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2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres

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Boys' 3000 metres
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates7 July (heats)
10 July (final)
Competitors29
Winning time7:40.10 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Eritrea
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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.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
William Malel Sitonik
 Kenya
Patrick Mutunga Mwikya
 Kenya
Abrar Osman
 Eritrea

Records

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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

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Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.[4]

Heat 1

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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

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Malel Sitonik  Kenya 7:40.10 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrick Mutunga Mwikya  Kenya 7:40.47 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "Boys 3000m Final – Sitonik crushes Championships mark". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Kenya: Tanui And Sitonik Deliver More Gold in France". All Africa. The Star. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  3. ^ "World Youth Games - Day 5". MileSplit. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  4. ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  5. ^ "3000 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.