hamidi | Algeria | 9:02.10 | |
| 8 | Piet Desmet | Belgium | 9:05.17 | |
| 9 | Luke Taylor | Australia | 9:14.37 | |
| 10 | Anthony Godongwana | South Africa | 9:15.59 | |
| 11 | Christian Klein | Germany | 9:25.85 | |
| 12 | Kristjan Hunter | Canada | 9:30.97 | |
| 13 | Marco Carbonetti | Italy | 9:37.72 | |
| 14 | Enrique Sánchez | Spain | 9:45.35 | |
| | Sergei Tserepannikov | Estonia | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (2)
* Australia (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Ecuador (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Estonia (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Poland (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
