The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 July and 1 August.
Medalists Gold Reuben Kosgei Silver Abraham Cherono Bronze Mustapha Mellouk
Results Final 1 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Reuben Kosgei 8:23.76 Abraham Cherono 8:32.24 Mustapha Mellouk 8:34.91 4 Maru Daba 8:35.51 5 Chris Dugan 8:38.66 6 Tuomo Lehtinen 8:41.05 7 Ian Connor 8:42.19 8 Mustafa Mohamed 8:42.55 9 Gebremariam Gebremedhin 8:43.47 10 Henrik Skoog 8:44.30 11 Martin Dent 8:46.66 12 Filmon Ghirmai 8:53.94
Heats 30 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abraham Cherono 8:47.27 Q 2 Ian Connor 8:47.34 Q 3 Henrik Skoog 8:55.53 Q 4 Eric Segura 9:01.89 5 Chris Thompson 9:07.37 6 Mikael Talasjoki 9:09.77 7 Kjetil Ramstad 9:10.64 8 Fethi Meftah 9:10.67 9 Jan Bochedi 9:23.21 10 Norbert Csorba 9:33.17 11 Vaughan Craddock 9:35.83 12 Marcos Silva 9:53.29
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maru Daba 8:42.79 Q 2 Reuben Kosgei 8:43.07 Q 3 Mustafa Mohamed 8:46.27 Q 4 Tuomo Lehtinen 8:49.49 q 5 Adrián Peña 8:55.82 6 Lambert Ndayikeza 9:06.16 7 Iain Murdoch 9:07.09 8 Kevin Paulsen 9:13.68 9 Juan Carlos de Bastos 9:17.96 10 Georg Mlynek 9:22.32 11 Sofiane Tayane 9:44.80 12 Oscar Meza 9:46.34 13 Máté Németh 10:01.73
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mustapha Mellouk 8:42.94 Q 2 Chris Dugan 8:43.11 Q 3 Filmon Ghirmai 8:43.15 Q 4 Gebremariam Gebremedhin 8:43.16 q 5 Martin Dent 8:48.77 q 6 Jassim Mohamed 8:56.75 7 Pasteur Nyabenda 9:05.04 8 Andrey Kuznetsov 9:07.30 9 Xing Zhonglin 9:08.05 10 Laurent Slaviero 9:26.46 11 Sakir Kaya 9:45.53 Mahmoud Ibrahim Ali DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
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