These are the results of the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

 in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Wilson Boit Kipketer Wilson Boit Kipketer Wilson Boit Kipketer is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. On August 13, 1997, at the Weltklasse Zürich, he set the world record in the steeplechase at 7:59.08, the third of three world records set in a 70 minute period of time... Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...  (KEN)
Silver	Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion... Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...  (KEN)
Bronze	Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai is an athlete from Kenya. He specialised in steeplechase running but is nowadays a marathoner.He set the new 3000 metres steeplechase world record of 7:55.72 on August 24, 1997 in Cologne. The record was broken by Brahim Boulami from Morocco in 2001... Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...  (KEN)

Heats

First 6 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Rafał Wójcik		8:24.93	Q, PB
	1	Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami is a Moroccan athlete who had set two world records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 7:55.28 and 7:53.17. The latter was overturned because he tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO...		8:24.95	Q
	2	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari is a Saudi Arabian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He has won five medals from the Asian Championships, three from the Pan Arab Championships and a gold medal from the 1997 Asian Cross Country Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres -...		8:25.23	Q
	1	Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion...		8:25.80	Q
	1	Vladimir Pronin		8:25.95	Q, SB
	1	Mark Croghan Mark Croghan Mark Duane Croghan was a track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase. He's a three-time Olympian and a four-time USA outdoor champion.-Achievements:-References:*...		8:25.95	Q
	2	Mark Ostendarp Mark Ostendarp Mark Ostendarp is a retired German runner, who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase....		8:25.97	Q
	1	Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.27 min...		8:26.35	Q, SB
	2	Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai is an athlete from Kenya. He specialised in steeplechase running but is nowadays a marathoner.He set the new 3000 metres steeplechase world record of 7:55.72 on August 24, 1997 in Cologne. The record was broken by Brahim Boulami from Morocco in 2001...		8:26.62	Q
10	1	Michael Buchleitner Michael Buchleitner Michael Buchleitner is an Austrian long-distance runner.Up to 1999 he specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships and competed without reaching the final in 1997 and 1999. He did, however, achieve a personal best time of 8:20.04 minutes at the...		8:26.76	q
11	1	Florin Ionescu		8:27.39	q
12	1	Robert Hough	United Kingdom	8:28.54	q, SB
13	1	Stathis Stasi		8:28.85	q
14	2	Simon Vroemen Simon Vroemen Simon Frans Vroemen is a Dutch runner, specialising in the steeplechase.Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the Wageningen University. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers...		8:28.96	Q
15	3	Wilson Boit Kipketer Wilson Boit Kipketer Wilson Boit Kipketer is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. On August 13, 1997, at the Weltklasse Zürich, he set the world record in the steeplechase at 7:59.08, the third of three world records set in a 70 minute period of time...		8:29.40	Q
16	3	Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy is an athlete from Fræna in Norway who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:29.65	Q
17	3	Hicham Bouaouiche Hicham Bouaouiche Hicham Bouaouiche is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished eleventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, fifth at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, and eleventh in the Grand Prix Final the same year...		8:29.67	Q
18	3	Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi is an Italian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his later career he also took up half marathon and marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:29.92	Q
19	3	Ramiro Morán		8:29.98	Q
20	3	Marcel Laros		8:30.24	Q
21	3	Wander Moura Wander Moura Wander do Prado Moura is a retired long-distance runner from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina...		8:30.70	Q
22	3	Adam Dobrzyński		8:31.69	q
23	1	Christopher Unthank		8:32.03
24	2	Elarbi Khattabi Elarbi Khattabi Elarbi Khattabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross-country running.He was born in Casablanca...		8:32.53	Q
25	2	Thomas Nohilly		8:32.70	Q
26	2	Million Wolde		8:32.77
27	2	Abderrahmane Daas		8:33.35
28	3	Antonios Vouzis		8:33.51
29	3	Stephane Desaulty		8:33.56
30	2	Giuseppe Maffei		8:37.12
31	2	Vitor Almeida		8:40.75
32	2	Michał Bartoszak Michał Bartoszak Michał Bartoszak is a former Polish long-distance runner. Bartoszak holds the Polish indoor record in the one mile, outdoor record for 2000 m, and was a national champion in the 1,500 metres. He won the 2003 California International Marathon and competed in the marathon at the 2004 Summer...		8:47.01
33	2	Hector Begeo Hector Begeo Hector Begeo is a three-time Olympian representing the Philippines. He is the national record holder in the men's 3000m Steeplechase. He also place second and silver in the 1983 Asian Championships. He is the only Filipino to advance into a semi-final in the 3000m Steeplechase in an Olympic event...	Philippines	9:17.82

Semifinals

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai is an athlete from Kenya. He specialised in steeplechase running but is nowadays a marathoner.He set the new 3000 metres steeplechase world record of 7:55.72 on August 24, 1997 in Cologne. The record was broken by Brahim Boulami from Morocco in 2001...		8:17.95	Q
	2	Wilson Boit Kipketer Wilson Boit Kipketer Wilson Boit Kipketer is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. On August 13, 1997, at the Weltklasse Zürich, he set the world record in the steeplechase at 7:59.08, the third of three world records set in a 70 minute period of time...		8:18.92	Q
	2	Mark Croghan Mark Croghan Mark Duane Croghan was a track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase. He's a three-time Olympian and a four-time USA outdoor champion.-Achievements:-References:*...		8:19.98	Q
	1	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari is a Saudi Arabian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He has won five medals from the Asian Championships, three from the Pan Arab Championships and a gold medal from the 1997 Asian Cross Country Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres -...		8:20.18	Q
	1	Mark Ostendarp Mark Ostendarp Mark Ostendarp is a retired German runner, who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase....		8:20.40	Q, PB
	1	Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion...		8:20.76	Q
	2	Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi is an Italian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his later career he also took up half marathon and marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:20.82	Q
	1	Hicham Bouaouiche Hicham Bouaouiche Hicham Bouaouiche is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished eleventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, fifth at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, and eleventh in the Grand Prix Final the same year...		8:20.88	Q
	1	Elarbi Khattabi Elarbi Khattabi Elarbi Khattabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross-country running.He was born in Casablanca...		8:20.94	Q, SB
10	1	Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy is an athlete from Fræna in Norway who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:21.16	q
11	2	Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami is a Moroccan athlete who had set two world records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 7:55.28 and 7:53.17. The latter was overturned because he tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO...		8:21.99	Q
12	2	Florin Ionescu		8:22.35	q, SB
13	2	Michael Buchleitner Michael Buchleitner Michael Buchleitner is an Austrian long-distance runner.Up to 1999 he specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships and competed without reaching the final in 1997 and 1999. He did, however, achieve a personal best time of 8:20.04 minutes at the...		8:26.22
14	1	Vladimir Pronin		8:29.39
15	1	Ramiro Morán		8:31.73
16	1	Rafał Wójcik		8:33.28
17	2	Wander Moura Wander Moura Wander do Prado Moura is a retired long-distance runner from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina...		8:35.01
18	2	Stathis Stasi		8:35.73
19	2	Marcel Laros		8:36.12
20	2	Adam Dobrzyński		8:38.58
21	1	Simon Vroemen Simon Vroemen Simon Frans Vroemen is a Dutch runner, specialising in the steeplechase.Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the Wageningen University. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers...		8:48.66
22	2	Robert Hough	United Kingdom	8:59.24

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kosgei Kipketer is a Kenyan born Danish former middle distance runner. He holds the current indoor world records at the 1000 and 800 metres distance. While dominating the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time...		8:05.84
	Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion...		8:06.04
	Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai is an athlete from Kenya. He specialised in steeplechase running but is nowadays a marathoner.He set the new 3000 metres steeplechase world record of 7:55.72 on August 24, 1997 in Cologne. The record was broken by Brahim Boulami from Morocco in 2001...		8:06.04
	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari is a Saudi Arabian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He has won five medals from the Asian Championships, three from the Pan Arab Championships and a gold medal from the 1997 Asian Cross Country Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres -...		8:13.87
	Hicham Bouaouiche Hicham Bouaouiche Hicham Bouaouiche is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished eleventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, fifth at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, and eleventh in the Grand Prix Final the same year...		8:14.04
	Mark Croghan Mark Croghan Mark Duane Croghan was a track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase. He's a three-time Olympian and a four-time USA outdoor champion.-Achievements:-References:*...		8:14.09
	Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy is an athlete from Fræna in Norway who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:14.80	NR Norwegian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Norway maintained by its national athletics federation: Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratifiedOT = oversized track...
	Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi is an Italian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his later career he also took up half marathon and marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:16.01	SB
	Mark Ostendarp Mark Ostendarp Mark Ostendarp is a retired German runner, who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase....		8:18.49	PB
10	Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami is a Moroccan athlete who had set two world records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 7:55.28 and 7:53.17. The latter was overturned because he tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO...		8:23.34
11	Elarbi Khattabi Elarbi Khattabi Elarbi Khattabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross-country running.He was born in Casablanca...		8:29.43
12	Florin Ionescu		8:39.67