2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Douala, Cameroon.^[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	23 June
Competitors	8 from 5 nations
Winning time	8:21.30
Medalists
Leonard Chemutai    Uganda   Edmund Serem    Kenya   Matthew Kosgei    Kenya
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Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record[2]	Lamecha Girma (ETH)	7:52.11	Paris, France	9 June 2023
African record[3]
Championship record	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	8:11.03	Bambous, Mauritius	11 August 2006
World leading[4]	Lamecha Girma (ETH)	8:01.63	Stockholm, Sweden	2 June 2024
African leading[5]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Leonard Chemutai	Uganda	8:21.30
	Edmund Serem	Kenya	8:21.94
	Matthew Kosgei	Kenya	8:21.98
4	Hailemariyam Amare	Ethiopia	8:23.76
5	Collins Kiprop	Kenya	8:29.06
6	Hirko Hayilu	Ethiopia	8:35.59
7	Bilal Tabti	Algeria	8:41.68
8	Elphas Toroitich	Uganda	8:43.91
	Hicham Bouchicha	Algeria	DNS
	Samuel Duguna	Ethiopia	DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase