Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8:05.35	Peter Koech Peter Koech Peter Koech is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters steeplechase event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He held the world record in this event for over three years, running 8:05.35 in 1989...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... (SWE 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.... )	July 3, 1989
Olympic Record	8:05.51	Julius Kariuki Julius Kariuki Julius Kariuki was the winner of the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Born in Nyahururu, Kenya, Kariuki's athletic career started slowly...	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... (KOR South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... )	September 30, 1988

Final

Held on August 7, 1992

RANK FINAL TIME
8:08.84
8:09.55
8:10.74
4. 8:15.52
5. 8:16.60
6. 8:18.14
7. 8:18.77
8. 8:20.71
9. 8:22.51
10. 8:23.82
11. 8:25.92
12. 8:26.35

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		8:08.84
		8:09.55
		8:10.74
4.		8:15.52
5.		8:16.60
6.		8:18.14
7.		8:18.77
8.		8:20.71
9.		8:22.51
10.		8:23.82
11.		8:25.92
12.		8:26.35

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		8:25.55
2.		8:26.12
3.		8:26.46
4.		8:26.70
5.		8:26.91
6.		8:27.46
7.		8:30.15
8.		8:32.89
9.		8:33.69
10.		8:39.17
11.		8:41.28
12.		8:52.00

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		8:19.83
2.		8:20.46
3.		8:23.30
4.		8:23.56
5.		8:25.85
6.		8:27.00
7.		8:30.26
8.		8:34.82
9.		8:36.38
10.		8:37.99
11.		8:38.07
12.		8:42.48

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		8:26.23
2.		8:28.88
3.		8:29.34
4.		8:30.03
5.		8:32.49
6.		8:33.10
7.		8:34.10
8.		8:40.46
9.		8:50.87
10.		9:07.49
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		8:23.22
2.		8:26.31
3.		8:27.23
4.		8:28.01
5.		8:28.36
6.		8:28.50
7.		8:29.01
8.		8:31.89
9.		8:36.73
10.		8:58.04
11.		9:14.48

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		8:27.01
2.		8:27.46
3.		8:27.71
4.		8:28.15
5.		8:29.64
6.		8:30.54
7.		8:30.61
8.		8:32.68
9.		8:36.87
10.		8:38.89
11.		8:54.98

Medalists

Records

Final

Semifinals

Heats

See also