Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 35 competitors, with three qualifying heats (35 runners) and two semifinals (24) before the final (12) took place.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates6 August 1984 (round one)
8 August 1984 (semi-finals)
10 August 1984 (final)
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Korir  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Mahmoud  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Diemer  United States
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Summary

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During the first lap of the race, a bandit rushed the track, joining the race over the first water jump. He managed to sprint past security over the next barrier and beyond before being tackled. On the second lap, he managed to get free again for a few moments before finally being dragged away.

"They've got all sorts of security at these games, designed to prevent anything from nuclear attack to germ warfare. But the odd idiot is a real problem."

— David Coleman, BBC Commentator[2]

Shortly after the second lap began, Peter Renner assumed the lead, followed by Kenyan Julius duo of Julius Korir and Julius Kariuki. Henry Marsh was typically as much as 20 metres back off the pace. Renner opened up several metres on the Kenyans but with two laps to go, the field began bunching behind Renner with Brian Diemer, Joseph Mahmoud, Colin Reitz and Marsh back in the fold, all getting ready to pounce. Just before the bell, Renner started to fall back. Korir accelerated and Marsh was the first to follow, Diemer was next to catch up, followed by Mahmoud. Through the final turn, Marsh looked like the only one still with any shot at Korir, but he was still losing ground. Marsh was unable to make any headway as Mahmoud passed in on the outside, with Korir taking the final barrier as a hurdler and sprinting to victory. Mahmoud sprinted away to the silver medal while Diemer challenged Marsh on the outside. Diemer got the edge on Marsh with 10 metres to go, with the beaten Marsh just striding the final few steps over the line.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, United States 13 May 1978
Olympic record   Anders Gärderud (SWE) 8:08.02 Montreal, Canada 28 July 1976

Schedule

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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase took place over three separate days.

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 1984 18:25 Round One
Wednesday, 8 August 1984 20:00 Semi-finals
Friday, 10 August 1984 19:10 Final

Results

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Heats

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Note: Top six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Diemer   United States 8:25.92 Q
2 Domingo Ramón   Spain 8:26.04 Q
3 Féthi Baccouche   Tunisia 8:27.49 Q
4 William Van Dijck   Belgium 8:29.68 Q
5 Emilio Ulloa   Chile 8:29.71 Q
6 Pascal Debacker   France 8:30.35 Q
7 Paul Davies-Hale   Great Britain 8:31.97 q
8 Francesco Panetta   Italy 8:37.05 q
9 Kip Rono   Kenya 8:41.75
10 Pedro Cáceres   Argentina 8:50.02
11 Emmanuel M'Pioh   Republic of the Congo 9:05.58 NR
12 Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary   Oman 10:22.56

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Julius Korir   Kenya 8:29.08 Q
2 Roger Hackney   Great Britain 8:30.31 Q
3 Joseph Mahmoud   France 8:30.85 Q
4 Hans Koeleman   Netherlands 8:31.34 Q
5 Greg Duhaime   Canada 8:31.54 Q
6 Carmelo Ríos   Puerto Rico 8:31.88 Q
7 Franco Boffi   Italy 8:32.26 q
8 John Gregorek   United States 8:38.43 q
9 Juan José Torres   Spain 8:40.76
10 Hector Begeo   Philippines 8:53.70
11 Hugo Allan García   Guatemala 9:02.41
12 Ramón López   Paraguay 9:36.36

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Julius Kariuki   Kenya 8:19.45 Q
2 Peter Renner   New Zealand 8:22.95 Q
3 Peter Daenens   Belgium 8:28.26 Q
4 Henry Marsh   United States 8:29.23 Q
5 Colin Reitz   Great Britain 8:29.33 Q
6 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 8:29.45 Q
7 Filippos Filippou   Cyprus 8:30.09 q
8 Liam O'Brien   Ireland 8:31.89 q
9 Yehuda Zadok   Israel 8:42.28
10 Kim Ju-ryong   South Korea 8:43.50
11 Albert Marie   Seychelles 9:32.30
Filbert Bayi   Tanzania DNS

Semi-finals

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Note: Top five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Semi-final 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Domingo Ramón   Spain 8:19.08 Q
2 Pascal Debacker   France 8:20.34 Q
3 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 8:20.54 Q
4 Henry Marsh   United States 8:20.57 Q
5 Roger Hackney   Great Britain 8:20.77 Q
6 Julius Kariuki   Kenya 8:21.07 q
7 William Van Dijck   Belgium 8:23.08
8 Paul Davies-Hale   Great Britain 8:26.15
9 Greg Duhaime   Canada 8:26.32
10 Franco Boffi   Italy 8:30.82
11 Liam O'Brien   Ireland 8:34.90
12 Filippos Filippou   Cyprus 8:39.47

Semi-final 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Julius Korir   Kenya 8:17.40 Q
2 Peter Renner   New Zealand 8:18.12 Q
3 Brian Diemer   United States 8:18.36 Q
4 Colin Reitz   Great Britain 8:18.62 Q
5 Joseph Mahmoud   France 8:18.62 Q
6 Féthi Baccouche   Tunisia 8:18.70 q
7 Peter Daenens   Belgium 8:21.77
8 Emilio Ulloa   Chile 8:28.99
9 Francesco Panetta   Italy 8:31.24
10 Hans Koeleman   Netherlands 8:32.29
11 John Gregorek   United States 8:38.19
12 Carmelo Ríos   Puerto Rico 8:44.70

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Julius Korir   Kenya 8:11.80
  Joseph Mahmoud   France 8:13.31
  Brian Diemer   United States 8:14.06
4 Henry Marsh   United States 8:14.25
5 Colin Reitz   Great Britain 8:15.48
6 Domingo Ramón   Spain 8:17.27
7 Julius Kariuki   Kenya 8:17.47
8 Pascal Debacker   France 8:21.51
9 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 8:23.95
10 Roger Hackney   Great Britain 8:27.10
11 Peter Renner   New Zealand 8:29.81
12 Féthi Baccouche   Tunisia 8:43.40

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Les Croupiers running club - Old forum - the Boat Race".
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