Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates29 July 1996 (heats)
31 July 1996 (semi-finals)
2 August 1996 (final)
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning time8:07.12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joseph Keter
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Moses Kiptanui
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Alessandro Lambruschini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1992
2000  

These are the official results of the Men's 3000 metres Steeplechase event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and three qualifying heats. [1]

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Perhaps after watching the slow start four years earlier, this time Kenyans wanted less drama than their casual sweep of 1992. From the gun, Joseph Keter took the lead. Moses Kiptanui got a poorer start but simply ran around the outside of the pack and joined Keter from barely 150 metres into the race and that was it. The two never relinquished the lead. Defending champion Matthew Birir made it a touch more dramatic by being last off the line and took all of an additional 50 metres to join the pack at the front. The closest trailing athletes were the two Italians Angelo Carosi and Alessandro Lambruschini and Moroccan Brahim Boulami. With three laps to go, Alessandro Lambruschini passed Boulami and Carosi to become the only one to challenge the 10 metre lead the Kenyans had built. Little by little over the next lap, Lambruschini was able to bridge the gap, with Mark Croghan running hard from a few places back to get up to fifth. With two laps to go, Birir started to lose contact with his teammates. Lambruschini passed him and set off in chase of the other two. With just over a lap to go, Keter looked over his shoulder to see who was behind him, it wasn't Birir, all three accelerated. With Kiptanui leading Keter and Lambruschini, the group left Birir and the rest of the field behind. Just before the water jump Keter went wide as both Kenyans hurdled the water. Lambruschini lost a few meters and Keter was sprinting around Kiptanui. Both men sprinted to the final barrier, with Keter taking it first and fastest. He pulled away to victory. 10 metres later Lambruschini crossed the line with a bronze medal reward for improving over finishing fourth the previous two Olympics. 25 metres back, Birir held off the rest of the field.

Medalists

Gold Joseph Keter
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Silver Moses Kiptanui
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Bronze Alessandro Lambruschini
Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record7:59.18 Flag of Kenya.svg Moses Kiptanui Zürich (SUI)August 16, 1995
Olympic Record8:05.51 Flag of Kenya.svg Julius Kariuki Seoul (KOR)September 30, 1988

Final

RankFinalTime
Med 1.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Keter  (KEN)8:07.12
Med 2.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)8:08.33
Med 3.png Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Lambruschini  (ITA)8:11.28
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Matthew Birir  (KEN)8:17.18
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Croghan  (USA)8:17.84
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Steffen Brand  (GER)8:18.52
7.Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boulami  (MAR)8:23.13
8.Flag of Norway.svg  Jim Svenøy  (NOR)8:23.39
9.Flag of Italy.svg  Angelo Carosi  (ITA)8:29.67
10.Flag of Germany.svg  Martin Strege  (GER)8:30.31
11.Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham Bouaouiche  (MAR)8:46.22
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Marc Davis  (USA)9:51.96

Semifinals

RankHeat 1Time
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Marc Davis  (USA)8:26.76
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Matthew Birir  (KEN)8:27.16
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Lambruschini  (ITA)8:27.32
4.Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham Bouaouiche  (MAR)8:27.76
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Martin Strege  (GER)8:27.99
6.Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Ionescu  (ROU)8:28.77
7.Flag of Canada.svg  Joël Bourgeois  (CAN)8:31.45
8.Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelaziz Sahere  (MAR)8:33.90
9.Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Golyas  (RUS)8:36.85
10.Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Godfrey Siamusiye  (ZAM)8:37.41
11.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Keith Cullen  (GBR)8:46.74
12.Flag of Germany.svg  Kim Bauermeister  (GER)8:51.83


RankHeat 2Time
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Keter  (KEN)8:18.90
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)8:18.91
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Steffen Brand  (GER)8:19.11
4.Flag of Norway.svg  Jim Svenøy  (NOR)8:19.79
5.Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boulami  (MAR)8:20.43
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Croghan  (USA)8:21.01
7.Flag of Italy.svg  Angelo Carosi  (ITA)8:21.86
8.Flag of Australia.svg  Chris Unthank  (AUS)8:25.59
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Justin Chaston  (GBR)8:28.50
10.Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Pronin  (RUS)8:34.79
11.Flag of Qatar.svg  Jamal Hassan  (QAT)8:36.40
12.Flag of France.svg  Nadir Bosch  (FRA)8:47.31

Heats

RankHeat 1Time
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Keter  (KEN)8:30.23
2.Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Godfrey Siamusiye  (ZAM)8:30.56
3.Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Ionescu  (ROU)8:31.34
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Lambruschini  (ITA)8:31.69
5.Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham Bouaouiche  (MAR)8:31.97
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Martin Strege  (GER)8:32.76
7.Flag of Qatar.svg  Jamal Abdi Hassan  (QAT)8:36.99
8.Flag of Portugal.svg  Eduardo Henriques  (POR)8:38.58
9.Flag of Spain.svg  Elisardo de la Torre  (ESP)8:42.75
10.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Spencer Duval  (GBR)8:46.76
11.Flag of the United States.svg  Robert Gary  (USA)8:49.68
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Primo Higa  (SOL)DNF


RankHeat 2Time
1.Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelaziz Sahere  (MAR)8:26.79
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Matthew Birir  (KEN)8:27.09
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Croghan  (USA)8:27.91
4.Flag of Canada.svg  Joël Bourgeois  (CAN)8:28.14
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Justin Chaston  (GBR)8:28.32
6.Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Pronin  (RUS)8:29.49
7.Flag of France.svg  Nadir Bosch  (FRA)8:31.65
8.Flag of Germany.svg  Kim Bauermeister  (GER)8:36.86
9.Flag of Uruguay.svg  Ricardo Vera  (URU)8:40.78
10.Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Néstor Nieves  (VEN)8:47.34
11.Flag of Portugal.svg  Vítor Almeida  (POR)8:48.16
12.Flag of Brazil.svg  Clodoaldo do Carmo  (BRA)8:51.78


RankHeat 3Time
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Angelo Carosi  (ITA)8:30.83
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)8:30.87
3.Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boulami  (MAR)8:30.97
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Steffen Brand  (GER)8:31.18
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Marc Davis  (USA)8:31.25
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Keith Cullen  (GBR)8:31.26
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Jim Svenøy  (NOR)8:31.30
8.Flag of Australia.svg  Chris Unthank  (AUS)8:31.86
9.Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Golyas  (RUS)8:35.50
10.Flag of South Africa.svg  Shadrack Mogotsi  (RSA)8:46.24
11.Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ibrahim Al-Asiri Yahya  (KSA)8:46.37

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  1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.