| Boys' 3000 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadium Lille Métropole | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 July (heats) 10 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:40.10 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The boys' 3000 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7 and 10 July.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
William Malel Sitonik  Kenya
|
Patrick Mutunga Mwikya Kenya
|
Abrar Osman  Eritrea
|
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 | Isiah Koech (KEN)
|
7:51.51 | Bressanone, Italy | 12 July 2009 |
| World Youth Leading | William Malel Sitonik (KEN)
|
7:51.2 | Nairobi, Kenya | 8 June 2011 |
Heats
Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Mutunga Mwikya | Kenya |
8:00.00 | Q |
| 2 | Solomon Deksisa | Ethiopia |
8:00.11 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Mohammed Abid |  Morocco |
8:01.52 | Q |
| 4 | Indrajeet Patel |  India |
8:14.93 | Q, PB |
| 5 | Yusuke Uchikoshi |  Japan |
8:18.84 | q, PB |
| 6 | Abdullah Al-Salhi |  Saudi Arabia |
8:21.86 | q, PB |
| 7 | Samuele Dini |  Italy |
8:23.35 | PB |
| 8 | Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyi |  Ukraine |
8:26.71 | PB |
| 9 | Dino Bošnjak |  Croatia |
8:27.01 | PB |
| 10 | Ismael Quiñones |  Spain |
8:31.22 | PB |
| 11 | Seyyid Boughalem |  Algeria |
8:33.24 | PB |
| 12 | Matthew Stephenson |  Canada |
8:33.34 | |
| 13 | Zacharias Grassmé Taj |  Denmark |
8:37.21 | PB |
| 14 | Mihai Cosma |  Romania |
8:55.36 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Malel Sitonik | Kenya |
7:54.09 | Q |
| 2 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Ethiopia |
7:54.09 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Abrar Osman | Eritrea |
7:58.00 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Phillip Kipyeko |  Uganda |
8:14.02 | Q, PB |
| 5 | Yuki Hirota | Japan |
8:16.05 | q, PB |
| 6 | Harry Mulenga |  Zambia |
8:17.01 | q, SB |
| 7 | Marouane Kahlaoui | Morocco |
8:22.89 | PB |
| 8 | Félix Bour |  France |
8:23.66 | PB |
| 9 | Ryan Sleiman | Canada |
8:28.28 | PB |
| 10 | Youcef Addouche | Algeria |
8:30.75 | PB |
| 11 | Artur Bossy | Spain |
8:30.96 | PB |
| 12 | Bogdan Motogna | Romania |
8:40.17 | PB |
| 13 | Jacob Simonsen | Denmark |
8:49.05 | |
| 14 | Abdallahi Cheikh |  Mauritania |
10:43.77 | PB |
| Khalid Mohammed Ahmed |  Sudan |
DNF |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
William Malel Sitonik | Kenya |
7:40.10 | CR |
 |
Patrick Mutunga Mwikya | Kenya |
7:40.47 | PB |
 |
Abrar Osman | Eritrea |
7:40.89 | PB |
| 4 | Solomon Deksisa | Ethiopia |
7:42.10 | PB |
| 5 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Ethiopia |
7:45.11 | PB |
| 6 | Mohammed Abid | Morocco |
7:57.45 | PB |
| 7 | Phillip Kipyeko | Uganda |
8:11.12 | PB |
| 8 | Harry Mulenga | Zambia |
8:11.14 | PB |
| 9 | Yuki Hirota | Japan |
8:13.65 | PB |
| 10 | Yusuke Uchikoshi | Japan |
8:14.91 | PB |
| 11 | Abdullah Al-Salhi | Saudi Arabia |
8:16.39 | PB |
| 12 | Indrajeet Patel | India |
8:19.73 |
References
- "Boys 3000m Final – Sitonik crushes Championships mark". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- "Kenya: Tanui And Sitonik Deliver More Gold in France". All Africa. The Star. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- "World Youth Games - Day 5". MileSplit. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- "3000 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
- "3000 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.