European Athletics Championships 2016/3000 m obstacle men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 6th (preliminary) July 8th (final)
Medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad ( FRA )   Aras Kaya ( TUR )   Inge Exner ( FRA )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

In this competition, the French athletes won two medals, gold and bronze. European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad , which already here his third European Championship won -Titel over this distance and with two Olympic silver ( 2008 / 2012 ), twice World Cup -Bronze ( 2011 / 2013 ) and EM -Gold 2014 over 1500 meters had to have more success . The Turk Aras Kaya took second place . Third place went to defending champion Yoann Kowal , who had benefited from Mekhissi's disqualification two years ago after Mekhissi's victory after he had taken off his jersey shortly before the finish.

Existing records

World record	7: 53.63 min	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Brussels , Belgium	September 3, 2004
European record	8:00 a.m., 09 min	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Saint-Denis , France	July 6, 2013
EM record	8: 07.87 min		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 subsequent disqualifications due to doping in this competition:

• The Italian Jamel Chatbi , who also competed for Morocco at times , was first in fifth place. He was also at the start over 5000 meters and was eleventh there. Chatbi tested positive for the banned drug Clenbuterol during a training check during the 2016 Olympic Games after he had originally qualified for the final over the 3000 meter obstacle . For Chatbi it was already his second positive result for the banned substance after 2009. The new findings initially led to a ban for two years and eight months until April 2019. However, because of the second offense, the Italian anti-doping agency NADO italia extended the period of this ban in 2017. The athlete was banned from starting for another five years and four months until August 2024.
• The Turk Hakan Duvar , who originally took twelfth place, was found to have deviations in his biological passport , which led to a four-year ban and, among other things, the cancellation of the result at these European championships. The suspension began on December 26, 2016 and ends on December 25, 2020.

The main victims were two runners who would have been entitled to participate in the final over their time:

• Tom Erling Kårbø ( Norway ) - ninth in the first heat in 8: 42.72 min
• Jeroen D'Hoedt ( Belgium ) - sixth in the second heat in 8: 42.75 min

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first five athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the five fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

Tarık Langat Akdağ, who started as a Kenyan by the name of Patrick Langat, failed in the preliminary round as tenth in his race

July 6, 2016, 5:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	8: 31.42
2	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8: 31.50
3	Sebastian Martos	Spain	8: 31.98
4th	Rob Mullett	Great Britain	8: 32.06
5	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	8: 32.17
6th	Abdoullah Bamoussa	Italy	8: 33.54
7th	Abdelaziz Merzougui	Spain	8: 34.34
8th	Emil Blomberg	Sweden	8: 34.81
9	Tom Erling Kårbø	Norway	8: 42.72 actually qualified for the final
10	Tarık Langat Akdağ	Turkey	8: 43.81
11	Tomas Cotter	Ireland	9: 08.82
12	Noam Neeman	Israel	9: 15.80
DOP	Hakan Duvar	Turkey	admitted to the finals

Forward 2

July 6, 2016, 6:08 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Aras Kaya	Turkey	8: 33.11
2	Yoann Kowal	France	8: 33.51
3	Fernando Carro Morillo	Spain	8: 33.69
4th	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	8: 33.94
5	Yuri Floriani	Italy	8: 34.82
6th	Jeroen D'Hoedt	Belgium	8: 42.75 actually qualified for the final
7th	Mitko Tsenow	Bulgaria	8: 45.55
8th	Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen	Norway	8: 54.73
9	Elmar Engholm	Sweden	8: 55.21
10	Djilali Bedrani	France	8: 57.27
DNF	Jakob Dybdal Abrahamsen	Denmark
	Vadym Slobodenyuk	Ukraine
DOP	Jamel Chatbi	Italy	admitted to the finals

Runners eliminated in the second heat:

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  Jeroen D'Hoedt could not take part in the final because his right to start there only became clear after the doping fraudsters had been exposed

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  Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen was eliminated as eighth of his heat

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  Jakob Dybdal Abrahamsen did not reach the finish in the second run

final

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, twice Olympic silver ( 2008 / 2012 ), twice World Cup -Bronze ( 2011 / 2013 ) and EM -Gold 2014 over 1500 meters , was the third time European champion

July 8, 2016, 9:25 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	8: 25.63
2	Aras Kaya	Turkey	8: 29.91
3	Yoann Kowal	France	8: 30.79
4th	Sebastian Martos	Spain	8: 31.93
5	Rob Mullett	Great Britain	8: 33.29
6th	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	8: 33.75
7th	Abdoullah Bamoussa	Italy	8: 35.35
8th	Yuri Floriani	Italy	8: 35.94
9	Fernando Carro Morillo	Spain	8: 40.73
10	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	8: 42.27
11	Emil Blomberg	Sweden	8: 48.98
12	Abdelaziz Merzougui	Spain	8: 51.37
DNS	Krystian Zalewski	Poland
DOP	Jamel Chatbi	Italy
	Hakan Duvar	Turkey

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  Vice European Champion Aras Kaya

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  Defending champion Yoann Kowal won bronze this time

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  Sebastián Martos finished fourth

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  Rob Mullett finished fifth

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  Kaur Kivistik reached number six

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  Yuri Floriani Rio 2016 came in eighth place

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  Tenth place for Emil Blomberg

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  Ole Hesselbjerg - eleventh place

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  Fernando Carro finished sixth

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  Jamel Chatbi - one of two doping sinners in this competition

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 26, 2020
• Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed on February 26, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 26, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 26, 2020

Video

• 3000m Steeplechase Men Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on February 26, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on February 26, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 3000m Steeplechase Men , Spanish / English, p. 19 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 26, 2020
3. ↑ Jamel Chatbi on fidal.it, Italian, accessed February 26, 2020
4. ↑ Other 5 years of disqualification for Jamel Chatbi on en.atleticalive.it July 28, 2017, in English, accessed on February 26, 2020
5. ↑ Hakan Duvar (M) on dopingsanctions.com, accessed on February 26, 2020