Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	13 April
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	8:10.08 GR
Medalists
Conseslus Kipruto    Kenya   Abraham Kibiwott    Kenya   Amos Kirui    Kenya
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 April 2018. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^[2]

World record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)	7:53.63	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2003
Games record	Jonathan Ndiku  (KEN)	8:10.44	Glasgow, Scotland	1 August 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 13 April 2018	19:30	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With eleven entrants, the event was held as a straight final. ^[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	4	Conseslus Kipruto  (KEN)	8:10.08	GR
	8	Abraham Kibiwott  (KEN)	8:10.62	=SB
	10	Amos Kirui  (KEN)	8:12.24
4	7	Matthew Hughes  (CAN)	8:12.33	SB
5	2	Albert Chemutai  (UGA)	8:19.89	PB
6	5	Jonathan Hopkins  (WAL)	8:34.12
7	3	Ieuan Thomas  (WAL)	8:40.02
8	1	Adam Kirk-Smith  (NIR)	8:48.40
9	6	James Nipperess  (AUS)	8:58.16
10	9	Nikolas Fragkou  (CYP)	9:03.12
11	11	Simon Charley  (VAN)	10:03.08

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Athletics | Men's 3000m Steeplechase – Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.