2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Brimin Kipruto
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Ezekiel Kemboi
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Richard Mateelong
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Records

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

World record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)8:04.16 Gothenburg, Sweden 11 August 1995
World leadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Paul Kipsiele Koech  (KEN)7:59.42 Stockholm, Sweden7 August 2007

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 26, 200710:00 Heats
August 28, 200720:55 Final

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWRWorld recordARArea recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Tareq Mubarak Taher Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 8:19.99Q
21 Abdelkader Hachlaf Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:20.03Q
31 Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:20.08Q
41 Bouabdellah Tahri Flag of France.svg  France 8:20.09q
51 Abubaker Ali Kamal Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 8:21.20q, SB
63 Brimin Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:21.93Q
73 Halil Akkaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:22.37Q
83 Mustafa Mohamed Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:22.80Q
93 Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 8:23.61q, SB
103 Gary Roba Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 8:23.98q
111 Eliseo Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:24.49q
123 José Luis Blanco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:25.00q
133 Filmon Ghirmai Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:25.17
143 Boštjan Buč Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8:26.42SB
153 Krijn van Koolwijk Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:29.18
162 Richard Mateelong Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:29.49Q
172 Nahom Mesfin Tariku Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 8:29.57Q
182 Brahim Taleb Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:29.64Q
192 Mircea Bogdan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:30.07
203 Aaron Aguayo Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:30.86
212 Joshua McAdams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:32.46
222 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France 8:33.11
231 Rabia Makhloufi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:33.88
241 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:34.84
253 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux Flag of France.svg  France 8:36.05
262 Yoshitaka Iwamizu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:36.73
271 Ruben Ramolefi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:39.50
281 Benjamin Kiplagat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 8:40.65
292 Zakrya Ali Kamil Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 8:41.81
302 Itai Maggidi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8:43.00
312 Antonio David Jiménez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:50.41
321 Henrik Skoog Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:51.61
332 Pieter Desmet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:55.99
341 Tom Brooks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:56.20
353 Andrew Lemoncello Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8:58.93
362 Youcef Abdi Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9:51.33
1 Günther Weidlinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF
3 Hamid Ezzine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brimin Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:13.82
Silver medal icon.svg Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:16.94
Bronze medal icon.svg Richard Mateelong Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:17.59
4 Mustafa Mohamed Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:19.82
5 Bouabdellah Tahri Flag of France.svg  France 8:20.27
6 Halil Akkaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:22.51
7 Eliseo Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:22.91SB
8 Tareq Mubarak Taher Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 8:22.95
9 Abdelkader Hachlaf Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:24.18
10 Gary Roba Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 8:25.93
11 Abubaker Ali Kamal Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 8:26.90
12 Nahom Mesfin Tariku Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 8:28.86
Brahim Taleb Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DSQ
José Luis Blanco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DSQ
Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia DNF

References