Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Dates8 December
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2002
2010  

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 8 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium. [1]

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Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

DateTimeEvent
Friday, 8 December 200620:00Final

Records

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

World Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Games Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin  (QAT)8:30.52 Busan, South Korea 9 October 2002

Results

Legend
RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Bahrain.svg  Tareq Mubarak Taher  (BRN)8:26.85 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Qatar.svg  Gamal Belal Salem  (QAT)8:29.10
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Xiangqian  (CHN)8:30.49
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Al-Amri  (KSA)8:41.29
5Flag of Qatar.svg  Thamer Kamal Ali  (QAT)8:43.02
6Flag of the Philippines.svg  Rene Herrera  (PHI)9:05.70
7Flag of Oman.svg  Qais Al-Mahrooqi  (OMA)9:09.26
8Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wu Wen-chien  (TPE)9:12.31
9Flag of Kuwait.svg  Omar Al-Rasheedi  (KUW)9:18.91
10Flag of East Timor.svg  Elias de Deus  (TLS)10:06.27
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Ajmal Amirov  (TJK)DNF
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Majed Saleh Basheer  (BRN)DNS

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References

  1. "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final". Doha 2006 Official website. Archived from the original on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 15 July 2020.