2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 45 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estádio Nilton Santos | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 15, 2016 (preliminary) August 17, 2016 (final) |
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The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 15 and 17, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 45 athletes took part.
The Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto became Olympic champion . The American Evan Jager won silver , the French Mahiedine Mekhissi won the bronze medal.
Athletes from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion | Ezekiel Kemboi ( Kenya ) | 8: 18.56 min | London 2012 |
World Champion | 8: 11.28 min | Beijing 2015 | |
European champion | Mahiedine Mekhissi ( France ) | 8: 25.63 min | Amsterdam 2016 |
North / Central America / Caribbean champions | Andrew Bayer ( USA ) | 8: 44.88 min | San José 2015 |
South America champion | Gerald Giraldo ( Colombia ) | 8: 29.53 min | Lima 2015 |
Asian champion | John Kibet Koech ( Bahrain ) | 8: 27.03 min | Wuhan 2015 |
African champions | Chala Beyo ( Ethiopia ) | 8: 21.02 min | Durban 2016 |
Oceania Champion | Sapolai Yao ( Papua New Guinea ) | 9: 39.74 min | Cairns 2015 |
Existing records
World record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen ( Kenya ) | 7: 53.63 min | Brussels , Belgium | September 3, 2004 |
Olympic record | Julius Kariuki ( Kenya ) | 8: 05.51 min | Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 30, 1988 |
Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).
Preliminary round
The athletes competed in a total of three heats. The first three athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
August 15, 2016, 10:25 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Hillary Bor | United States | 8: 25.01 | |
2 | Soufiane el-Bakkali | Morocco | 8: 25.17 | |
3 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Kenya | 8: 25.51 | |
4th | Matthew Hughes | Canada | 8: 26.27 | |
5 | Sebastian Martos | Spain | 8: 28.44 | |
6th | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 8: 30.76 | |
7th | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | 8: 33.12 | |
8th | Hailemariyam Amare | Ethiopia | 8: 35.01 | |
9 | Nelson Cherutich | Bahrain | 8: 35.01 | |
10 | Yuri Floriani | Italy | 8: 40.80 | |
11 | Kazuya Shiojiri | Japan | 8: 40.98 | |
12 | Rob Mullett | Great Britain | 8: 48.19 | |
13 | Jeroen D'hoedt | Belgium | 8: 48.29 | |
14th | Mitko Zenow | Bulgaria | 8: 54.79 | |
DSQ | Ali Messaoudi | Algeria | IAAF Rule 163.3 b - Violation of the inside marking |
Forward 2
August 15, 2016, 10:40 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Evan Jager | United States | 8: 25.86 | |
2 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Kenya | 8: 26.25 | |
3 | Mathiedine Mekhissi | France | 8: 26.32 | |
4th | Yemane Haileselassie | Eritrea | 8: 26.72 | |
5 | Hamid Ezzine | Morocco | 8: 27.69 | |
6th | John Kibet Koech | Bahrain | 8: 28.81 | |
7th | Chala Beyo | Ethiopia | 8: 32.0 | |
8th | Aras Kaya | Turkey | 8: 32.35 | |
9 | José Peña | Venezuela | 8: 32.38 | |
10 | Chris Winter | Canada | 8: 33.95 | |
11 | Bilal Tabti | Algeria | 8: 38.87 | |
12 | Abdullah Bamoussa | Italy | 8: 42.81 | |
13 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8: 44.25 | |
14th | Abdalla Targan | Sudan | 8: 52.20 | |
15th | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 9: 03.40 |
Forward 3
August 15, 2016, 10:55 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8: 21.40 | |
2 | Jacob Araptany | Uganda | 8: 21.53 | |
3 | Donald Cabral | United States | 8: 21.96 | |
4th | Cupid Ben Yahia | Tunisia | 8: 23.12 | |
5 | Yoann Kowal | France | 8: 23.49 | |
6th | Altobeli da Silva | Brazil | 8: 26.59 | |
7th | Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | 8: 27.82 | |
8th | Hicham Bouchicha | Algeria | 8: 33.61 | |
9 | Taylor Milne | Canada | 8: 34.38 | |
10 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8: 34.52 | |
11 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Denmark | 8: 40.08 | |
12 | Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim | Djibouti | 8: 53.10 | |
13 | Fernando Carro | Spain | 8: 53.17 | |
DSQ | Seboka coffee table | Ethiopia | IAAF Rule 163.3 b - Violation of the inside marking | |
DNF | Tarık Langat Akdağ | Turkey |
final
August 17, 2016, 11:55 am
All three Kenyans and three Americans qualified. There were also two Moroccans and one participant each from Brazil, Eritrea, France, Canada, Tunisia and Uganda.
The favorites were Kenyans Ezekiel Kemboi - Olympic Champion 2004 and 2012 , World Champion 2015 , Brimin Kiprop Kipruto - Olympic Champion 2008 - and Conseslus Kipruto - Vice World Champion 2015. Mahiedine Mekhissi, the French European Champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist - 2008 and 2012 - and the US athlete Evan Jager were considered the Kenyans' strongest opponents.
Right at the start of the race, Conseslus Kipruto took the lead and set the pace, followed by Jager. The first kilometer was run very quickly with 2: 41.64 minutes. After almost 1500 meters Jager took the lead, Kipruto let himself be pulled and there was a gap to the rest of the field. The chasing group was led by US runner Hillary Bor, who replaced Kemboi at their head. Bor was able to close the gap to the two leaders. The second kilometer was completed in 2: 44.18 minutes, the race remained very fast and so there were many smaller groups with smaller and larger gaps between each other.
On the penultimate crossing of the moat, a group of three with Jager, Kemboi and Kipruto had clearly separated. At the beginning of the last lap, Conseslus Kipruto initiated a long spurt and took the lead. Kemboi in second and Jager in third were still able to keep up with the pace. But at the end of the back straight, Kipruto was too fast for his pursuers. With a large margin he turned into the home straight and in the end just let the race coast down. He became Olympic champion and set a new Olympic record with 8: 03.28 minutes . He covered the last thousand meters in 2: 37.46 minutes. In the battle for silver, Kemboi was initially ahead. But on the home straight he ran out of strength and Jager easily pulled past him. The American secured the silver medal while Kemboi covered the last fifty meters at a jogging pace. His lead over the closest pursuers was so great that he finished third. Behind him, Mekhissi crossed the finish line ahead of Moroccan Soufiane El-Bakkali and his compatriot Yoann Kowal. Brimin Kiprop Kipruto and Hillary Bor took the following ranks.
Immediately after the race, the French team management protested. Kemboi is said to have crossed the inside markings after the moat. The protest was accepted and Kemboi was disqualified. The bronze medal thus went to Mekhissi, and all subsequent athletes moved up one place in the ranking.
Conseslus Kipruto won the eleventh Kenyan gold medal in this discipline. It was also the ninth consecutive Olympic victory for Kenya.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8: 03.28 | OR |
2 | Evan Jager | United States | 8: 04.28 | |
3 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | France | 8: 11.52 | |
4th | Soufiane el-Bakkali | Morocco | 8: 14.35 | |
5 | Yoann Kowal | France | 8: 16.75 | |
6th | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Kenya | 8: 18.79 | |
7th | Hillary Bor | United States | 8: 22.74 | |
8th | Donald Cabral | United States | 8: 25.81 | |
9 | Altobeli da Silva | Brazil | 8: 26.30 | |
10 | Matthew Hughes | Canada | 8: 36.83 | |
11 | Yemane Haileselassie | Eritrea | 8: 40.68 | |
DSQ | Cupid Ben Yahia | Tunisia | IAAF Rule 163.3 b Violation of the inside marking |
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Ezekiel Kemboi | Kenya | |||
DNF | Jacob Araptany | Uganda | ||
Hamid Ezzine | Morocco |
Web links
- Results Book Rio 2016, official report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 4, 2018
- Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF (English), accessed on October 4, 2018
- Sports-Reference, Result 3000 m obstacle men (English), accessed on October 4, 2018
Video
- Kipruto sets Olympic record in Men's 3000m Steeplechase on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 4, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 674 , accessed on October 4, 2018
- ↑ a b c IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on October 4, 2018