Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2015 Pan American Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
DatesJuly 21
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time8:32.18
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. [1] The event was won by Matt Hughes of Canada in a time of 8:32.18.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium September 3, 2004
Pan American Games record Flag of Brazil.svg  Wander do Prado Moura  (BRA)8:14.41 Mar del Plata, Argentina March 22, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (9.00.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015). [2]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
July 21, 201519:10 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Matt Hughes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:32.18
Silver medal icon.svg Alex Genest Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:33.83
Bronze medal icon.svg Cory Leslie Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:36.83
4 Donald Cowart Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:49.00
5 Mauricio Valdivia Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:52.72
6 Luis Enrique Ibarra Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:57.70
7 Jose Peña Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:59.40
8 Jean Carlos Machado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:04.21
9 Enzo Yañez Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 9:07.75
10 Alvaro Abreu Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 9:10.47
11 Erick Rodríguez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 9:25.90
Gerard Giraldo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF
Marvin Blanco Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela DQ

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.