2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze. [1]

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Mullera was booed by the public during the medal ceremony. After the French anthem had been played, Kowal joined Zalewski on the silver medal podium step, ostensibly ignoring the Spaniard. [2]

Medalists

Gold Yoann Kowal
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver Krystian Zalewski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze Ángel Mullera
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004
European record Flag of France.svg  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  (FRA)8:00.09 Paris, France6 July 2013
Championship record Flag of France.svg  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  (FRA)8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Jairus Kipchoge Birech  (KEN)8:02.37 Oslo, Norway11 June 2014
European LeadingFlag of France.svg  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  (FRA)8:07.45 Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France14 June 2014

Schedule

DateTimeRound
12 August 201412:20 Round 1
14 August 201420:45 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and 5 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNote
12 Mateusz Demczyszak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:31.62Q
22 Martin Grau Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:32.35Q
32 Yuri Floriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:33.05Q
42 Tarık Langat Akdağ Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:33.39Q
52 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France 8:33.44Q
62 Nikolay Chavkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:34.29q
72 Sebastián Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:34.35q
81 Krystian Zalewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:35.44Q
91 Mitko Tsenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8:35.45Q
101 Jukka Keskisalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:35.98Q
111 Yoann Kowal Flag of France.svg  France 8:36.27Q
122 Ángel Mullera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:36.33q, SB
132 Janne Ukonmaanaho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:36.44q
141 Steffen Uliczka Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:36.59Q
151 Ivan Lukyanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:37.02q
162 Andrey Farnosov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:37.31
171 James Wilkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:39.78
181 Hakan Duvar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:42.03
191 Tom Erling Kårbø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:42.33
201 Daniel Lundgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:43.98
212 Vadym Slobodenyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8:43.99
222 Noam Ne'eman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8:45.33
231 Patrick Nasti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:46.80
242 Alberto Paulo Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 8:47.18
251 Christian Steinhammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8:58.58
261 Justinas Beržanskis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 9:01.56
272 Albert Minczér Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9:32.13
1 Víctor García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svg Yoann Kowal Flag of France.svg  France 8:26.66
Silver medal icon.svg Krystian Zalewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:27.11
Bronze medal icon.svg Ángel Mullera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:29.16SB
4 Sebastián Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:30.08
5 Ivan Lukyanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:32.50
6 Jukka Keskisalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:32.70
7 Steffen Uliczka Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:32.99
8 Tarık Langat Akdağ Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:33.13
9 Mitko Tsenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8:34.16
10 Mateusz Demczyszak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:34.32
11 Janne Ukonmaanaho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:42.45
12 Yuri Floriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:44.05
13 Martin Grau Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:44.46
14 Nikolay Chavkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:45.70
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France DSQ

References

  1. "European Championships: Athlete loses gold for removing shirt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. "Athlétisme : Yoann Kowal pose sur la 2e marche du podium après la disqualification de Mahiedine Mekhissi", Huffington Post, 15 August 2014