Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was the only steeplechase on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 17 October 1964. 30 athletes from 19 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 15 October and the final on 17 October.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15–17 October
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning time8:30.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gaston Roelants  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maurice Herriott  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ivan Belyayev  Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →

New Olympic records for the event were set in two of the three heats as well as in the final, for a total of three out of four races resulting in a new record.

Results

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First round

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The top three runners in each of the 3 heats as well as the fastest remaining runner advanced.

First round, heat 1

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Manuel Oliveira   Portugal 8:40.8
2 Ivan Belyayev   Soviet Union 8:42.0
3 Ben Assou El Ghazi   Morocco 8:42.8
4 Vic Zwolak   United States 8:43.6
5 Zenji Okuzawa   Japan 8:50.0
6 Slavko Špan   Yugoslavia 8:57.6
7 József Mácsár   Hungary 9:08.8
8 Dieter Hartmann   United Team of Germany 9:09.2
9 Jean Toffey Ekonian   Ivory Coast 9:47.4
Bengt Perssoon   Sweden Did not start

First round, heat 2

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Maurice Herriott   Great Britain 8:33.0 OR
2 Lars-Erik Gustafsson   Sweden 8:34.2
3 George L. Young   United States 8:34.2
4 Guy Texereau   France 8:34.6
5 Lazar Naroditsky   Soviet Union 8:43.0
6 Alfred Döring   United Team of Germany 8:43.2
7 Taketsugu Saruwatari   Japan 8:46.6
8 Edward Szklarczyk   Poland 8:48.0
9 Labidi Ayachi   Tunisia 9:02.0
10 Cahit Onel   Turkey 9:15.6

First round, heat 3

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Adolfas Aleksejūnas   Soviet Union 8:31.8 OR
2 Gaston Roelants   Belgium 8:33.8
3 Ernie Pomfret   Great Britain 8:45.2
4 Jeffrey Fishback   United States 8:50.2
5 Benjamin Kogo   Kenya 8:51.0
6 Rainer Dörner   United Team of Germany 8:55.0
7 Attila Simon   Hungary 8:57.8
8 Trevor Vincent   Australia 8:58.8
9 Saburo Yokomizo   Japan 9:04.6
10 Dilbagh Singh Kler   Malaysia 9:18.8

Final

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Alexeiunas could not match his record-setting pace from the heats, falling to 7th in the final. Herriott, who had set the record Alexeiunas had broken, improved on his own time but could not reach Alexeiunas's record as he placed second. Roelants, the world record-holder who had run behind Alexeiunas in the heat, turned out victorious in the final, breaking the Soviet's record by a full second to set a third new record in the event.

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Gaston Roelants   Belgium 8:30.8 OR
2 Maurice Herriott   Great Britain 8:32.4
3 Ivan Belyayev   Soviet Union 8:33.8
4 Manuel Oliveira   Portugal 8:36.2
5 George L. Young   United States 8:38.2
6 Guy Texereau   France 8:38.6
7 Adolf Alexeiunas   Soviet Union 8:39.0
8 Lars-Erik Gustafsson   Sweden 8:41.8
9 Ben Assou El Ghazi   Morocco 8:43.6
10 Ernie Pomfret   Great Britain 8:43.8

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2017.