| 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 | |||||||||
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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.
Records
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
Round 1
First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Final
| 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
- "Timetable". World Athletics.
- "3000 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
- "3000 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2015.