2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2013 World Championships
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates12 August (heats)
15 August (final)
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time8:06.01
Medalists
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12 and 15 August. [1]

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The final was, as expected, led by the Kenyan team. With multiple Olympic and returning World Champion Ezekiel Kemboi, they were at the front with the rest of the field strung out behind them. For the first four laps, Conseslus Kipruto did the majority of the leading, with the rest of the Kenyans, then both Ugandans behind. Occasionally Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad would pass one of the Ugandan athletes. With three laps to go, things began to shake up. Paul Kipsiele Koech moved into the lead and at about the same time Noureddine Smaïl moved from the middle of the pack along the outside into third place. As the pace quickened, the Ugandans disappeared, replaced by the two Frenchmen and Evan Jager as contenders behind the Kenyan gauntlet. Over the next half lap, the pace quickened, Smai'l disappeared and Matthew Hughes of Canada emerged. Going into the last lap, Conseslus Kipruto and Koech were in the lead with Kemboi behind them followed by Mekhissi and Jager. Menkhissi moved along the outside, with about 200 meters to go, passed Kemboi, then Koech and was even with Kipruto. But behind him, Kemboi moved into a different gear. Taking the barrier at the end of the straight in full hurdle stride, in the next 50 meters before the water jump, Kemboi went around the outside and took the lead. Mekhissi was next over the water jump with Kipruto scrambling to make up ground. In full sprint, Kipruto went around Mekhissi but didn't negotiate the last barrier as well as Kemboi. Regaining his balance he again sprinted making up significant ground on his more experienced teammate, but it was not enough to get gold. Make that three straight for Kemboi, along with two Olympic gold medals unbeaten in the World Championships since he finished second to a different Kipruto in 2007. In all, three golds, three silvers and nothing worse in the World Championships since 2003. Mekhissi repeats his bronze medal. [2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [3]

World record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Ezekiel Kemboi  (KEN)8:00.43 Berlin, Germany18 August 2009
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Ezekiel Kemboi  (KEN)7:59.03 Saint-Denis, France6 July 2013
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Brimin Kiprop Kipruto  (KEN)7:53.64Monaco22 July 2011
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Evan Jager  (USA)8:06.81Monaco20 July 2012
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Wander do Prado Moura  (BRA)8:14.41 Mar del Plata, Argentina22 March 1995
European Record Flag of France.svg  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  (FRA)8:00.09Saint-Denis, France6 July 2013
Oceanian record Flag of New Zealand.svg  Peter Renner  (NZL)8:14.05 Koblenz, West Germany29 August 1984

Qualification standards

A time [4] B time
8:26.108:32.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
12 August 201310:10 Heats
15 August 201320:20 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final. [5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)8:15.43Q
21 Matthew Hughes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)8:16.93Q, PB
31 Abel Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:19.15Q
41 Ángel Mullera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)8:19.26q, SB
51 Ion Luchianov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)8:19.64q, SB
61 Benjamin Kiplagat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)8:21.14q
73 Conseslus Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:22.31Q
83 Paul Kipsiele Koech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:22.88Q
93 Yoann Kowal Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)8:23.74Q
102 Evan Jager Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)8:23.76Q
112 Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:23.84Q
122 Noureddine Smaïl Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)8:24.05Q
133 Hamid Ezzine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)8:24.35q
142 Jacob Araptany Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)8:24.53q
152 Alex Genest Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)8:24.56q
162 José Peña Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)8:24.88
171 Abdelmadjed Touil Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)8:25.89
182 Steffen Uliczka Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)8:28.32
193 De'Sean Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)8:28.44
203 Hicham Bouchicha Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)8:28.56
211 Ilgizar Safiullin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)8:28.65PB
223 Habtamu Fayisa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)8:29.08
233 Chris Winter Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)8:29.36
243 Mitko Tsenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)8:32.49
253 Sebastián Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)8:32.63
262 Roberto Alaiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)8:33.32
271 Vadym Slobodenyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)8:33.60
281 Tareq Mubarak Taher Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)8:34.32SB
291 Mateusz Demczyszak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)8:34.60
303 Tarık Langat Akdağ Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)8:34.97
312 James Wilkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)8:35.07
321 Jaouad Chemlal Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)8:36.29
333 Patrick Nasti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)8:36.42
341 Daniel Huling Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)8:37.80
352 Roba Gari Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)8:45.06
1 Yuri Floriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)DQR 163.3 [6]
2 Jamel Chatbi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)DQR 163.3 [6]
2 Abdelhamid Zerrifi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)DQR 163.3 [6]
3 Krystian Zalewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)DQR 163.3 [6]
2 Mohammed Boulama Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)DNF
3 Timothy Toroitich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)DNS

Final

The final was started at 20:20. [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:06.01
Silver medal icon.svg Conseslus Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:06.37
Bronze medal icon.svg Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)8:07.86
4 Paul Kipsiele Koech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:08.62
5 Evan Jager Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)8:08.67
6 Matthew Hughes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)8:11.64 NR
7 Abel Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)8:17.04
8 Yoann Kowal Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)8:17.41
9 Hamid Ezzine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)8:19.53
10 Ion Luchianov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)8:19.99
11 Ángel Mullera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)8:20.93
12 Jacob Araptany Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)8:25.86
13 Alex Genest Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)8:27.01
14 Benjamin Kiplagat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)8:31.09
Noureddine Smaïl Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)DNF

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