Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 21 to August 24
Competitors	41 from 27 nations
Medalists
Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya   Brimin Kipruto  Kenya   Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya
«2000	2008»

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase was one of two male-exclusive events out of the 23 track events of the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 21 to August 24, by a total of 41 athletes from 27 nations.

The athletes competed in a three-heat qualifying round in which the first three runners from each heat, together with the six fastest losing runners, were given a place in the final race.

Qualification

The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from January 1, 2003 to August 9, 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 8:24.60 minutes during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If a NOC had no athletes qualified under this standard, it could enter up to one athlete that had run below 8:32.00 minutes.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

World Record	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Brussels (BEL)	3 September 2004
Olympic Record	8:05.52	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	Seoul (KOR)	30 September 1988

Results

All times are shown in minutes. The following abbreviations are used:

• Q denotes qualification by place
• q denotes qualification by time
• DNS denotes "did not start"
• DNF denotes "did not finish"
• NR denotes "national record"
• PB denotes "personal best"
• SB denotes "season best"
• DQ denotes "disqualified"

Qualifying round

The qualifying round was held on August 21. The first three runners from each heat, together with the six fastest losing runners, were given a place in the final race.

Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time		Rank
1	Saifeldin, Khamis AbdullahKhamis Abdullah Saifeldin	Qatar	8:17.89	SB	4	Q
1	Kemboi, EzekielEzekiel Kemboi	Kenya	8:18.20		5	Q
1	Tahri, BouabdellahBouabdellah Tahri	France	8:18.98		6	Q
1	Lincoln, DanielDaniel Lincoln	United States	8:19.62		8	q
1	Ezzine, AliAli Ezzine	Morocco	8:20.18		10	q
1	Martin, EliseoEliseo Martin	Spain	8:21.88		11	q
1	Popławski, RadosławRadosław Popławski	Poland	8:22.16	SB	12	q
1	Proell, MartinMartin Proell	Austria	8:26.01		19
1	Luchianov, IonIon Luchianov	Moldova	8:26.17	NR	20
1	Buč, BoštjanBoštjan Buč	Slovenia	8:37.29		31
1	Potapovich, PavelPavel Potapovich	Russia	8:52.65		37
1	Maffei, GiuseppeGiuseppe Maffei	Italy	999 !DNF		999 !—
1	Mandje, Roberto CaracioloRoberto Caraciolo Mandje	Equatorial Guinea	999 !DNS		999 !—
1	Turki, LotfiLotfi Turki	Tunisia	999 !DNS		999 !—
2	Kipruto, BriminBrimin Kipruto	Kenya	8:15.11		1	Q
2	Vroemen, SimonSimon Vroemen	Netherlands	8:15.28	SB	2	Q
2	Martin, Luis MiguelLuis Miguel Martin	Spain	8:16.90		3	Q
2	Mohamed, MustafaMustafa Mohamed	Sweden	8:19.37		7	q
2	Ledauphin, VincentVincent Ledauphin	France	8:20.13		9	q
2	Zakrzewski, JanJan Zakrzewski	Poland	8:23.72		13
2	Usov, RomanRoman Usov	Russia	8:24.19		16
2	Slobodenyuk, VadymVadym Slobodenyuk	Ukraine	8:24.84	PB	18
2	Chemlal, AbdelatifAbdelatif Chemlal	Morocco	8:29.36		25
2	Shiferaw, TewodrosTewodros Shiferaw	Ethiopia	8:33.15		27
2	Maazouz, AbdelhakimAbdelhakim Maazouz	Algeria	8:36.12		30
2	Gary, RobertRobert Gary	United States	8:38.01		32
2	Ramolefi, RubenRuben Ramolefi	South Africa	8:46.17		34
2	Ibrahim, BashirBashir Ibrahim	Kuwait	8:48.65	NR	35
3	Obaid, Musa AmerMusa Amer Obaid	Qatar	8:23.94		14	Q
3	Jimenez, Antonio DavidAntonio David Jimenez	Spain	8:24.13		15	Q
3	Koech, Paul KipsielePaul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	8:24.68		17	Q
3	Ouerdi, ZouhairZouhair Ouerdi	Morocco	8:27.55		21
3	Chaston, JustinJustin Chaston	Great Britain	8:28.35		22
3	Iwamizu, YoshitakaYoshitaka Iwamizu	Japan	8:29.07		23
3	Nowill, PeterPeter Nowill	Australia	8:29.14		24
3	Famiglietti, AnthonyAnthony Famiglietti	United States	8:31.59		26
3	Greaux, AlexanderAlexander Greaux	Puerto Rico	8:33.62		28
3	Svenøy, JimJim Svenøy	Norway	8:33.97		29
3	Silva, ManuelManuel Silva	Portugal	8:38.31		33
3	Wale, LulesegedLuleseged Wale	Ethiopia	8:50.73		36
3	Czaja, JakubJakub Czaja	Poland	8:56.24		37

Final

The final was held on August 24.

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:05.81	SB
	Brimin Kipruto (KEN)	8:06.11
	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	8:06.64
4	Musa Amer Obaid (QAT)	8:07.18	PB
5	Luis Miguel Martin (ESP)	8:11.64	SB
6	Simon Vroemen (NED)	8:13.25	SB
7	Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA)	8:14.26	SB
8	Ali Ezzine (MAR)	8:15.58
9	Eliseo Martin (ESP)	8:15.77	SB
10	Vincent Ledauphin (FRA)	8:16.15	SB
11	Daniel Lincoln (USA)	8:16.86
12	Radosław Popławski (POL)	8:17.32	PB
13	Mustafa Mohamed (SWE)	8:18.05	PB
14	Antonio David Jimenez (ESP)	8:22.63
15	Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT)	8:36.66

References

• "Athens Olympic Games 2004 - Results". IAAF. 2004. http://www.iaaf.org/oly04/results/byevent.html. Retrieved 2007-08-23. 

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