2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats)
8 August (final)
Competitors45 from 25 nations
Winning time8:14.12
Medalists
gold medal Conseslus Kipruto   Kenya
silver medal Soufiane El Bakkali   Morocco
bronze medal Evan Jager   United States
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.[1]

After a temporary retirement announced immediately after the Olympic race, 4-time champion, seven time medalist Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya), once known for his flamboyant frohawk hairstyles was back, now as a 35-year-old without a hair on his head. His historic record was well known, but his semi-final was his fastest race of the year making him an unknown quantity. In fact, the entire 2015 podium and the 2016 Olympic podium were in this event, though 2008 Olympic champion and 2015 bronze medalist Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) at age 33 didn't make the final.

Summary[edit]

In the final Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) went to the front, but he didn't set a blistering pace to burn off the competition, instead he kept control of the race. Jairus Birech (Kenya) and Evan Jager (USA) stayed close behind. After a leisurely 2:51.81 first kilometre, after which entire Ethiopian team of Tesfaye Deriba, Tafese Seboka and Getnet Wale moved ahead to push the pace. Kemboi was biding his time along the rail. Jacob Araptany (Uganda) lost his shoe and stopped in the middle of the track to fix it, taking him completely out of contention.

After four laps, Jager moved to the front and increased the pace, with only Kipruto, Birech, Ezekiel Kemboi and Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) staying in the front group with him. Birech, and later Kemboi, dropped away, and Jager led the remaining trio until they reached the beginning of the final backstretch, where Kipruto accelerated past Jager, followed by El Bakkali. By the water jump, El Bakkali had pulled even, but Kipruto had more speed down the final straightaway. Jager held third place despite a late run from Mahiedine Mekhissi.[2]

Records[edit]

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen  BHR 3 Sep 2004 Brussels, Belgium
Championship 8:00.43 Ezekiel Kemboi  KEN 18 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
World leading 8:01.29 Evan Jager  USA 21 Jul 2017 Monaco
African 7:53.64 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto|  KEN 22 Jul 2011 Monaco
Asian 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen  BHR 3 Sep 2004 Brussels, Belgium
NACAC 8:00.45 Evan Jager  USA 4 Jul 2015 Saint-Denis, France
South American 8:14.41 Wander do Prado Moura  BRA 22 Mar 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina
European 8:00.09 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  FRA 6 Jul 2013 Saint-Denis, France
Oceanian 8:14.05 Peter Renner  NZL 29 Aug 1984 Koblenz, West Germany

The following records were set at the competition:[4]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Iranian 8:33.76 Hossein Keyhani  IRI 6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard[edit]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8:32.00.[5]

Schedule[edit]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
6 August 10:05 Heats
8 August 21:10 Final

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The first round took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:[7]

Heat 1 2 3
Start time 10:04 10:22 10:38
Photo finish link link link

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Heat Order Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 9 Evan Jager  United States (USA) 8:20.36 Q
2 2 4 Tafese Seboka  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:20.48 Q
3 2 5 Yoann Kowal  France (FRA) 8:20.60 Q
4 2 11 Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN) 8:20.61 q, SB
5 1 15 Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco (MAR) 8:22.60 Q
6 1 12 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:22.83 Q
7 1 13 Getnet Wale  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:23.00 Q
8 2 15 Albert Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 8:23.18 q, PB
9 1 6 Bilal Tabti  Algeria (ALG) 8:23.28 q
10 3 4 Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 8:23.80 Q
11 1 4 Jairus Birech  Kenya (KEN) 8:23.84 q
12 3 3 Stanley Kebenei  United States (USA) 8:24.19 Q
13 3 12 Matthew Hughes  Canada (CAN) 8:24.79 Q, SB
14 3 10 Tesfaye Deriba  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:25.33 q
15 1 9 Jacob Araptany  Uganda (UGA) 8:25.86 q
16 1 2 Ala Zoghlami  Italy (ITA) 8:26.18 PB
17 3 13 Hillary Bor  United States (USA) 8:27.53
18 1 10 Ole Hesselbjerg  Denmark (DEN) 8:27.86 PB
19 1 1 Krystian Zalewski  Poland (POL) 8:28.41
20 2 1 Hicham Bouchicha  Algeria (ALG) 8:30.01
21 3 2 Altobeli da Silva  Brazil (BRA) 8:31.82
22 1 3 Zak Seddon  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 8:32.84
23 3 1 Brimin Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 8:33.33
24 1 7 Hossein Keyhani  Iran (IRI) 8:33.76 NR
25 2 10 Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim  Djibouti (DJI) 8:33.77
26 2 2 Abdoullah Bamoussa  Italy (ITA) 8:34.86
27 3 11 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway (NOR) 8:34.88
28 2 8 Yemane Haileselassie  Eritrea (ERI) 8:35.73
29 3 14 Napoleon Solomon  Sweden (SWE) 8:35.95
30 3 8 Yohanes Chiappinelli  Italy (ITA) 8:36.48
31 1 5 José Peña  Venezuela (VEN) 8:37.15
32 3 6 Jonathan Romeo  Spain (ESP) 8:38.05
33 2 12 Fernando Carro  Spain (ESP) 8:38.42
34 3 9 Mohamed Tindouft  Morocco (MAR) 8:40.99
35 3 5 Boniface Sikowo  Uganda (UGA) 8:43.86
36 2 7 Hicham Sigueni  Morocco (MAR) 8:44.74
37 2 6 Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria (BUL) 8:45.21
38 2 3 Hironori Tsuetaki  Japan (JPN) 8:45.81
39 2 13 Raouf Boubaker  Tunisia (TUN) 8:46.25
40 3 7 Stewart McSweyn  Australia (AUS) 8:47.53
41 3 15 Rob Mullett  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 8:47.99
42 1 8 Sebastián Martos  Spain (ESP) 8:51.57
43 2 14 Ieuan Thomas  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 8:52.96
44 1 14 Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey (TUR) 8:53.42
1 11 Emil Blomberg  Sweden (SWE) DNF

Final[edit]

The final took place on 8 August at 21:11. The results were as follows (photo finish):[9]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 8:14.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco (MAR) 8:14.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evan Jager  United States (USA) 8:15.53
4 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:15.80
5 Stanley Kebenei  United States (USA) 8:21.09
6 Matthew Hughes  Canada (CAN) 8:21.84 SB
7 Tesfaye Deriba  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:22.12
8 Tafese Seboka  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:23.02
9 Getnet Wale  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:25.28
10 Albert Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 8:25.94
11 Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN) 8:29.38
12 Jairus Birech  Kenya (KEN) 8:32.90
13 Yoann Kowal  France (FRA) 8:34.53
14 Jacob Araptany  Uganda (UGA) 8:49.18
Bilal Tabti  Algeria (ALG) DQ

References[edit]

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: men's 3000m steeplechase final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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