European Athletics Championships 1969/3000 m obstacle men
| 9th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course for men |
| city |
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| Stadion | Karaiskakis Stadium |
| Attendees | 19 athletes from 11 countries |
| Competition phase | September 18th (preliminary) September 20th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Mikhail Shelev ( BUL )
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 silver |
Alexander Morosow ( URS )
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 bronze |
Vladimiras Dudinas ( URS )
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The Athens Karaiskakis Stadium in 2009
The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the European Athletics Championships in 1969 was held on September 18 and 20, 1969 in the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens .
With silver and bronze, the Soviet runners won two medals in this competition. European champion was the Bulgarian Mikhail Schelew . He won before Alexander Morosow . Bronze went to world record holder Vladimiras Dudinas .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 8: 22.2 min |
Vladimiras Dudinas
|
Kiev , Soviet Union (now Ukraine ) | 19th August 1969 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 8: 26.6 min |
Viktor Kudinski
|
EM Budapest , Hungary | 3rd September 1966 |
Record improvement
European champion Mikhail Schelew improved the championship record in the final on September 20 by 1.6 seconds to 8: 25.0 minutes.
Preliminary round
September 18, 1969, 6:50 pm
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first six athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimiras Dudinas |
Soviet Union
|
8: 43.8 |
| 2 | Arne Risa |
 Norway
|
8: 44.0 |
| 3 | Georgi Tikhov |
Bulgaria
|
8: 44.4 |
| 4th | Jean-Pierre Ouine |
 France
|
8: 44.5 |
| 5 | Wolfgang Luers |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
8: 45.6 |
| 6th | Hans Menet |
 Switzerland
|
8: 47.2 SB |
| 7th | John Jackson |
 Great Britain
|
8: 48.4 |
| 8th | Pavel Syssoyev |
Soviet Union
|
8: 54.8 SB |
| 9 | Eddy Van Butsele |
 Belgium
|
9: 04.6 SB |
| 10 | Stanisław Śmitkowski |
Poland
|
9: 07.4 SB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Morozov |
Soviet Union
|
8: 44.4 |
| 2 | Gerry Stevens |
Great Britain
|
8: 45.4 |
| 3 | Mikhail Shelev |
Bulgaria
|
8: 45.6 |
| 4th | Kazimierz Maranda |
Poland
|
8: 48.0 |
| 5 | Jean-Paul Villain |
France
|
8: 50.0 |
| 6th | Bengt Persson |
 Sweden
|
8: 51.0 SB |
| 7th | Gheorghe Cefan |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
8: 58.2 SB |
| 8th | Toni Feldmann |
Switzerland
|
9: 01.2 SB |
| 9 | Umberto Risi |
 Italy
|
9: 03.2 SB |
final
September 20, 1969, 7:10 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation |
Official time (min) hand-stopped |
Unofficial time (min) electronically |
| 1 | Mikhail Shelev |
Bulgaria
|
8: 25.0 CR / NR | 8: 25.02 |
| 2 | Alexander Morozov |
Soviet Union
|
8: 25.6 SB | 8: 25.57 |
| 3 | Vladimiras Dudinas |
Soviet Union
|
8: 26.6 | k. A. |
| 4th | Georgi Tikhov |
Bulgaria
|
8: 27.2 SB | |
| 5 | Jean-Paul Villain |
France
|
8: 33.4 | |
| 6th | Arne Risa |
Norway
|
8: 34.6 | |
| 7th | Kazimierz Maranda |
Poland
|
8: 34.6 | |
| 8th | Gerry Stevens |
Great Britain
|
8: 36.6 | |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Ouine |
France
|
8: 39.6 | |
| 10 | Wolfgang Luers |
Poland
|
8: 46.6 | |
| 11 | Bengt Persson |
Sweden
|
8: 56.1 | |
| 12 | Hans Menet |
Switzerland
|
9: 02.6 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1969 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 7, 2019
- Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1969 Athens on todor66.com, accessed June 7, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1969 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 7, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1969 Athens, p. 406 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on June 7, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1969, 3000 m obstacle men on sportschau.de, accessed on June 7, 2019
- 9th European Athletics Championships 1969 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on June 7, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on June 7, 2019