1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	24 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location	Montreal Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 25, 1976 (preliminary round) July 28, 1976 (final)
Medalist Anders Gärderud ( SWE )   Bronisław Malinowski ( POL )   Frank Baumgartl ( GDR )

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was held on July 25 and 28, 1976 in the Montreal Olympic Stadium. 24 athletes took part.

The Swede Anders Gärderud became Olympic champion . He won in a new world record time ahead of the Poles Bronisław Malinowski and Frank Baumgartl from the GDR.

While the GDR only sent one athlete into the race with medalist Baumgartl, the Federal Republic of Germany was represented by three athletes: Gerd Frähmcke , Michael Karst and Willi Maier . Frähmcke could not finish his preliminary round, Maier was eliminated in the preliminary round. Karst reached the final and came in fifth.
Runners from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Existing records

World record	8: 09.8 min	Anders Gärderud ( Sweden )	Stockholm , Sweden	July 1, 1975
Olympic record	8: 23.64 min	Kipchoge Keino ( Kenya )	Final of Munich , Federal Republic of Germany	7th September 1972

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in two preliminary runs on July 25th. The six best runners made it to the finals, which took place on July 28th.

Time schedule

July 25, 4:05 p.m .: Prelim

July 28, 6:25 p.m .: Final

Note: All times are local Montreal time ( UTC − 5 )

The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Preliminary round

Date: July 25, 1976, from 4:05 p.m.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bronislaw Malinowski	Poland	8: 18.56 min	OR
2	Frank Baumgartl	GDR	8: 21.25 min
3	Gärderud is different	Sweden	8: 21.43 min
4th	Antonio Campos	Spain	8: 24.53 min
5	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8: 27.96 min
6th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 31.46 min
7th	Jean-Paul Villain	France	8: 35.03 min
8th	John Bicourt	Great Britain	8: 35.71 min
9	Willi Maier	BR Germany	8: 44.82 min
10	Peter Larkins	Australia	8: 46.89 min
11	Ágúst Ásgeirsson	Iceland	8: 53.95 min
DNF	Gerd Frähmcke	BR Germany
DNS	José Andrade da Silva	Brazil

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8: 18.95 min
2	Tapio cantans	Finland	8: 20.82 min
3	Dan Glans	Sweden	8: 23.73 min
4th	Michael Karst	BR Germany	8: 25.02 min
5	Euan Robertson	New Zealand	8: 26.31 min
6th	Tony Staynings	Great Britain	8: 29.21 min
7th	Paul Thijs	Belgium	8: 31.55 min
8th	Doug Brown	United States	8: 33.25 min
9	Takaharu Koyama	Japan	8: 37.28 min
10	Mike Roche	United States	8: 37.36 min
11	Dušan Moravčík	Czechoslovakia	8: 41.95 min
12	Gheorghe Cefan	Romania	8: 57.22 min

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gärderud is different	Sweden	8: 08.02 min	WR
2	Bronislaw Malinowski	Poland	8: 09.11 min
3	Frank Baumgartl	GDR	8: 10.36 min
4th	Tapio cantans	Finland	8: 12.60 min
5	Michael Karst	BR Germany	8: 20.14 min
6th	Euan Robertson	New Zealand	8: 21.08 min
7th	Dan Glans	Sweden	8: 21.53 min
8th	Antonio Campos	Spain	8: 22.65 min
9	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8: 22.99 min
10	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 23.99 min
11	Tony Staynings	Great Britain	8: 33.66 min
12	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8: 42.74 min

Date: July 28, 1976, 6:25 p.m.

World record holder Anders Gärderud and European champion Bronisław Malinowski were considered the favorites for the Olympic victory, especially since Kenyan runners could not participate due to the boycott of their country. The German runner Michael Karst, who was third in the European Championship in 1974, was another favorite, but he was only able to start the Olympic season late due to injury.

In the final, Malinowski took the lead on the fourth lap to face Gärderud's well-known sprinting strength. Gärderud, Frank Baumgartl from the GDR and the Finn Tapio Kantanen were able to keep up with Malinowski's pace. At the beginning of the last lap, Kantanen had to tear down and fell out of the lead group. Gärderud took the lead in the last 200 meters. Nothing was decided yet, Baumgartl now followed in second place and when it went into the home straight, there was a small gap to Malinowski. Now Baumgartl sat down next to the Swedes and everything seemed to amount to a duel between the two now leaders. But the East German fell at the last obstacle, Anders Gärderud sprinted safely to the finish as an Olympic champion. Bronislaw Malinowski jumped over Baumgartl, who was still lying on the ground, and won the silver medal. Frank Baumgartl still had the strength and presence of mind to get up and cross the finish line in front of Tapio Kantanen. The race was so fast that Olympic champion Anders Gärderud set a new world record. Numerous other national records fell behind.

Bronisław Malinowski and Frank Baumgartl won the first medals for their countries in this discipline.

literature

• Ernst Huberty / Willy B. Wange, The Olympic Games Montreal Innsbruck 1976, Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1976, p. 221

Video

• Anders Gärderud vinner OS-gold på 3000 mh in Montreal 28 July 1976 - 8.08.02 - world record! , published July 28, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed December 14, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed December 14, 2017
• Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , pp. 60f, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 14, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF records. 3,000 m obstacle men , accessed on December 14, 2017
2. ↑ Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 23, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 14, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 61, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 14, 2017
4. ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 14, 2017