World Athletics Championships 1999/3000 m obstacle men
| 7th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 40 athletes from 26 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Seville
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 21 (preliminary) August 23 (final) |
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The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held on August 21 and 23, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city of Seville .
In this competition there was a double victory for the runners from Kenya . The 1995 vice world champion Christopher Koskei won . Second place went to defending champion Wilson Boit Kipketer . Bronze went to the Moroccan Ali Ezzine .
Existing records
| World record | 7: 55.72 min |
 Bernard Barmasai
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Cologne , Germany | August 24, 1997 |
| World Cup record | 8: 04.16 min |
Moses Kiptanui
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World Cup 1995 in Gothenburg , Sweden | August 11, 1995 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
There were three national records as follows.
- 8: 10.83 min - Günther Weidlinger ( Austria ), 1st preliminary on August 21
- 8: 13.26 min - Florin Ionescu ( Romania ), 1st preliminary on August 21
- 8: 28.59 min - Néstor Nieves ( Venezuela ), 3rd preliminary on August 21
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
August 21, 1999, 9:25 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Malakwen Kosgei |
Kenya
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8: 10.34 |
| 2 | Ali Ezzine |
 Morocco
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8: 10.45 |
| 3 | Damian Kallabis |
 Germany
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8: 10.56 |
| 4th | Günther Weidlinger |
 Austria
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8: 10.83 NO |
| 5 | Bouabdellah Tahri |
 France
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8: 12.96 |
| 6th | Florin Ionescu |
 Romania
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8: 13.26 NO |
| 7th | Robert Gary |
 United States
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8: 25.15 |
| 8th | Christian Belz |
 Switzerland
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8: 29.19 |
| 9 | Marco Antonio Cepeda |
Spain
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8: 29.75 |
| 10 | João Junqueira |
 Portugal
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8: 32.12 |
| 11 | Rafał Wójcik |
 Poland
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8: 34.45 |
| 12 | Stathis Stasi |
 Cyprus
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8: 40.74 |
| 13 | Jassim Ali Mohamed Al-Baloush |
 United Arab Emirates
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8: 51.73 |
| 14th | Elangovan Ganesan |
 Singapore
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9: 47.09 |
Forward 2
Jim Svenøy's fifth place in 8: 23.05 min was not enough to survive the preliminary round
Simon Vroemen did not finish in the second heat
August 21, 1999, 9:38 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Barmasai |
Kenya
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8: 16.50 |
| 2 | Wilson Boit Kipketer |
Kenya
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8: 16.62 |
| 3 | Luis Miguel Martín |
Spain
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8: 17.75 |
| 4th | Laid Bessou |
 Algeria
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8: 20.17 |
| 5 | Jim Svenøy |
 Norway
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8: 23.05 |
| 6th | Mustapha Mellouk |
Morocco
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8: 30.48 |
| 7th | Maru Daba |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
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8: 31.09 |
| 8th | Christian Knoblich |
Germany
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8: 33.03 |
| 9 | Vincent Le Dauphin |
France
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8: 44.60 |
| 10 | Francis O'Neill |
United States
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8: 49.81 |
| 11 | Geovanny Morejon |
 Bolivia
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9: 01.30 |
| 12 | Akesso Tchaka |
 Togo
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9: 44.41 |
| DNF | Simon Vroemen |
 Netherlands
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Forward 3
August 21, 1999, 9:51 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elarbi Khattabi |
Morocco
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8: 14.22 |
| 2 | Christopher Koskei |
Kenya
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8: 15.04 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Maffei |
 Italy
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8: 15.10 |
| 4th | Eliseo Martín |
Spain
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8: 16.56 |
| 5 | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin |
 Qatar
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8: 18.58 |
| 6th | Michael Buchleitner |
Austria
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8: 20.04 |
| 7th | André Green |
Germany
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8: 21.87 |
| 8th | Gaël Pencreach |
France
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8: 21.89 |
| 9 | Néstor Nieves |
.svg){kind=small} Venezuela
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8: 28.59 NO |
| 10 | Georgios Giannelis |
 Greece
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8: 30.55 |
| 11 | Pascal Dobert |
United States
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8: 33.42 |
| 12 | Joël Bourgeois |
 Canada
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8: 37.94 |
| 13 | Matteo Zafferani |
 San Marino
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9: 32.08 |
final
August 23, 1999, 9:10 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Koskei |
Kenya
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8: 11.76 |
| 2 | Wilson Boit Kipketer |
Kenya
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8: 12.09 |
| 3 | Ali Ezzine |
Morocco
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8: 12.73 |
| 4th | Damian Kallabis |
Germany
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8: 13.11 |
| 5 | Bernard Barmasai |
Kenya
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8: 13.51 |
| 6th | Eliseo Martín |
Spain
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8: 16.09 |
| 7th | Paul Malakwen Kosgei |
Kenya
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8: 17.55 |
| 8th | Florin Ionescu |
Romania
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8: 18.17 |
| 9 | Günther Weidlinger |
Austria
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8: 19.02 |
| 10 | Giuseppe Maffei |
Italy
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8: 22.65 |
| 11 | Elarbi Khattabi |
Morocco
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8: 24.62 |
| 12 | Bouabdellah Tahri |
France
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8: 25.59 |
Eliseo Martín finished sixth
Paul Malakwen Kosgei (No. 91, here at the Frankfurt Marathon 2014) came in seventh place
Günther Weidlinger (Photo: Vienna City Marathon 2009) came in ninth
The twelfth-placed Bouabdellah Tahri was at the beginning of a successful career
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Video
- 1999 World Championships Steeplechase , video posted November 24, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed July 15, 2020
Web links
- 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 15, 2020
- Men 3000m Steeplechase Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com (English), accessed July 15, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 3000m Steeplechase, Seville 1999, p. 143 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 15, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 15, 2020