The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 12 August.
Medalists Gold Matthew Birir Silver Francisco Munuera Bronze Simeon Rono
Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Matthew Birir 8:31.02 Francisco Munuera 8:41.03 Simeon Rono 8:42.05 4 Alastair O'Connor 8:44.68 5 Vladimir Golyas 8:49.68 6 Joël Bourgeois 8:51.80 7 Seiji Kushibe 8:53.86 8 Yuriy Churakov 8:55.07 9 Yeóryios Yianélis 8:55.80 10 Florin Ionescu 9:04.30 11 Marcel Laros 9:08.43 12 Rainer Huth 9:15.85
Heats 10 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francisco Munuera 8:48.75 Q 2 Marcel Laros 8:52.21 Q 3 Seiji Kushibe 8:53.09 Q 4 Joël Bourgeois 8:53.41 Q 5 Yuriy Churakov 8:53.86 q 6 Alastair O'Connor 8:54.73 q 7 Darren Abbott 8:58.69 8 Alvaro Ramalhete 9:05.42 9 Emil Cheresharski 9:06.23 10 Jim Svenøy 9:07.46 11 Nurettin Özyürek 9:10.51 12 John Murray 9:25.28 13 John Moritz 9:27.91 Holger Ross DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Matthew Birir 8:45.32 Q 2 Simeon Rono 8:50.57 Q 3 Yeóryios Yianélis 8:52.15 Q 4 Florin Ionescu 8:52.58 Q 5 Vladimir Golyas 8:53.95 q 6 Rainer Huth 8:56.99 q 7 Georgios Loucaides 8:59.90 8 Masafumi Matsuoka 9:00.03 9 Keith Cullen 9:08.39 10 Héctor Arias 9:09.76 11 František Zálešák 9:19.79 12 Julio Figueirêdo 9:34.44
Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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