1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 32 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Seoul Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 26, 1988 (preliminary round) September 28, 1988 (semi-finals) September 30, 1988 (final) |
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The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 26, 28 and 30, 1988 in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 32 athletes took part.
The Kenyan Julius Kariuki became Olympic champion . He won ahead of his compatriot Peter Koech and the British Mark Rowland .
Jens Volkmann started for the Federal Republic of Germany, who was eliminated in the semifinals. Hagen Melzer , who
started for the GDR, reached the finals and was tenth there.
Runners from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1984 | Julius Korir ( Kenya ) | 8: 11.80 min | Los Angeles 1984 |
World Champion 1987 | Francesco Panetta ( Italy ) | 8: 08.57 min | Rome 1987 |
European champion 1986 | Hagen Melzer ( GDR ) | 8: 16.65 min | Stuttgart 1986 |
Pan American champion 1987 | Adauto Domingues ( Brazil ) | 8: 23.26 min | Indianapolis 1987 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Juan Ramón Conde ( Cuba ) | 8: 42.38 min | Caracas 1987 |
South America Champion 1987 | Emilio Ulloa ( Chile ) | 8: 51.41 min | São Paulo 1987 |
Asian champion 1987 | Masashi Otokita ( Japan ) | 9: 04.21 min | Singapore 1987 |
African Champion 1988 | Azzedine Brahmi ( Algeria ) | 8: 26.56 min | Annaba 1988 |
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: September 26, 1988
The athletes competed in a total of three heats. The first seven athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the following five fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Raymond Pannier | France | 8: 30.94 min | |
2 | Mark Rowland | Great Britain | 8: 31.40 min | |
3 | Peter Koech | Kenya | 8: 31.66 min | |
4th | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8: 32.59 min | |
5 | Adauto domingues | Brazil | 8: 32.77 min | |
6th | Henry Marsh | United States | 8: 33.89 min | |
7th | Johannes Koeleman | Netherlands | 8: 35.20 min | |
8th | Héctor Begeo | Philippines | 8: 46.60 min | |
9 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 8: 56.06 min | |
10 | Davendra Prakash Singh | Fiji | 9: 23.50 min | |
DSQ | Abdelaziz Sahere | Morocco |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8: 29.75 min | |
2 | Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 8: 33.42 min | |
3 | Azzedine Brahmi | Algeria | 8: 35.59 min | |
4th | Brian Diemer | United States | 8: 38.40 min | |
5 | Edison Wedderburn | Great Britain | 8: 38.90 min | |
6th | Bogusław Mamiński | Poland | 8: 45.72 min | |
7th | Graeme fur | Canada | 8: 51.25 min | |
8th | Cha Han-sik | South Korea | 8: 59.82 min | |
9 | Ikaji Salom | Tanzania | 9: 10.36 min | |
DNF | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | ||
DNS | Bela Vago | Hungary |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Patrick Sang | Kenya | 8: 36.11 min | |
2 | Jens Volkmann | BR Germany | 8: 36.37 min | |
3 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8: 36.45 min | |
4th | Brian Abshire | United States | 8: 36.56 min | |
5 | William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8: 36.80 min | |
6th | Bruno Le Stum | France | 8: 36.95 min | |
7th | Fethi Baccouche | Tunisia | 8: 38.67 min | |
8th | Roger Hackney | Great Britain | 8: 39.30 min | |
9 | Brendan Quinn | Ireland | 8: 40.87 min | |
10 | Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari | Saudi Arabia | 8: 45.25 min | |
11 | Abdullah Al-Doseri | Bahrain | 9: 10.85 min |
Semifinals
Date: September 28, 1988
The first five athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the three fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8: 15.63 min | |
2 | Peter Koech | Kenya | 8: 15.68 min | |
3 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8: 16.27 min | |
4th | Patrick Sang | Kenya | 8: 16.70 min | |
5 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8: 17.23 min | |
6th | Bogusław Mamiński | Poland | 8: 18.28 min | |
7th | Henry Marsh | United States | 8: 18.94 min | |
8th | Johannes Koeleman | Netherlands | 8: 21.86 min | |
9 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 8: 26.69 min | |
10 | Edison Wedderburn | Great Britain | 8: 28.62 min | |
11 | Adauto domingues | Brazil | 8: 35.05 min | |
12 | Héctor Begeo | Philippines | 8: 35.09 min | |
DNF | Roger Hackney | Great Britain |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Azzedine Brahmi | Algeria | 8: 16.54 min | |
2 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8: 16.92 min | |
3 | Mark Rowland | Great Britain | 8: 18.31 min | |
4th | Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 8: 18.53 min | |
5 | Raymond Pannier | France | 8: 19.39 min | |
6th | Graeme fur | Canada | 8: 19.99 min | |
7th | Brian Diemer | United States | 8: 23.89 min | |
8th | Jens Volkmann | BR Germany | 8: 25.19 min | |
9 | Brian Abshire | United States | 8: 27.78 min | |
10 | Fethi Baccouche | Tunisia | 8: 31.36 min | |
11 | Brendan Quinn | Ireland | 8: 43.34 min | |
12 | Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari | Saudi Arabia | 8: 44.22 min | |
13 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 8: 52.62 min |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 8: 05.51 min | OR |
2 | Peter Koech | Kenya | 8: 06.79 min | |
3 | Mark Rowland | Great Britain | 8: 07.96 min | |
4th | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8: 12.17 min | |
5 | William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8: 13.99 min | |
6th | Henry Marsh | United States | 8: 14.39 min | |
7th | Patrick Sang | Kenya | 8: 15.22 min | |
8th | Bogusław Mamiński | Poland | 8: 15.97 min | |
9 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8: 17.79 min | |
10 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8: 19.82 min | |
11 | Graeme fur | Canada | 8: 21.73 min | |
12 | Raymond Pannier | France | 8: 23.80 min | |
13 | Azzedine Brahmi | Algeria | 8: 26.68 min |
Date: September 30, 1988
The trio of Kenyans and a duo from Italy qualified for the final. The starting field was completed by one participant each from Great Britain, the GDR, the USA, Algeria, Belgium, France, Canada and Poland.
The favorites were the three Kenyans Peter Koech, Julius Kariuki and Patrick Sang as well as the Italian world champion Francesco Panetta.
In the final race, Panetta took the lead right from the start and set a high, world-record-breaking pace. The 1000 meter transit time was 2: 42.51 minutes. The field was still more or less together, but due to the fast pace it was a little bit apart. There was hardly any position fights. In second place was Belgian William Van Dijck, behind him the two Kenyans Kariuki and Koech and European champion Hagen Melzer from the GDR. After 1500 meters Melzer fell back, now the Briton Mark Rowland was fifth. The 2000-meter split was 5: 27.88 minutes, it had only become slightly slower. However, Panetta at the front could no longer keep up the high pace. At the front a seven-man leadership group had formed, which was now pushing together a little. With two laps to go, Kariuki took the initiative and passed Panetta; Koech followed him immediately. The Italian was at the end of his tether and was passed through the field to ninth place. Rowland was now third. There was a gap behind him and the three runners in front continued to pull away. In the last lap Kariuki tightened, his pursuers could not keep up with his sprint pace. There was also a gap between Koech and Rowland, the medals were as good as distributed at the beginning of the home stretch. Julius Kariuki ran to the Olympic victory and missed the ten-year-old world record of his compatriot Henry Rono by only eleven hundredths of a second. More than a second after Kariuki, Koech finished second. The bronze medal went to Mark Rowland. Four and a half seconds behind, the Italian Alessandro Lambruschini followed in fourth ahead of William Van Dijck and the American Henry Marsh.
Julius Korir won the fourth gold medal for Kenya in this discipline. Kenya caught up with Finland, which had four Olympic victories between 1924 and 1936 . Both Finnish and Kenyan runners had won three silver medals so far. Only two bronze medals put the Finns ahead of Kenya in the medal ranking of this discipline.
Web links
- SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed January 25, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 230f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 25, 2018
Video
- 3000m Steeplechase Final - 1988 , published November 10, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed January 25, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 674 , accessed on January 24, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 230f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018
- ↑ a b Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul, volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 231, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018