1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 32 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stadio Olimpico | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 1st, 1960 (preliminary) September 3rd, 1960 (final) |
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The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 1st and 3rd, 1960 in the Stadio Olimpico . 32 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak from Poland . He won ahead of the two Soviet athletes Nikolai Sokolow and Semyon Rschishchin .
While runners from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part, three Germans and one Swiss competed. Hermann Buhl failed in his preliminary run, as did the Swiss Walter Kammermann. Ludwig Müller and Hans Hüneke reached the final. Müller finished the final in sixth, Hüneke had to give up the race.
Existing records
World record | 8: 31.4 min | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak ( Poland ) | Tula , Soviet Union (now Russia ) | June 26, 1960 |
Olympic record | 8: 41.2 min | Chris Brasher ( Great Britain ) | Melbourne finals , Australia | November 29, 1956 |
Conducting the competition
The runners started three heats on September 1st. The three best runners qualified for the finals on September 3rd.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
September 1st, 5:50 p.m .: preliminary runs
September 3, 4:50 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: September 1, 1960, from 5:50 p.m.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Nikolai Sokolov | Soviet Union | 8: 43.2 min | 8: 43.56 min | |
2 | Gunnar Tjornebo | Sweden | 8: 48.6 min | 8: 48.77 min | |
3 | Hans Hüneke | Germany | 8: 50.4 min | 8: 50.59 min | |
4th | Georgios Papavasileiou | Greece | 8: 51.2 min | 8: 51.46 min | |
5 | Phil Coleman | United States | 8: 56.6 min | 8: 56.72 min | |
6th | Vlastimil Brlica | Czechoslovakia | 8: 59.8 min | 9:00 a.m., 07 min | |
7th | Attila Simon | Hungary | 9: 02.6 min | 9:00 a.m., 07 min | |
8th | Guy Texereau | France | 9: 03.8 min | 9: 04.23 min | |
9 | Walter Kammermann | Switzerland | 9: 11.8 min | k. A. | |
10 | Eric Shirley | Great Britain | 9: 14.8 min | ||
11 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal | 9: 30.2 min |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | Poland | 8: 49.6 min | 8: 49.92 min | |
2 | Ludwig Muller | Germany | 8: 49.6 min | 8: 49.86 min | |
3 | Alexei Konow | Soviet Union | 8: 50.0 min | 8: 50.19 min | |
4th | George Young | United States | 8: 50.8 min | 8: 50.93 min | |
5 | Bohumír Zháňal | Czechoslovakia | 8: 52.8 min | 8: 53.01 min | |
6th | Dave Chapman | Great Britain | 8: 53.0 min | 9:00 a.m., 07 min | |
7th | Pentti Karvonen | Finland | 9: 04.8 min | 9: 04.91 min | |
8th | José Fernández Serrano | Spain | 9: 12.8 min | k. A. | |
9 | Mubarak Shah | Pakistan | 9: 20.0 min | ||
10 | Alfredo Tinoco | Mexico | 9: 38.0 min |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Semyon Rshishchin | Soviet Union | 8: 48.0 min | 8: 48.11 min | |
2 | Deacon Jones | United States | 8: 49.2 min | 8: 49.32 min | |
3 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 8: 49.4 min | 8: 49.52 min | |
4th | Hermann Buhl | Germany | 8: 49.6 min | 8: 49.56 min | |
5 | Location Tedenby | Sweden | 8: 52.8 min | 8: 52.94 min | |
6th | Franc Hafner | Yugoslavia | 8: 55.4 min | 8: 55.68 min | |
7th | Jerzy Chromik | Poland | 9: 06.2 min | 9: 06.68 min | |
8th | Michael Palmer | Great Britain | 9: 10.4 min | 9: 10.68 min | |
9 | Gerhart Hecker | Hungary | 9: 12.4 min | k. A. | |
10 | Cahit oil | Turkey | 9: 14.6 min | ||
11 | Mohamed Lahcen | Morocco | 9: 29.4 min | |
final
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | Poland | 8: 34.2 min | 8: 34.30 min | OR |
2 | Nikolai Sokolov | Soviet Union | 8: 36.4 min | 8: 36.55 min | |
3 | Semyon Rshishchin | Soviet Union | 8: 42.2 min | 8: 42.34 min | |
4th | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 8: 47.6 min | 8: 47.85 min | |
5 | Gunnar Tjornebo | Sweden | 8: 58.6 min | 8: 58.87 min | |
6th | Ludwig Muller | Germany | 9:01.6 min | 9: 01.57 min | |
7th | Deacon Jones | United States | 9: 18.2 min | 9: 18.22 min | |
8th | Alexei Konow | Soviet Union | 9: 18.2 min | 9: 18.23 min | |
DNF | Hans Hüneke | Germany |
Date: September 3, 1960, 4:50 p.m.
The favorite of the race was the Polish world record holder Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak. In 1958 he was double European champion over 5000 and 10,000 meters . His strongest opponents came from the USSR.
In the final, the Soviet runners tried to win the race together at high speed. Initially, Alexei Konow took over the management work and ensured a fast journey from the start. He passed the 1000 meter mark in 2:45 minutes. Behind it was the Belgian Gaston Roelants. The 2000 meters were completed in 5; 45.9 minutes, now Nikolai Sokolow was in the lead, while Konow fell behind. But Krzyszkowiak kept in touch with the leaders at all times. On the back straight of the last lap, he in turn took the initiative and took the final sprint. A gap quickly opened up to his opponents, the race for gold was decided. Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak won in a new Olympic record time . The two Soviet runners Nikolai Sokolow and Semjon Rschishchin finished second and third in that order. Gaston Roelants had to be satisfied with the ungrateful fourth place. But for him, four years later in Tokyo, the Olympic victory over this distance should follow.
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak won the first gold medal for Poland in this discipline.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 199f
Videos
- Olimpiadi 1960 , published June 21, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed October 13, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed October 13, 2017
- Official report pp. 114–116, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 553 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Official report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 63 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 114 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 116 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 199