1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	35 athletes from 25 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase	August 6, 1984 (preliminary) August 8, 1984 (semi-finals) August 10, 1984 (final)
Medalist Julius Korir ( KEN )   Joseph Mahmoud ( FRA )   Brian Diemer ( USA )

The men's 3,000-meter obstacle course at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 6, 8 and 10, 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 35 athletes took part.

The Kenyan Julius Korir became Olympic champion . He won before the French Joseph Mahmoud and the American Brian Diemer .

Runners from the Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.

Current title holders

Olympic champion 1980	Bronisław Malinowski ( Poland )	8: 09.7 min	Moscow 1980
World Champion 1983	Patriz Ilg ( Federal Republic of Germany )	8: 15.06 min	Helsinki 1983
European Champion 1982		8: 18.52 min	Athens 1982
Pan American Champion 1983	Emilio Ulloa ( Chile )	8: 57.62 min	Caracas 1983
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1983	César Santiago ( Puerto Rico )	8: 48.80 min	Havana 1983
South America Champion 1983	Emilio Ulloa ( Chile )	8: 44.6 min	Santa Fe 1983
Asian champion 1983	Hwang Wen-cheng ( Chinese Taipei )	8: 54.85 min	Kuwait City 1983
African champions 1982	Eshetu Tura ( Ethiopia )	8: 30.47 min	Cairo 1982

Existing records

World record	8: 05.4 min	Henry Rono ( Kenya )	Seattle , USA	May 13, 1978
Olympic record	8: 08.02 min	Anders Gärderud ( Sweden )	Final of Montreal , Canada	July 28, 1976

Preliminary round

Date: August 6, 1984

The 35 participants in the preliminary round were drawn in three runs. The first six athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. Furthermore, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

The Kenyan Julius Kariuki achieved the fastest lead time with 8: 19.45 minutes in run 3. The slowest directly qualified athlete was Carmelo Ríos from Puerto Rico in run 2 with 8: 31.88 min. The fastest athlete who could not qualify was the Spaniard Juan José Torres, who retired in race 2 with 8: 40.76 minutes.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 25.92 min
2	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8: 26.04 min
3	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	8: 27.49 min
4th	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 29.68 min
5	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	8: 29.71 min
6th	Pascal Debacker	France	8: 30.35 min
7th	Paul Davies-Hale	Great Britain	8: 31.97 min
8th	Francesco Panetta	Italy	8: 37.05 min
9	Kiprotich Rono	Kenya	8: 41.75 min
10	Pedro Cáceres	Argentina	8: 50.02 min
11	Emmanuel M'Pioh	People's Republic of the Congo	9: 05.58 min
12	Abdullah Al-Akbary	Oman	10: 22.96 min

Forward 2

Hans Koeleman, Netherlands, reached the semi-finals and was eliminated in tenth place

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Julius Korir	Kenya	8: 29.08 min
2	Roger Hackney	Great Britain	8: 30.31 min
3	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 30.85 min
4th	Hans Koeleman	Netherlands	8: 31.34 min
5	Gregory Duhaime	Canada	8: 31.54 min
6th	Carmelo Ríos	Puerto Rico	8: 31.88 min
7th	Franco Boffi	Italy	8: 32.26 min
8th	John Gregorek	United States	8: 38.43 min
9	Juan José Torres	Spain	8: 40.76 min
10	Hector Begeo	Philippines	8: 53.70 min
11	Hugo Allan García	Guatemala	9: 02.41 min
12	Ramón López	Paraguay	9: 36.36 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	8: 19.45 min
2	Peter Renner	New Zealand	8: 22.95 min
3	Peter Daenens	Belgium	8: 28.26 min
4th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 29.23 min
5	Colin Reitz	Great Britain	8: 29.33 min
6th	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8: 29.45 min
7th	Filippos Philippou	Cyprus	8: 30.09 min
8th	Liam O'Brien	Ireland	8: 31.89 min
9	Yehuda Zadok	Israel	8: 42.28 min
10	Kim Ju-ryong	South Korea	8: 43.50 min
11	Albert Marie	Seychelles	9: 32.30 min
DNS	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania

Semifinals

Date: August 8, 1984

In the two semi-finals, the first five athletes qualified for each run. Furthermore, the two fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Julius Korir achieved the best time in the semifinals with 8: 17.40 min in run 2.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8: 19.08 min
2	Pascal Debacker	France	8: 20.34 min
3	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8: 20.54 min
4th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 20.57 min
5	Roger Hackney	Great Britain	8: 20.77 min
6th	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	8: 21.07 min
7th	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 23.08 min
8th	Paul Davies-Hale	Great Britain	8: 26.15 min
9	Gregory Duhaime	Canada	8: 26.32 min
10	Franco Boffi	Italy	8: 30.82 min
11	Liam O'Brien	Ireland	8: 34.90 min
12	Filippos Philippou	Cyprus	8: 39.47 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Julius Korir	Kenya	8: 17.40 min
2	Peter Renner	New Zealand	8: 18.12 min
3	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 18.36 min
4th	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 18.62 min
	Colin Reitz	Great Britain
6th	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	8: 18.70 min
7th	Peter Daenens	Belgium	8: 21.77 min
8th	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	8: 28.99 min
9	Francesco Panetta	Italy	8: 31.24 min
10	Hans Koeleman	Netherlands	8: 32.29 min
11	John Gregorek	United States	8: 38.19 min
12	Carmelo Ríos	Puerto Rico	8: 44.70 min

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Julius Korir	Kenya	8: 11.80 min
2	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 13.31 min
3	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 14.06 min
4th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 14.25 min
5	Colin Reitz	Great Britain	8: 15.48 min
6th	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8: 17.27 min
7th	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	8: 17.47 min
8th	Pascal Debacker	France	8: 21.51 min
9	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8: 23.95 min
10	Roger Hackney	Great Britain	8: 27.10 min
11	Peter Renner	New Zealand	8: 29.51 min
12	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	8: 43.40 min

Date: August 10, 1984

Two Americans, two Kenyans, two French and two British had each qualified for the final. There was also one runner each from Tunisia, Spain, New Zealand and Finland.

The reigning European and World Champion Patriz Ilg from the Federal Republic of Germany could not take part due to injuries . The favorite role fell above all to the Kenyan Julius Korir. Other medal candidates were the two Americans Henry Marsh and Brian Diemer. Marsh fell on the home straight on the safe path to a medal at the World Championships last year. Korir's compatriot Julius Kariuki, the French Joseph Mahmoud and the British Colin Reitz were also among the other favorites. The Pole Bogusław Mamiński could not be there due to the Olympic boycott, in which his country was also involved.

After the start, the Tunisian Féthi Baccouche took the lead. An incident occurred at the height of the moat. A spectator came into the interior and lined up behind the field. Like the athletes, he crossed the moat. As he ran, he waved a flag with a slogan. At the finish line, the police finally managed to catch the man. The troublemaker, who was later identified as Llewellyn Thomas Phelan, was able to free himself a short time later while the runners were back at the moat in the second lap, but was quickly caught again.

Up until the penultimate lap, little changed in the action. The New Zealander Peter Renner had replaced Baccouche in the lead on lap two and led the field. His pursuers were the two Kenyans Korir and Kariuki and the two Britons Reitz and Roger Hackney. The two US runners Marsh and Diemer had been at the end of the field until then. The intermediate times were 2: 47.4 min at 1000 meters and 5: 32.5 min at 2000 meters. It wasn't a particularly high pace with three 1000 meter sections of 2:47 min / 2: 45 min / 2: 39 min. No record times were possible, but it wasn't exactly slow and it remained exciting until the end of the race. In the penultimate lap, a leading group of seven runners had formed, consisting of Renner, who now fell behind, Korir, Kariuki, Marsh, Diemer, Hackney and Mahmoud. In the last lap of the back straight, four competitors remained in the fight for the medals with Korir, Diemer, Marsh and Mahmoud. Korir pulled up after the moat and then ran unhindered to victory. Marsh, who had been second up to that point, had to let Mahmoud pass him first. Shortly before the finish line, his team-mate Diemer overtook him. Reitz was fifth ahead of the Spaniards Domingo Ramón and Kariuki.

literature

• Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , p. 22f

Web links

• SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed January 9, 2018
• Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 277, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 9, 2018

Video

• Olympics - 1984 Los Angeles - Track - Mens 3000m Steeple Chase Finals imasportsphile , published on April 27, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on January 9, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 674 , accessed on January 9, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 277, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 9, 2018
3. ↑ Article in the Los Angeles Times of July 28, 1984 , accessed January 9, 2018
4. ↑ SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed on January 9, 2018