1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 24 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Julius Chelule Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Kipkirui Misoi Kenya |
| Bronze | Ali Ezzine Morocco |

## Results

### Final

24 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Julius Chelule | Kenya | 8:33.09 |
| | Kipkirui Misoi | Kenya | 8:33.31 |
| | Ali Ezzine | Morocco | 8:35.60 |
| 4 | Günther Weidlinger | Austria | 8:38.97 |
| 5 | Antonio Álvarez | Spain | 8:41.98 |
| 6 | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 8:42.37 |
| 7 | Bouabdallah Tahri | France | 8:45.85 |
| 8 | Li Changzhong | China | 8:46.74 |
| 9 | Benjamin Hetzler | Germany | 8:47.46 |
| 10 | Baghdad Rachem | Algeria | 8:59.52 |
| 11 | Kevin Nash | United Kingdom | 9:01.14 |
| 12 | Rachid Amroug | Morocco | 9:06.70 |

### Heats

22 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ali Ezzine | Morocco | 8:48.44 | Q |
| 2 | Günther Weidlinger | Austria | 8:49.06 | Q |
| 3 | Kevin Nash | United Kingdom | 8:51.36 | Q |
| 4 | Tomasz Sikorski | Poland | 8:55.84 | |
| 5 | Azzedine Zerdoum | Algeria | 8:56.53 | |
| 6 | Jeremy Tolman | United States | 8:56.93 | |
| 7 | Tuomo Lehtinen | Finland | 9:11.11 | |
| 8 | Ramiro Nogueiro | Brazil | 9:12.03 | |
| 9 | Martin Dent | Australia | 9:12.25 | |
| 10 | Roman Usov | Russia | 9:20.86 | |
| 11 | Rogelio Fernández | Uruguay | 9:34.29 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kipkirui Misoi | Kenya | 8:46.22 | Q |
| 2 | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 8:46.61 | Q |
| 3 | Li Changzhong | China | 8:50.68 | Q |
| 4 | Rachid Amroug | Morocco | 8:53.63 | q |
| 5 | Antonio Manuel Martínez | Spain | 9:01.61 | |
| 6 | Julián Peralta | Argentina | 9:05.05 | |
| 7 | Gaël Pencréach | France | 9:09.69 | |
| 8 | Mikael Talasjoki | Finland | 9:12.95 | |
| 9 | Aaron Mullins | Australia | 9:18.03 | |
| 10 | Max Frei | Germany | 9:32.33 | |
| 11 | Oscar Meza | Paraguay | 9:38.09 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Julius Chelule | Kenya | 8:44.39 | Q |
| 2 | Antonio Álvarez | Spain | 8:44.52 | Q |
| 3 | Benjamin Hetzler | Germany | 8:44.98 | Q |
| 4 | Baghdad Rachem | Algeria | 8:45.55 | q |
| 5 | Bouabdallah Tahri | France | 8:50.55 | q |
| 6 | Sydney da Costa | Brazil | 8:56.30 | |
| 7 | Ryan Pirtle | United States | 8:57.88 | |
| 8 | Ben Whitby | United Kingdom | 9:04.40 | |
| 9 | Issam Hammami | Tunisia | 9:07.89 | |
| 10 | Adrian Mucha | Poland | 9:14.86 | |
| 11 | Kjell Van Melkebeke | Belgium | 9:37.01 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (2)
* China (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (2)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Uruguay (1)
