World Athletics Championships 1995/3000 m obstacle men

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	36 athletes from 23 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary) August 9th (semi-finals) August 11th (final)
Medalist Valentina Tichomirowa ( KEN )   Heide Rosendahl ( KEN )   Inge Exner ( KSA )

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held from August 7th to 11th, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .

For the third time in a row, the runners from Kenya achieved a double victory in this competition. Also for the third time in a row, the world champion was named Moses Kiptanui , who also held the world record. Silver went to the African runner-up in 1993, Christopher Koskei . The 1993 Asian champion Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari from Saudi Arabia won the bronze medal.

Records

Existing records

World record	8: 02.08 min	Moses Kiptanui	Zurich , Switzerland	19th August 1992
World Cup record	8: 06.36 min		World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	August 21, 1993

Record improvement

World champion Moses Kiptanui from Kenya improved his own world championship record in the final on August 11th by 2.20 seconds to 8: 04.16 minutes.

In addition, third-placed Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari from Saudi Arabia set a new Asian record with 8: 12.95 minutes.

Preliminary round

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

Forward 1

August 7, 1995, 6:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Matthew Kiprotich Birir	Kenya	8: 24.34
2	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco	8: 24.37
3	Javier Rodríguez	Spain	8: 24.66
4th	Shadrack Mogotsi	South Africa	8: 25.61
5	Steffen Brand	Germany	8: 26.45
6th	Karl Van Calcar	United States	8: 26.97
7th	Michał Bartoszak	Poland	8: 27.25
8th	Ville Hautala	Finland	8: 29.06
9	Marcel Laros	Netherlands	8: 31.10
10	Mohamed Belabbes	Algeria	8: 33.13
11	Spencer Duval	Great Britain	8: 38.01
12	Wander do Prado Moura	Brazil	8: 43.37

Forward 2

August 7, 1995, 6:43 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia	8: 22.01
2	Christopher Koskei	Kenya	8: 22.27
3	Mark Croghan	United States	8: 26.02
4th	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8: 27.79
5	Kim Farmer	Germany	8: 29.05
6th	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	8: 29.36
7th	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	8: 30.93
8th	Keith Cullen	Great Britain	8: 32.07
9	Antonios Vouzis	Greece	8: 34.44
10	Godfrey Siamusiye	Zambia	8: 37.41
11	Vítor Almeida	Portugal	8: 45.20
12	Zeba Crook	Canada	8: 50.34

Forward 3

August 7, 1995, 6:56 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8: 22.86
2	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 23.93
3	Elarbi Khattabi	Morocco	8: 24.11
4th	Martin Strege	Germany	8: 24.18
5	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8: 24.20
6th	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8: 24.49
7th	Graeme fur	Canada	8: 24.85
8th	Justin Chaston	Great Britain	8: 24.97
9	Vladimir Golyas	Russia	8: 27.50
10	Ricardo Vera	Uruguay	8: 33.95
11	Rubén García	Mexico	8: 36.29
12	Thomas Nohilly	United States	8: 37.01

Semifinals

In each of the two semi-finals, the first five athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

Jim Svenøy reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there in twelfth place in the first race

August 9, 1995, 5:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 19.73
2	Matthew Kiprotich Birir	Kenya	8: 20.17
3	Christopher Koskei	Kenya	8: 20.53
4th	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8: 20.76
5	Javier Rodríguez	Spain	8: 20.89
6th	Vladimir Golyas	Russia	8: 20.97
7th	Martin Strege	Germany	8: 22.33
8th	Elarbi Khattabi	Morocco	8: 24.13
9	Graeme fur	Canada	8: 24.74
10	Karl Van Calcar	United States	8: 30.32
11	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	8: 35.42
12	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8: 40.53

Semi-final run 2

As fifth in the second semi-final
, Michał Bartoszak missed the final by one place

August 9, 1995, 6:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia	8: 25.19
2	Steffen Brand	Germany	8: 26.35
3	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8: 26.70
4th	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8: 27.26
5	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	8: 27.75
6th	Michał Bartoszak	Poland	8: 29.14
7th	Ville Hautala	Finland	8: 31.37
8th	Justin Chaston	Great Britain	8: 38.90
9	Kim Farmer	Germany	8: 45.27
10	Shadrack Mogotsi	South Africa	8: 54.27
DNF	Mark Croghan	United States
	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco

final

August 11, 1995, 5:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8: 04.16 CR
2	Christopher Koskei	Kenya	8: 09.30
3	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia	8: 12.95 AS
4th	Steffen Brand	Germany	8: 14.37
5	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 14.85
6th	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8: 15.44
7th	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8: 16.59
8th	Martin Strege	Germany	8: 18.57
9	Matthew Kiprotich Birir	Kenya	8: 21.15
10	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	8: 22.64
11	Vladimir Golyas	Russia	8: 27.59
12	Javier Rodríguez	Spain	8: 30.96

Video

• Uncut - 3000m Steeplechase Men Final Goteborg 1995 , Video published on March 15, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed on May 27, 2020

Web links

• 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 27, 2020
• Men 3000m Steeplechase Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com (English), accessed on May 27, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 3000m Steeplechase, Gothenborg 1995, p. 142f (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 27, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 27, 2020