1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Medalists

Gold	Julius Chelule  Kenya
Silver	Kipkirui Misoi  Kenya
Bronze	Ali Ezzine  Morocco

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Julius Chelule	Kenya	8:33.09
	Kipkirui Misoi	Kenya	8:33.31
	Ali Ezzine	Morocco	8:35.60
4	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	8:38.97
5	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	8:41.98
6	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	8:42.37
7	Bouabdallah Tahri	France	8:45.85
8	Li Changzhong	China	8:46.74
9	Benjamin Hetzler	Germany	8:47.46
10	Baghdad Rachem	Algeria	8:59.52
11	Kevin Nash	United Kingdom	9:01.14
12	Rachid Amroug	Morocco	9:06.70

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ali Ezzine	Morocco	8:48.44	Q
2	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	8:49.06	Q
3	Kevin Nash	United Kingdom	8:51.36	Q
4	Tomasz Sikorski	Poland	8:55.84
5	Azzedine Zerdoum	Algeria	8:56.53
6	Jeremy Tolman	United States	8:56.93
7	Tuomo Lehtinen	Finland	9:11.11
8	Ramiro Nogueiro	Brazil	9:12.03
9	Martin Dent	Australia	9:12.25
10	Roman Usov	Russia	9:20.86
11	Rogelio Fernández	Uruguay	9:34.29

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kipkirui Misoi	Kenya	8:46.22	Q
2	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	8:46.61	Q
3	Li Changzhong	China	8:50.68	Q
4	Rachid Amroug	Morocco	8:53.63	q
5	Antonio Manuel Martínez	Spain	9:01.61
6	Julián Peralta	Argentina	9:05.05
7	Gaël Pencréach	France	9:09.69
8	Mikael Talasjoki	Finland	9:12.95
9	Aaron Mullins	Australia	9:18.03
10	Max Frei	Germany	9:32.33
11	Oscar Meza	Paraguay	9:38.09

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Julius Chelule	Kenya	8:44.39	Q
2	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	8:44.52	Q
3	Benjamin Hetzler	Germany	8:44.98	Q
4	Baghdad Rachem	Algeria	8:45.55	q
5	Bouabdallah Tahri	France	8:50.55	q
6	Sydney da Costa	Brazil	8:56.30
7	Ryan Pirtle	United States	8:57.88
8	Ben Whitby	United Kingdom	9:04.40
9	Issam Hammami	Tunisia	9:07.89
10	Adrian Mucha	Poland	9:14.86
11	Kjell Van Melkebeke	Belgium	9:37.01

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.