Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 3000 metres

Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Date	August 20–24
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia Thierry Ndikumwenayo  Burundi Moses Koech  Kenya

The boys’ 3000 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–24 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
20 August 2014	18:55	Heat
24 August 2014	20:30	Final

Results

Heat

First 50% of the athletes from the Qualification round progress to the A Final and the remaining athletes to the B Final.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Result	Notes	Q
1	16	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)	8:05.85		FA
2	10	Moses Koech (KEN)	8:06.50		FA
3	1	Jordi Torrents (ESP)	8:13.89	PB	FA
4	5	Amine Zahaf (MAR)	8:14.51	PB	FA
5	7	Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BDI)	8:16.11	PB	FA
6	15	Mohamed Amine El Bouajaji (FRA)	8:16.43	PB	FA
7	11	Abdi Ibrahim Abdo (BRN)	8:16.86	PB	FA
8	2	Tawfiq Bouziane (ALG)	8:21.58	PB	FA
9	12	Jeremiah Ort (CAN)	8:23.76	PB	FB
10	4	Leo Chikhwaza (MAW)	8:30.40	PB	FB
11	9	Jean Marie Myasiro (RWA)	8:33.94	PB	FB
12	8	Titus Nyati (ZIM)	8:39.67	PB	FB
13	14	Kagiso Kebatshwaretse (BOT)	8:45.33	PB	FB
14	3	Adam Mohamed (SUD)	8:46.65	PB	FB
15	13	Mohamed Miftahou (COM)	9:00.01		FB
16	6	Camran Carbon (DMA)	9:46.78		FB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Final Placing	Lane	Athlete	Result	Notes
	1	1	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)	7:56.20
	2	3	Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BDI)	8:06.05	PB
	3	7	Moses Koech (KEN)	8:06.33
4	4	4	Abdi Ibrahim Abdo (BRN)	8:08.91	PB
5	5	5	Jordi Torrents (ESP)	8:09.99	PB
6	6	8	Tawfiq Bouziane (ALG)	8:18.98	PB
7	7	6	Amine Zahaf (MAR)	8:21.62
		2	Mohamed Amine El Bouajaji (FRA)	DSQ

Final B

Rank	Final Placing	Lane	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	8	3	Jeremiah Ort (CAN)	8:31.05
2	9	6	Leo Chikhwaza (MAW)	8:32.07
3	10	8	Jean Marie Myasiro (RWA)	8:32.44	PB
4	11	5	Adam Mohamed (SUD)	8:37.11	PB
5	12	4	Titus Nyati (ZIM)	8:37.82	PB
6	13	2	Kagiso Kebatshwaretse (BOT)	8:39.38	PB
7	14	7	Mohamed Miftahou (COM)	8:40.07	PB
		1	Camran Carbon (DMA)	DNS