2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 3000 metres explained

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
William Malel Sitonik	Patrick Mutunga Mwikya	Abrar Osman

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		7:32.37		11 July 2006
Championship Record		7:51.51	Bressanone, Italy	12 July 2009
World Youth Leading		7:51.2	Nairobi, Kenya	8 June 2011

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			8:00.00	Q
2			8:00.11	Q, PB
3			8:01.52	Q
4			8:14.93	Q, PB
5			8:18.84	q, PB
6			8:21.86	q, PB
7			8:23.35	PB
8			8:26.71	PB
9			8:27.01	PB
10			8:31.22	PB
11			8:33.24	PB
12			8:33.34
13			8:37.21	PB
14			8:55.36

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			7:54.09	Q
2			7:54.09	Q, PB
3			7:58.00	Q, PB
4			8:14.02	Q, PB
5			8:16.05	q, PB
6			8:17.01	q, SB
7			8:22.89	PB
8			8:23.66	PB
9			8:28.28	PB
10			8:30.75	PB
11			8:30.96	PB
12			8:40.17	PB
13			8:49.05
14			10:43.77	PB
			DNF

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7:40.10	CR
			7:40.47	PB
			7:40.89	PB
4			7:42.10	PB
5			7:45.11	PB
6			7:57.45	PB
7			8:11.12	PB
8			8:11.14	PB
9			8:13.65	PB
10			8:14.91	PB
11			8:16.39	PB
12			8:19.73

Notes and References

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