Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Men's 3000m Obstacle

The Winner Matthew Hughes (2016)

The men's 3,000-meter obstacle course at the 2015 Pan American Games was held on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .

13 runners from nine countries took part in the run. The gold medal was won by Matthew Hughes after 8: 32.18 min, silver went to Alex Genest with 8: 33.83 min and the bronze medal was won by Cory Leslie with 8: 36.83 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	7: 53.63 min	Memorial Van Damme , Brussels , Belgium	September 3, 2004
Record of games	Wander do Prado Moura	8: 14.41 min	Pan American Games in Mar del Plata , Argentina	March 22, 1995

Result

July 21, 2015, 7:10 p.m.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Matthew Hughes	Canada	8: 32.18
	Alex Genest	Canada	8: 33.83
	Cory Leslie	United States	8: 36.83
4th	Donald Cowart	United States	8: 49.00
5	Mauricio Valdivia	Chile	8: 52.72
6th	Luis Enrique Ibarra	Mexico	8: 57.70
7th	José Peña	Venezuela	8: 59.40
8th	Jean Carlos Machado	Brazil	9: 04.21
9	Enzo Yañez	Chile	9: 07.75
10	Alvaro Abreu	Dominican Republic	9: 10.47
11	Erick Rodríguez	Nicaragua	9: 25.90
	Straight Giraldo	Colombia	DNF
	Marvin Blanco	Venezuela	DSQ 1

¹ Rule 163.2b Interfering with Another Athlete

Web links and sources

• Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International competition rules. (PDF) In: Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .