Medalists

Gold	Saif Saaeed Shaheen Saif Saaeed Shaheen Saif Saaeed Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono is a steeplechase runner now representing Qatar. He currently holds the world record for 3000 metre steeplechase. His older brother Abraham Cherono is also a steeplechase runner.He was the 1999 World Youth Champion in the steeplechase and set a world... Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...  (QAT)
Silver	Ezekiel Kemboi Ezekiel Kemboi Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships and the 2011 World Championships. He became African Junior Champion in 2001 and came to prominence with a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games... 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	Brimin Kipruto Brimin Kipruto Brimin Kipruto is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Korkitony, Keiyo District... 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)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time
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  Qualification Round
  Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3
  07.08.2005 – 13:50h	07.08.2005 – 14:04h	07.08.2005 – 14:18h
  Final
  09.08.2005 – 21:20h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in minute
  Minute
  A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units...
  
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  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Startlist

Heat 1

1. Saif Saaeed Shaheen
   Saif Saaeed Shaheen
   Saif Saaeed Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono is a steeplechase runner now representing Qatar. He currently holds the world record for 3000 metre steeplechase. His older brother Abraham Cherono is also a steeplechase runner.He was the 1999 World Youth Champion in the steeplechase and set a world...
   
   , Qatar
   Qatar
   Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
   
    8:11.79 Q
2. Ezekiel Kemboi
   Ezekiel Kemboi
   Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships and the 2011 World Championships. He became African Junior Champion in 2001 and came to prominence with a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games...
   
   , 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...
   
    8:11.90 Q
3. 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...
   
   , Netherlands
   Netherlands
   The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
   
    8:13.08 Q (SB)
4. Günther Weidlinger
   Günther Weidlinger
   Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon....
   
   , Austria
   Austria
   Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
   
    8:15.91 q
5. Luis Miguel Martín
   Luis Miguel Martín
   Luis Miguel Martín is a Spanish long-distance runner. He specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He took up the event in 1998.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:36.11 min...
   
   , Spain
   Spain
   Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
   
    8:17.47 q
6. Mustafa Mohamed
   Mustafa Mohamed
   Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...
   
   , Sweden
   Sweden
   Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
   
    8:18.18 q
7. Gaël Pencreach, France
   France
   The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
   
    8:23.96
8. Radoslaw Poplawski
   Radoslaw Poplawski
   Radosław Popławski is a Polish long-distance runner.He finished 6th in the 3000m steeplechase final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was also a finalist in the same event 2004 Olympics, where he set his personal best to finish 12th.-Achievements:-External links:...
   
   , Poland
   Poland
   Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
   
    8:29.85
9. Ion Luchianov
   Ion Luchianov
   Ion Luchianov is a male steeplechaser from Moldova. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he finished ninth in his heat of the 3000 metre steeplechase therefore missing out on a place in the final...
   
   , Moldova
   Moldova
   Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
   
    8:32.09 (SB)
10. Steve Slattery, United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
    
     8:36.01
11. Alexander Greaux, Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
    
     8:39.91
12. Boštjan Buc
    Boštjan Buc
    Boštjan Buč is a track and field athlete from Slovenia, competing in the middle-distance events. He is the current Slovenian record holder in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase, clocking 8:16.96 on June 12, 2003 at a meet in Ostrava. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
    
    , Slovenia
    Slovenia
    Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
    
     8:40.81
13. Pieter Desmet, Belgium
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
    
     8:48.05

Heat 2

1. Paul Kipsiele Koech
   Paul Kipsiele Koech
   Paul Kipsiele Koech is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the 2004 Olympic bronze medal in this event....
   
   , Kenya 8:16.42 Q
2. Musa Amer Obaid
   Musa Amer Obaid
   Musa Amer Obaid is a middle distance runner mainly competing in steeplechase. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents Qatar after changing nationality from his birth country Kenya...
   
   , Qatar 8:16.53 Q
3. Antonio David Jiménez
   Antonio David Jiménez
   Antonio David Jiménez Pentinel is a Spanish long-distance runner.He won the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
   
   , Spain 8:16.72 Q
4. Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:18.31 q
5. Tareq Mubarak Taher
   Tareq Mubarak Taher
   Tareq Mubarak Taher, born as Dennis Kipkurui Sang , is a middle distance runner who represents Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. His special distance is the 3000 metres steeplechase...
   
   , Bahrain
   Bahrain
   ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
   
    8:21.68 q
6. Anthony Famiglietti
   Anthony Famiglietti
   Anthony Famiglietti is an American track and field athlete who competes professionally for Reckless Running. He was formerly sponsored by Adidas. He has competed for the U.S...
   
   , United States 8:21.84
7. Jukka Keskisalo
   Jukka Keskisalo
   Jukka Pekka Sakari Keskisalo is a Finnish athlete competing in 3000 m steeplechase and 1500 m. He won 3000 m steeplechase at the European Championships in Gothenburg, 2006.-Career:...
   
   , Finland
   Finland
   Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
   
    8:25.14 (SB)
8. Tewodros Shiferaw, Ethiopia
   Ethiopia
   Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
   
    8:27.06 (SB)
9. Hamid Ezzine
   Hamid Ezzine
   Hamid Ezzine is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is currently under suspension for a doping-related offense....
   
   , Morocco
   Morocco
   Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
   
    8:27.07
10. Yoshitaka Iwamizu
    Yoshitaka Iwamizu
    is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Korea and finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris...
    
    , Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
    
     8:28.73
11. Peter Nowill, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
    
     8:35.35
12. Andrey Olshanskiy, Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
    
     8:54.04
    • Jakub Czaja, Poland DNF

Heat 3

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...
   
   , Morocco 8:19.54 Q
2. Brimin Kipruto
   Brimin Kipruto
   Brimin Kipruto is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Korkitony, Keiyo District...
   
   , Kenya 8:19.90 Q
3. José Luis Blanco
   José Luis Blanco
   José Luis Blanco is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 3000 metres steeplechase....
   
   , Spain 8:21.04 Q (SB)
4. Daniel Lincoln
   Daniel Lincoln
   Daniel Lincoln is a world-class American track and field athlete and the American record holder in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Education:...
   
   , United States 8:21.39 q
5. Halil Akkaş
   Halil Akkas
   Halil Akkaş is a Turkish middle distance runner. He was born in Kütahya.He won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games...
   
   , Turkey
   Turkey
   Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
   
    8:26.35
6. Ruben Ramolefi
   Ruben Ramolefi
   Ruben Ramolefi is a South African runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and is currently the South African record holder in 3000 metres steeplechase...
   
   , South Africa
   South Africa
   The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
   
    8:28.12
7. Krijn van Koolwijk, Belgium 8:28.92
8. Vincent Le Dauphin, France 8:30.42
9. Moustafa Ahmed Shebto
   Moustafa Ahmed Shebto
   Moustafa Ahmed Shebto is a long distance runner now representing Qatar. Shebto was recruited along with other African runners.His special distance is 3000 metres steeplechase, a distance in which he competed at the 2005 World Championships.-External links:...
   
   , Qatar 8:33.00 (SB)
10. Martin Pröll, Austria 8:33.70
11. Vadym Slobodenyuk, Ukraine
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
    
     8:35.73
12. Roman Usov, Russia 8:36.30
13. Andrew Lemoncello
    Andrew Lemoncello
    Andrew Lemoncello is a Scottish long distance runner who competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and the marathon events. He won a team junior gold medal at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and won a scholarship to attend Florida State University in 2004...
    
    , Great Britain
    Great Britain
    Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
    
     8:40.29
14. Matthew Kerr, Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
    
     8:41.20

Final

1. Saif Saaeed Shaheen
   Saif Saaeed Shaheen
   Saif Saaeed Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono is a steeplechase runner now representing Qatar. He currently holds the world record for 3000 metre steeplechase. His older brother Abraham Cherono is also a steeplechase runner.He was the 1999 World Youth Champion in the steeplechase and set a world...
   
   , Qatar 8:13.31
2. Ezekiel Kemboi
   Ezekiel Kemboi
   Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships and the 2011 World Championships. He became African Junior Champion in 2001 and came to prominence with a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games...
   
   , Kenya 8:14.95
3. Brimin Kipruto
   Brimin Kipruto
   Brimin Kipruto is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Korkitony, Keiyo District...
   
   , Kenya 8:15.30
4. 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...
   
   , Morocco 8:15.32
5. 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...
   
   , Netherlands 8:16.76
6. Antonio David Jiménez
   Antonio David Jiménez
   Antonio David Jiménez Pentinel is a Spanish long-distance runner.He won the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
   
   , Spain 8:17.69
7. Paul Kipsiele Koech
   Paul Kipsiele Koech
   Paul Kipsiele Koech is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the 2004 Olympic bronze medal in this event....
   
   , Kenya 8:19.14
8. Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:19.96
9. Musa Amer Obaid
   Musa Amer Obaid
   Musa Amer Obaid is a middle distance runner mainly competing in steeplechase. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents Qatar after changing nationality from his birth country Kenya...
   
   , Qatar 8:20.22
10. Mustafa Mohamed
    Mustafa Mohamed
    Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...
    
    , Sweden 8:20.26
11. Luis Miguel Martín
    Luis Miguel Martín
    Luis Miguel Martín is a Spanish long-distance runner. He specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He took up the event in 1998.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:36.11 min...
    
    , Spain 8:22.13
12. Günther Weidlinger
    Günther Weidlinger
    Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon....
    
    , Austria 8:22.84
13. Daniel Lincoln
    Daniel Lincoln
    Daniel Lincoln is a world-class American track and field athlete and the American record holder in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Education:...
    
    , United States 8:23.89
14. José Luis Blanco
    José Luis Blanco
    José Luis Blanco is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 3000 metres steeplechase....
    
    , Spain 8:24.62
15. Tareq Mubarak Taher
    Tareq Mubarak Taher
    Tareq Mubarak Taher, born as Dennis Kipkurui Sang , is a middle distance runner who represents Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. His special distance is the 3000 metres steeplechase...
    
    , Bahrain 8:37.62

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