European Athletics Championships 2018/3000 m obstacle men

discipline	3000 meter obstacle course for men
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendees	29 athletes from 18 countries
Competition phase	August 7, 2018 (preliminary) August 9, 2018 (final)
Medalist
gold	Mahiedine Mekhissi ( FRA )
silver	Fernando Carro Morillo ( ESP )
bronze	Yohanes Chiappinelli ( ITA )

Berlin Olympic Stadium

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 7th and 9th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

The Frenchman Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad won his fifth title as European champion. The Spaniard Fernando Carro Morillo came in second. Bronze went to the Italian Yohanes Chiappinelli.

Records

World record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	7: 53.63 min	Brussels , Belgium	September 3, 2004
European record	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	8:00 a.m., 09 min	Paris , France	July 6, 2013
Championship record		8: 07.87 min	EM in Barcelona , Spain	August 1, 2010

Prelims

A ninth place in his preliminary run was not enough for the German Martin Grau to take part in the final

The Turk Tarık Langat Akdağ did not reach the finish line in his advance

The Bulgarian Mitko Zenow ( left ) retired after finishing ninth in his preliminary run

After finishing eleventh in the second heat, Noah Schutte from the Netherlands did not reach the final

From the two preliminary heats, the top five of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the five fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 7, 2018, 11:40 a.m. CEST

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Topi Raitanen	Finland	8: 28.48 PB
2	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8: 29.11
3	Daniel Arce	Spain	8: 29.25
4th	Fernando Carro Morillo	Spain	8: 29.63
5	Djilali Bedrani	France	8: 29.75
6th	Tom Erling Kårbø	Norway	8: 29.90
7th	Zak Seddon	Great Britain	8:30 a.m.
8th	Jamaine Coleman	Great Britain	8: 33.78
9	Martin Gray	Germany	8: 33.81
10	Justinas Berzanski	Lithuania	8: 36.88 PB
11	Osama Zoghlami	Italy	8: 43.92
12	Luca Sinn	Austria	8: 44.80 PB
DNF	Tarık Langat Akdağ	Turkey
	Emil Blomberg	Sweden

Run 2

August 7, 2018, 11:55 a.m. CEST

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	8: 28.41
2	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	8: 28.61
3	Yoann Kowal	France	8: 28.75
4th	Ahmed Abdelwahed	Italy	8: 28.80
5	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	8: 28.84 NO
6th	Napoleon Solomon	Sweden	8: 29.10
7th	Sebastian Martos	Spain	8: 29.67
8th	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	8: 30.44 SB
9	Mitko Zenow	Bulgaria	8: 36.39
10	Ieuan Thomas	Great Britain	8: 40.87
11	Noah Schutte	Netherlands	8: 45.81
12	Jerwand Mkrtchjan	Armenia	8: 50.35 PB
13	Iwo Balabanov	Bulgaria	8: 51.52 PB
14th	Johannes Motschmann	Germany	8: 51.65
15th	André Pereira	Portugal	8: 54.63

final

August 9, 2018, 9:20 p.m. CEST

The four-time European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad from France was the only obstacle runner from Europe who was competitive at world level against runners from Africa and the USA. He was the clear favorite here. For further Medals especially Mekhissi countryman Yoann Kowal came - EM -Dritter of 2016 / European Champion in 2014 - and the Pole Krystian Zalewski - Vice European Champion in 2014 - in question. However, the runners from Spain, who were three participants in this final, were also to be expected.

The race started at a slow pace, the 1000 meter split was 3: 02.31 min. On the second third of the route it got faster, but 2: 49.31 min for the second kilometer was not a top rate either. At this point, the Italian Yohanes Chiappinelli, who had set the fastest time in the run-up, was in the lead. So it all came down to lane separation. In the end, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad was unbeatable and won his fifth European Championship title with a margin of two and a half seconds . The Spaniard Fernando Carro Morillo became vice European champion. Yohanes Chiappinelli surprisingly secured the bronze medal ahead of Yoann Kowal. The Briton Zak Seddon was fifth, the Spaniard Daniel Arce was sixth ahead of Krystian Zalewski and the Finn Topi Raitanen.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	8: 31.66
	Fernando Carro Morillo	Spain	8: 34.16
	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	8: 35.81
4th	Yoann Kowal	France	8: 36.77
5	Zak Seddon	Great Britain	8: 37.28
6th	Daniel Arce	Spain	8: 38.12
7th	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8: 38.59
8th	Topi Raitanen	Finland	8: 40.11
9	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	8: 40.32
10	Djilali Bedrani	France	8: 41.83
11	Tom Erling Kårbø	Norway	8: 42.91
12	Napoleon Solomon	Sweden	8: 43.66
13	Ahmed Abdelwahed	Italy	8: 44.77
14th	Sebastian Martos	Spain	8: 46.76
15th	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	8: 48.48

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  European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, France

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  Vice European Champion Fernando Carro, Spain

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  The French Yoann Kowal came fourth

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  The Briton Zak Seddon came in fifth

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  Seventh place for the Pole Krystian Zalewski

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  Topi Raitanen from Finland finished eighth

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  Kaur Kivistik, Estonia - ninth place

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  Napoleon Solomon, Sweden - twelfth place

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  Ahmed Abdelwahed, Italy - thirteen place

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  Sebastián Martos, Spain - fourteenth place

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  Ole Hesselbjerg, Denmark - 15th place

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 4, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 4, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 4, 2019