Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates6 August 1984 (round one)
8 August 1984 (semi-finals)
10 August 1984 (final)
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Julius Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph Mahmoud Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Diemer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1980
1988  

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 35 competitors, with three qualifying heats (35 runners) and two semifinals (24) before the final (12) took place. [1]

Summary

During the first lap of the race, a bandit rushed the track, joining the race over the first water jump. He managed to sprint past security over the next barrier and beyond before being tackled. On the second lap, he managed to get free again for a few moments before finally being dragged away.

"They've got all sorts of security at these games, designed to prevent anything from nuclear attack to germ warfare. But the odd idiot is a real problem."

David Coleman, BBC Commentator [2]

Shortly after the second lap began, Peter Renner assumed the lead, followed by Kenyan Julius duo of Julius Korir and Julius Kariuki. Henry Marsh was typically as much as 20 metres back off the pace. Renner opened up several metres on the Kenyans but with two laps to go, the field began bunching behind Renner with Brian Diemer, Joseph Mahmoud, Colin Reitz and Marsh back in the fold, all getting ready to pounce. Just before the bell, Renner started to fall back. Korir accelerated and Marsh was the first to follow, Diemer was next to catch up, followed by Mahmoud. Through the final turn, Marsh looked like the only one still with any shot at Korir, but he was still losing ground. Marsh was unable to make any headway as Mahmoud passed in on the outside, with Korir taking the final barrier as a hurdler and sprinting to victory. Mahmoud sprinted away to the silver medal while Diemer challenged Marsh on the outside. Diemer got the edge on Marsh with 10 metres to go, with the beaten Marsh just striding the final few steps over the line.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Henry Rono  (KEN)8:05.4 Seattle, United States 13 May 1978
Olympic recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Anders Gärderud  (SWE)8:08.02 Montreal, Canada 28 July 1976

Schedule

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase took place over three separate days.

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 6 August 198418:25Round One
Wednesday, 8 August 198420:00Semi-finals
Friday, 10 August 198419:10Final

Results

Heats

Note: Top six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Brian Diemer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:25.92 Q
2 Domingo Ramón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:26.04 Q
3 Féthi Baccouche Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:27.49 Q
4 William Van Dijck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:29.68 Q
5 Emilio Ulloa Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:29.71 Q
6 Pascal Debacker Flag of France.svg  France 8:30.35 Q
7 Paul Davies-Hale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:31.97 q
8 Francesco Panetta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:37.05 q
9 Kip Rono Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:41.75
10 Pedro Cáceres Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:50.02
11 Emmanuel M'Pioh Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 9:05.58 NR
12 Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman 10:22.56

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Julius Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:29.08 Q
2 Roger Hackney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:30.31 Q
3 Joseph Mahmoud Flag of France.svg  France 8:30.85 Q
4 Hans Koeleman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:31.34 Q
5 Greg Duhaime Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:31.54 Q
6 Carmelo Ríos Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 8:31.88 Q
7 Franco Boffi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:32.26 q
8 John Gregorek Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:38.43 q
9 Juan José Torres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:40.76
10 Hector Begeo Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 8:53.70
11 Hugo Allan García Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 9:02.41
12 Ramón López Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 9:36.36

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Julius Kariuki Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:19.45 Q
2 Peter Renner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:22.95 Q
3 Peter Daenens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:28.26 Q
4 Henry Marsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:29.23 Q
5 Colin Reitz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:29.33 Q
6 Tommy Ekblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:29.45 Q
7 Filippos Filippou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 8:30.09 q
8 Liam O'Brien Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8:31.89 q
9 Yehuda Zadok Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8:42.28
10 Kim Ju-ryong Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 8:43.50
11 Albert Marie Flag of the Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles 9:32.30
Filbert Bayi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania DNS

Semi-finals

Note: Top five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Semi-final 1

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Domingo Ramón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:19.08 Q
2 Pascal Debacker Flag of France.svg  France 8:20.34 Q
3 Tommy Ekblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:20.54 Q
4 Henry Marsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:20.57 Q
5 Roger Hackney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:20.77 Q
6 Julius Kariuki Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:21.07 q
7 William Van Dijck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:23.08
8 Paul Davies-Hale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:26.15
9 Greg Duhaime Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:26.32
10 Franco Boffi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:30.82
11 Liam O'Brien Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8:34.90
12 Filippos Filippou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 8:39.47

Semi-final 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Julius Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:17.40 Q
2 Peter Renner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:18.12 Q
3 Brian Diemer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:18.36 Q
4 Colin Reitz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:18.62 Q
5 Joseph Mahmoud Flag of France.svg  France 8:18.62 Q
6 Féthi Baccouche Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:18.70 q
7 Peter Daenens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:21.77
8 Emilio Ulloa Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:28.99
9 Francesco Panetta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:31.24
10 Hans Koeleman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:32.29
11 John Gregorek Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:38.19
12 Carmelo Ríos Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 8:44.70

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Julius Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:11.80
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph Mahmoud Flag of France.svg  France 8:13.31
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Diemer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:14.06
4 Henry Marsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:14.25
5 Colin Reitz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:15.48
6 Domingo Ramón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:17.27
7 Julius Kariuki Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:17.47
8 Pascal Debacker Flag of France.svg  France 8:21.51
9 Tommy Ekblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:23.95
10 Roger Hackney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:27.10
11 Peter Renner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:29.81
12 Féthi Baccouche Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:43.40

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