World Athletics Championships 1991/3000 m obstacle men

3rd World Athletics Championships
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	35 athletes from 23 countries
venue	Tokyo
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 29th (preliminary) August 21st (final)
Medalist Moses Kiptanui ( KEN )   Patrick Sang ( KEN )   Azzedine Brahmi ( ALG )

The Olympic Stadium in Tokyo in 2008

The men's 3000-meter obstacle course at the World Athletics Championships in 1991 was held on August 29 and 31, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .

The runners from Kenya achieved a double victory in this competition. World champion was Moses Kiptanui . He won ahead of Patrick Sang . Bronze went (to the two-time African champions 1988 / 1990 ) Azzedine Brahmi from Algeria .

Existing records

World record	8: 05.35 min	Peter Koech	Stockholm , Sweden	3rd July 1989
World championship record	8: 08.57 min	Francesco Panetta	World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy	5th September 1987

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

Preliminary round

August 29, 1991, 7:20 pm

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Tom Hanlon	Great Britain	8: 18.02
2	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	8: 18.06
3	Graeme fur	Canada	8: 18.19
4th	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco	8: 18.23
5	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 18.29
6th	Thierry Brusseau	France	8: 27.77
7th	Shaun Creighton	Australia	8: 30.65
8th	Akira Nakamura	Japan	8: 33.89
9	José Carlos Pereira	Portugal	8: 39.30
10	Jiří Švec	Czechoslovakia	8: 41.08
11	Juan Azkueta	Spain	8: 50.50
DNS	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Patrick Sang	Kenya	8: 26.78
2	Francesco Panetta	Italy	8: 27.25
3	Gábor Markó	Hungary	8: 27.53
4th	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 28.35
5	Mark Croghan	United States	8: 29.20
6th	Ricardo Vera	Uruguay	8: 30.14
7th	Benito Nogales	Spain	8: 39.21
8th	Marcelo Cascabelo	Argentina	8: 44.57
9	Jörgen Salo	Finland	8: 45.68
10	Peter McColgan	Great Britain	8: 58.34
11	Deena Ram	India	9: 05.21
DNF	Ivan Konovalov	Soviet Union

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8: 27.52
2	Azzedine Brahmi	Algeria	8: 27.95
3	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 28.35
4th	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 28.44
5	Hagen Melzer	Germany	8: 28.56
6th	Colin Walker	Great Britain	8: 30.69
7th	Bruno Le Stum	France	8: 33.38
8th	Dan Nelson	United States	8: 40.23
9	João Junqueira	Portugal	8: 43.37
10	Antonio Peula	Spain	8: 45.41
11	Hamad Al Dosari	Saudi Arabia	8: 50.29
12	Davendra Singh	Fiji	9: 23.28
DNS	Adauto domingues	Brazil

final

August 31, 1991, 7:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8: 12.59
2	Patrick Sang	Kenya	8: 13.44
3	Azzedine Brahmi	Algeria	8: 15.64
4th	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	8: 16.81
5	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 17.76
6th	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco	8: 19.40
7th	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 20.80
8th	Francesco Panetta	Italy	8: 26.79
9	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 30.46
10	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 37.09
11	Tom Hanlon	Great Britain	8: 41.14
12	Hagen Melzer	Germany	8: 45.58
13	Thierry Brusseau	France	8: 47.46
14th	Graeme fur	Canada	9: 01.73
15th	Gábor Markó	Hungary	9: 11.53

Video

• Tokyo 31 août 1991 Championnats du monde 3000M steeple hommes finale , video published on February 23, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed on April 22, 2020

Web links

• World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 22, 2020
• Men 3000m Steeplechase Athletics III World Championship Tokyo (JPN) 1991 from todor66.com, accessed April 22, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 3000m Steeplechase, Tokyo 1991, p. 142 (PDF 10.3 MB), in English, accessed on April 22, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 22, 2020