The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was the only steeplechase on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 17 October 1964. 30 athletes from 19 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 15 October and the final on 17 October.
Jerzy Chromik was a foremost long-distance runner from Poland.
Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin is a Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He is of Sudanese descent. He represented Sudan at the 1996 Summer Olympics and Qatar at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Maurice Herriott is a British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire.
Boniface Merande is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he finished in 14th position in the 1992 Olympic Marathon.
Laïd Bessou is a retired Algerian runner who specialized in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Philip Yates Coleman was a middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. He was born in Champaign, Illinois. He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1959 Pan American Games. Coleman attended Southern Illinois University (1948 - 1952, spent two years in the Army and becoming inter service steeplechase champion. He attended graduate school at the University of Illinois, meanwhile competing for The University of Chicago Track Club. He was a member of the 1956 and 1960 Olympic teams. He retired from running in 1960, wrote an article for Sports Illustrated “Idea of an Amateur, 1962, for which he was awarded the Mohammed Taher trophy by the International Olympic committee. With his thesis, “Mark Twain’s Desperate Naturalism” completed, he received a PhD in Literature in 1964. He taught literature and served as dean at California University of Pennsylvania, retiring in 1998.
Peter Michael Manley is a retired middle and long-distance runner from the United States. He won the gold medal twice in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase event at the Pan American Games 1971 and 1975.
Trevor Anthony Vincent, is a former Australian long-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 1962 he competed for his native country at the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, winning the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event, setting an inaugural Commonwealth Games record and breaking his own Australian record. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.
Mubarak Shah was a Pakistani long-distance runner who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He is a double Asian Games gold medallist. Shah won gold in the 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m at the 4th Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1962.
Anthony E. Cosey is a steeplechase Olympian and retired American long-distance runner.
David John Chapman is a British middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also represented England in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
Slavko Špan was a Slovene middle-distance runner.
Victor Andrew Zwolak is an American middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1976.
Lars-Erik Gustafsson was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Labidi Djaouadi Ayachi is a Tunisian middle-distance runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Ernest Pomfret was a British middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Saburo Yokomizo is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Dilbagh Singh Kler was a Malaysian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Marcelo Fabián Cascabelo Ferreyra is a retired Argentine long-distance runner who competed primarily in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round. He also competed at one outdoor and one indoor World Championships. He won the Konex Award from Argentina in 1990.
