2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres
| Boys' 3000 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | |||||||||
| Dates | 16 and 19 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:54.45 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The boys' 3000 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 16 and 19 July 2015.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Abreham Cherkos (ETH)
|
7:32.37 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 11 July 2006 |
| Championship Record |  William Sitonik (KEN)
|
7:40.10 | Lille, France | 10 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Edward Rono (KEN)
|
7:51.7 | Nairobi, Kenya | 16 June 2015 |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.[2]
Final
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Richard Yator | Kenya |
7:54.45 | |
 |
Davis Kiplangat | Kenya |
7:54.52 | |
 |
Tefera Mosisa | Ethiopia |
7:55.04 | PB |
| 4 | Abayneh Degu | Ethiopia |
8:00.79 | PB |
| 5 | Hyuga Endo |  Japan |
8:26.96 | |
| 6 | Alex Yee |  Great Britain |
8:28.26 | |
| 7 | Yuta Kambayashi | Japan |
8:29.75 | |
| 8 | Kisan Narshi Tadvi |  India |
8:31.65 | |
| 9 | Abderrazak Abed |  Algeria |
8:34.38 | |
| 10 | Suldan Hassan |  Sweden |
8:34.42 | |
| 11 | Abdurrahman Gediklioğlu |  Turkey |
8:39.15 | |
| 12 | Tariku Novales |  Spain |
8:40.88 | |
| 13 | Miguel González | Spain |
8:46.37 | |
| 14 | Andreas Lindgreen |  Denmark |
8:52.28 | |
| – | Dorin Rusu |  Romania |
DQ |
References
[edit]- ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
- ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
- ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2015.