Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date26 September 1988 (heats)
28 September 1988 (semi-finals)
30 September 1988 (final)
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning time8:05.51 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Julius Kariuki
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Koech
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Mark Rowland
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  1984
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, had an entry list of 33 competitors, with three qualifying heats (33 runners) and two semifinals (26) before the final (13) took place on Friday September 30, 1988. [1]

From the gun Francesco Panetta went out hard, at world record pace the first few laps. He was marked, a few metres back, by William Van Dijck with the rest of the field strung out behind. With about three laps to go, Kenyans Julius Kariuki and Peter Koech seemed to jog casually into position next to Van Dijck with Mark Rowland gamely holding on. From behind Alessandro Lambruschini and Patrick Sang rushed to catch up. With two laps to go, the Kenyan duo broke it open, with Panetta disappearing back into the field. Rowland was the only one to hang on to the Kenyans, who were looking around for the other challengers. With the three-man break clear and one lap to go, Kariuki departed from the team tactics and took off, opening up a 10-metre lead around the penultimate turn with Koech chasing. Kariuki took the water jump carefully; behind him, Koech hurdled the water pit and emphasized his separation on Rowland. Koech was able to make a little ground on Kariuki, but it was too little too late. Rowland had 20 metres on Lambruschini for bronze and a new British record. After the race, Rowland said "I just kept telling myself to dig, dig, dig—and I did it! I've got a bloody medal!" [2]

Medalists

Gold Julius Kariuki
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Silver Peter Koech
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Bronze Mark Rowland
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record8:05.40 Flag of Kenya.svg Henry Rono Seattle (USA)May 13, 1978
Olympic Record8:08.02 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Gärderud Montreal (CAN)July 28, 1976

The following Olympic record (in minutes) was set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
September 30, 1988FinalFlag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kariuki  (KEN)8:05.51OR

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kariuki  (KEN)8:05.51(OR)
Med 2.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Koech  (KEN)8:06.79
Med 3.png Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Mark Rowland  (GBR)8:07.96
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Lambruschini  (ITA)8:12.17
5.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  William Van Dijck  (BEL)8:13.99
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Marsh  (USA)8:14.39
7.Flag of Kenya.svg  Patrick Sang  (KEN)8:15.22
8.Flag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Mamiński  (POL)8:15.97
9.Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Panetta  (ITA)8:17.79
10.Flag of East Germany.svg  Hagen Melzer  (GDR)8:19.82
11.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Graeme Fell  (CAN)8:21.73
12.Flag of France.svg  Raymond Pannier  (FRA)8:23.80
13.Flag of Algeria.svg  Azzeddine Brahmi  (ALG)8:26.68

Semi-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  William Van Dijck  (BEL)8:15.63
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Koech  (KEN)8:15.68
3.Flag of East Germany.svg  Hagen Melzer  (GDR)8:16.27
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Patrick Sang  (KEN)8:16.70
5.Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Panetta  (ITA)8:17.23
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Mamiński  (POL)8:18.28
7.Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Marsh  (USA)8:18.94
8.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hans Koeleman  (NED)8:21.86
9.Flag of France.svg  Bruno Le Stum  (FRA)8:26.69
10.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Eddie Wedderburn  (GBR)8:28.62
11.Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Adauto Domingues  (BRA)8:35.05
12.Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Hector Begeo  (PHI)8:35.09 (NR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Roger Hackney  (GBR)DNF


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Algeria.svg  Azzeddine Brahmi  (ALG)8:16.54
2.Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Lambruschini  (ITA)8:16.92
3.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Mark Rowland  (GBR)8:18.31
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kariuki  (KEN)8:18.53
5.Flag of France.svg  Raymond Pannier  (FRA)8:19.39
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Graeme Fell  (CAN)8:19.99
7.Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Diemer  (USA)8:23.89
8.Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Volkmann  (FRG)8:25.19
9.Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Abshire  (USA)8:27.78
10.Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Fathi Baccouche  (TUN)8:31.36
11.Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Brendan Quinn  (IRL)8:43.34
12.Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed al-Dosari  (KSA)8:44.22
13.Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Ramón Lopez  (PAR)8:52.62 (NR)

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of France.svg  Raymond Pannier  (FRA)8:30.94
2.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Mark Rowland  (GBR)8:31.40
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Koech  (KEN)8:31.66
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Lambruschini  (ITA)8:32.59
5.Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Adauto Domingues  (BRA)8:32.77
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Marsh  (USA)8:33.89
7.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hans Koeleman  (NED)8:35.20
8.Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Hector Begeo  (PHI)8:46.60
9.Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Ramón Lopez  (PAR)8:56.06
10.Flag of Fiji.svg  Davendra Singh  (FIJ)9:23.50
Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelaziz Sahere  (MAR)DSQ


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Panetta  (ITA)8:29.75
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kariuki  (KEN)8:33.42
3.Flag of Algeria.svg  Azzeddine Brahmi  (ALG)8:35.59
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Diemer  (USA)8:38.40
5.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Eddie Wedderburn  (GBR)8:38.90
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Mamiński  (POL)8:45.72
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Graeme Fell  (CAN)8:51.25
8.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Cha Han-sik  (KOR)8:59.82
9.Flag of Tanzania.svg  Ikaji Salom  (TAN)9:10.36
Flag of Chile.svg  Emilio Ulloa  (CHI)DNF
Flag of Hungary.svg  Béla Vágó  (HUN)DNS


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Patrick Sang  (KEN)8:36.11
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Volkmann  (FRG)8:36.37
3.Flag of East Germany.svg  Hagen Melzer  (GDR)8:36.45
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Abshire  (USA)8:36.56
5.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  William Van Dijck  (BEL)8:36.80
6.Flag of France.svg  Bruno Le Stum  (FRA)8:36.95
7.Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Fathi Baccouche  (TUN)8:38.67
8.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Roger Hackney  (GBR)8:39.30
9.Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Brendan Quinn  (IRL)8:40.87
10.Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed al-Dosari  (KSA)8:45.25
11.Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Abdullah Al-Dosari  (BRN)9:10.85

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. WOW: The #RowlandTempo | Strava