Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date3–5 August
Competitors39 from 27 nations
Winning time8:18.56
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Abel Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–5 August. [1]

The steeplechase has become a national event of Kenya. Their team tactics dominate major championship races. For the first 5 laps, they let others dominate the lead, primarily led by Americans Donald Cabral and Evan Jager. Then the Kenyans decided to move as a team, leaving the field to chase. With less than 800 metres to go, Ugandan Benjamin Kiplagat got tangled up on a barrier and fell flat on his face, the runners behind him having to scramble. 200 metres later, Kenyan Brimin Kipruto fell. Though he quickly scrambled to his feet, that effectively ruined the chances for a Kenyan sweep. Still the other two led through the final lap. Former gold medalist and multiple world champion Ezekiel Kemboi pulled away off the front. As Abel Mutai began to falter, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad sprinted past to repeat his silver medal. Kemboi's lead was secure and after clearing the final barrier, he began to celebrate, drifting out to lane 8 by the time he crossed the finish line.

After the finish, Kemboi did the victory dance he has become known for. He and Mekhissi-Benabbad exchanged jerseys and the diminutive Kemboi leaped into the much larger Mekhissi-Benabbad's arms.

Competition format

The Men's 3000 m steeplechase competition consists of heats (Round 1) and a Final. [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201213:00Round 1
Sunday, 5 August 201221:25Finals

Records

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

World recordFlag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Olympic recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kariuki  (KEN)8:05.51 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988
2012 World leadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Paul Kipsiele Koech  (KEN)7:54.31 Rome, Italy 31 May 2012

The following National records were set during this competition.

Turkey National Record Flag of Turkey.svg  Tarik Langat Akdag  (TUR)8:17.85 s
Venezuela National Record Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Peña  (VEN)8:24.06 s

Results

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Round 1

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Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France 8:16.23Q
2 Evan Jager Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:16.61Q
3 Abel Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:17.70Q
4 Tarik Langat Akdag Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:17.85Q, NR
5 Nahom Mesfin Tariku Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:18.16q, SB
6 Benjamin Kiplagat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 8:18.44q
7 Amor Ben Yahia Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:22.70PB
8 José Peña Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:24.06 NR
9 Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 8:26.22SB
10 Hicham Sigueni Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:35.89
11 Angel Mullera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:38.07
12 Alberto Paulo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8:40.74
13 Steffen Uliczka Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:41.08

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Brimin Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:28.62Q
2 Yuri Floriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:29.01Q
3 Brahim Taleb Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:29.02Q
4 Jukka Keskisalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:29.13Q
5 Nikolay Chavkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:29.72
6 Youcef Abdi Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:29.81
7 Jacob Araptany Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 8:35.85
8 Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux Flag of France.svg  France 8:36.96
9 Kyle Alcorn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:37.11
10 Artem Kosinov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 8:42.27
11 Mario Bazan Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 8:51.95
12 Abdelaziz Merzougui Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:58.20
- Birhan Getahun Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Roba Gari Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:20.68Q
2 Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:20.97Q
3 Hamid Ezzine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:21.25Q
4 Donald Cabral Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:21.46Q
5 Ion Luchianov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 8:22.09q, SB
6 Mohamed Khaled Belabbas Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:22.32SB
7 Alex Genest Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:22.62SB
8 Vadym Slobodenyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8:23.35
9 Łukasz Parszczyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:30.08
10 Weynay Ghebresilasie Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 8:37.57
11 Albert Minczér Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:40.74SB
12 Stuart Stokes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8:43.04
- Víctor Garcia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF

Final

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RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ezekiel Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:18.56
Silver medal icon.svg Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Flag of France.svg  France 8:19.08
Bronze medal icon.svg Abel Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:19.73
4 Roba Gari Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:20.00
5 Brimin Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:23.03
6 Evan Jager Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:23.87
7 Hamid Ezzine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:24.90
8 Donald Cabral Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:25.91
9 Tarik Langat Akdag Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8:27.64
10 Ion Luchianov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 8:28.15
11 Brahim Taleb Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8:32.40
12 Nahom Mesfin Tariku Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:35.12
13 Yuri Floriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:40.07
Jukka Keskisalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Benjamin Kiplagat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda DQR 163.3b*

* Infringement of the inside border.

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. "Men's 3000m Steeplechase". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. "3000 metres steeplechase men's Heats". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. "3000 metres steeplechase men's Final". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.