The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 23 and July 25. The final was won by American Horace Ashenfelter.[1]
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki | |||||||||
| Dates | July 23 (heats) July 25 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:45.4 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editThe first round was held on July 23. The four fastest runners from each heat qualified to the final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Kazantsev |  Soviet Union |
8:58.0 | OR |
| 2 | Günter Heßelmann |  Germany |
9:05.0 | |
| 3 | Gunnar Tjörnebo |  Sweden |
9:05.4 | |
| 4 | Cahit Önel |  Turkey |
9:06.0 | |
| 5 | Jindřich Roudný |  Czechoslovakia |
9:06.4 | |
| 6 | Kauko Lusenius |  Finland |
9:26.8 | |
| 7 | Kenneth Johnson |  Great Britain |
9:27.0 | |
| 8 | Drago Štritof |  Yugoslavia |
9:28.0 | |
| 9 | Victor Firea |  Romania |
9:29.2 | |
| 10 | Guillermo Solá |  Chile |
9:32.2 | |
| 11 | Pierre Prat |  France |
9:32.8 | |
| 12 | Gulzara Singh Mann |  India |
9:48.6 | |
| Bill Ashenfelter |  United States |
DNF |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Disley | Great Britain |
8:59.4 | |
| 2 | Olavi Rinteenpää | Finland |
8:59.4 | |
| 3 | József Apró |  Hungary |
9:00.4 | |
| 4 | Helmut Gude | Germany |
9:04.2 | |
| 5 | Fyodor Marulin | Soviet Union |
9:08.4 | |
| 6 | Ali Baghbanbashi |  Iran |
9:13.2 | |
| 7 | Jan Kielas |  Poland |
9:15.4 | |
| 8 | André Lebrun | France |
9:17.8 | |
| 9 | Susumu Takahashi |  Japan |
9:21.6 | |
| 10 | Božidar Đurašković | Yugoslavia |
9:23.2 | |
| 11 | Eric Nilsson | Sweden |
9:25.0 | |
| 12 | Browning Ross | United States |
9:44.0 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horace Ashenfelter | United States |
8:51.0 | OR |
| 2 | Mikhail Saltykov | Soviet Union |
8:55.8 | |
| 3 | Curt Söderberg | Sweden |
9:02.4 | |
| 4 | Chris Brasher | Great Britain |
9:03.2 | |
| 5 | Urho Julin | Finland |
9:09.4 | |
| 6 | László Jeszenszky | Hungary |
9:11.2 | |
| 7 | André Paris | France |
9:30.0 | |
| 8 | Robert Schoonjans |  Belgium |
9:30.6 | |
| 9 | Petar Šegedin | Yugoslavia |
9:40.2 | |
| Víctorio Solares |  Guatemala |
DNF |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Horace Ashenfelter | United States |
8:45.4 | WR |
 |
Vladimir Kazantsev | Soviet Union |
8:51.6 | |
 |
John Disley | Great Britain |
8:51.8 | |
| 4 | Olavi Rinteenpää | Finland |
8:55.2 | |
| 5 | Curt Söderberg | Sweden |
8:55.6 | |
| 6 | Günter Hesselmann | Germany |
8:55.8 | |
| 7 | Mikhail Saltykov | Soviet Union |
8:56.2 | |
| 8 | Helmut Gude | Germany |
9:01.4 | |
| 9 | József Apró | Hungary |
9:04.2 | |
| 10 | Cahit Önel | Turkey |
9:04.4 | |
| 11 | Chris Brasher | Great Britain |
9:14.0 | |
| 12 | Gunnar Tjörnebo | Sweden |
10:26.4 |
Key: WR = World record
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.