| | Event type
3,000 metres, Boys
| Date | 11 – 15 October 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | YOG | |
| Location | Pentathlon & Cross Country, Parque Olímpico de la Juventud, Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires / Athletics Field, Parque Olímpico de la Juventud, Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires | |
| Participants | 18 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Two stages with final results determined by cumulative points for each stage. First stage over 3,000 metres, second stage cross-country. | |
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Points | Stage One | Stage Two | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Jackson Muema |  KEN | 4 | 8:09.95 (3) | 11:12 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Berihu Aregawi |  ETH | 4 | 8:09.17 (2) | 11:13 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Oscar Chelimo |  UGA | 4 | 8:08.20 (1) | 11:28 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Evan Burke |  CAN | 10 | 8:14.99 (4) | 11:59 (6) | |||
| 5 | – | Haben Ghebremariam |  ERI | 11 | 8:22.45 (6) | 11:54 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Rintaro Kajiyama |  JPN | 13 | 8:22.15 (5) | 12:10 (8) | |||
| 7 | – | Francis Damasi |  TAN | 16 | 8:30.91 (12) | 11:35 (4) | |||
| 8 | – | Ömer Amaçtan |  TUR | 17 | 8:26.39 (8) | 12:15 (9) | |||
| 9 | – | Adisu Guadia |  ISR | 18 | 8:30.27 (11) | 12:06 (7) | |||
| 10 | – | Clemens Erdmann |  GER | 20 | 8:29.27 (10) | 12:29 (10) | |||
| 11 | – | Layth Hakim Albohaya |  IRQ | 24 | 8:39.44 (13) | 12:38 (11) | |||
| 12 | – | Aimé Bakunzi |  RWA | 24 | 8:26.70 (9) | 13:01 (15) | |||
| 13 | – | Julius Mäkinen |  FIN | 28 | 8:41.41 (14) | 12:48 (14) | |||
| 14 | – | Gamil Al-Hamati |  YEM | 29 | 8:52.07 (17) | 12:42 (12) | |||
| 15 | – | Abdllah Jehad Mohammad Almeleefi |  JOR | 29 | 8:45.95 (16) | 12:46 (13) | |||
| 16 | – | Dick Kapalu |  VAN | 34 | 9:31.78 (18) | 13:49 (16) | |||
| – | Francesco Guerra |  ITA | – | 8:24.27 (7) | – ( | ||||
| – | Fayez Abdullah Alsubaie |  KSA | – | 8:45.61 (15) | – ( |