European Athletics Championships 2012/3000 m obstacle men
| 21st European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 24 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Helsinki
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | June 27th (preliminary) June 29th (final) |
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The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 27 and 29, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
The French defending champion was European champion, Olympic runner-up in 2008 and World Cup, and third in 2011 was Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad . The Turkish Tarık Langat Akdağ won silver . Bronze went to the Spaniard Víctor García .
Existing records
| World record | 7: 53.63 min |
 Saif Saaeed Shaheen
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Brussels , Belgium | September 3, 2004 |
| European record | 8: 01.18 min |
 Bouabdellah Tahri
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WM Berlin , Germany | August 18, 2009 |
| EM record | 8: 07.87 min |
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
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EM Barcelona , Spain | August 1, 2010 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
doping
There were two doping cases in this competition:
- The Frenchman Nour-Eddine Gezzar , who came in fourth, was subsequently disqualified in 2012 when erythropoietin was discovered in a doping test carried out on June 17 .
- The Russian Ildar Minschin , who was eliminated in eleventh place in the second round, was subsequently proven to have taken banned substances in August 2009. He was banned for two years and several results were voided , including his EM result.
The Briton James Wilkinson , who was denied participation in the finals due to Nour-Eddine Gezzar's doping fraud , was particularly disadvantaged .
Preliminary round
June 27, 2012
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the seven fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
Even over time, Rob Mullett, who was ninth in the first heat, did not reach the final
Halil Akkaş did not finish in his heat
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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| 1 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad |
France
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8: 31.05 |
| 2 | Patrick Nasti |
 Italy
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8: 34.08 |
| 3 | Łukasz Parszczyński |
 Poland
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8: 35.05 |
| 4th | Antonio Dávid Jiménez |
 Spain
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8: 35.44 |
| 5 | Hakan Duvar |
 Turkey
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8: 37.40 |
| 6th | Krystian Zalewski |
Poland
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8: 37.82 |
| 7th | James Wilkinson |
 Great Britain
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8: 39.19 actually qualified for the final |
| 8th | Alberto Paulo |
 Portugal
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8: 41.63 |
| 9 | Rob Mullett |
Great Britain
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8: 48.38 |
| 10 | Alexandru Ghinea |
 Romania
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8: 45.88 |
| DNF | Halil Akkaş |
Turkey
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| DOP | Nour-Eddine Gezzar |
France
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admitted to the finals |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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| 1 | Tarık Langat Akdağ |
Turkey
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8: 27.31 |
| 2 | Ivan Lukyanov |
 Moldova
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8: 29.28 |
| 3 | Víctor García |
Spain
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8: 29.44 |
| 4th | Łukasz Olizło |
Poland
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8: 29.46 |
| 5 | Abdelaziz Merzougui |
Spain
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8: 29.51 |
| 6th | Steffen Uliczka |
 Germany
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8: 29.55 |
| 7th | Yuri Floriani |
Italy
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8: 32.63 |
| 8th | Kaur Kivistik |
 Estonia
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8: 36.10 |
| 9 | Noureddine Smaïl |
France
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8: 41.11 |
| 10 | Itai Maggidi |
 Israel
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8: 47.29 |
| DNF | Luke Gunn |
Great Britain
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| DOP | Ildar Minschin |
 Russia
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final
June 29, 2012, 7:05 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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| 1 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad |
France
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8: 33.23 |
| 2 | Tarık Langat Akdağ |
Turkey
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8: 34.24 |
| 3 | Víctor García |
Spain
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8: 35.87 |
| 4th | Abdelaziz Merzougui |
Spain
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8: 38.58 |
| 5 | Łukasz Parszczyński |
Poland
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8: 38.76 |
| 6th | Yuri Floriani |
Italy
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8: 39.22 |
| 7th | Krystian Zalewski |
Poland
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8: 39.35 |
| 8th | Hakan Duvar |
Turkey
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8: 40.05 |
| 9 | Steffen Uliczka |
Germany
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8: 41.53 |
| 10 | Ivan Lukyanov |
Moldova
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8: 42.06 |
| 11 | Łukasz Olizło |
Poland
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8: 44.51 |
| 12 | Patrick Nasti |
Italy
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8: 48.37 |
| 13 | Antonio Dávid Jiménez |
Spain
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8: 53.30 |
| 14th | Kaur Kivistik |
Estonia
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8: 58.02 |
| DOP | Nour-Eddine Gezzar |
France
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Vice European Champion Tarık Langat Akdağ
Abdelaziz Merzougui came in fourth
Yuri Floriani came in sixth
Krystian Zalewski finished seventh
Steffen Uliczka came in ninth
The tenth placed Ivan Lukyanov
Patrick Nasti - twelfth
Kaur Kivistik - rank fourteen
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 14, 2020
- Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 14, 2020
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 14, 2020
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 511 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 14, 2020
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 3000 m obstacle men on sportschau.de, accessed on January 14, 2020
- 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 14, 2020
Video
- 3000st European Championship Helsinki 2012 on youtube.com (Italian), accessed January 14, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on January 14, 2020
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 3000m Steeplechase Men , Spanish / English, p. 19 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 14, 2020
- ↑ Gezzar obstacle runner blocked for ten years , Focus Online, August 28, 2012, accessed on January 14, 2020
- ↑ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 27.3.17 on bianet.org, accessed on January 14, 2020