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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date	26 – 31 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	31 from 18 countries

In 1978 Henry Rono (KEN) had a superb summer in which he broke world records for the steeplechase, 5K,10K, and 3,000 metres, and won the Commonwealth Games steeplechase gold medal. He would have been heavily favored but was injured in the Olympic year. The silver medalist from 1976, Poland’s Bronisław Malinowski, was back and had won the 1974 and 1978 European Championships and was likely the favorite. But he had been beaten in July by Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi who had moved up to this event from the 1,500/mile. Bayi, a noted front runner, took the lead from the start and was on world record pace thru two kilometres. He had a 30-metre lead on Malinowski by then, but the Pole slowly closed the gap, coming to five metres back at the bell. Malinowski took the lead over the water jump on the final lap and won quite easily, Bayi hanging on for the silver medal. This was the last time the steeplechase was not won by a Kenyan, thru at least 2016..

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	539	Bronisław Malinowski	POL	8:29.8 (1 h2)	8:21.2 (1 h2)	8:09.7 (1)	Gold
2	642	Filbert Bayi	TAN	8:21.4 (1 h1)	8:16.2 (1 h1)	8:12.5 (2)	Silver
3	187	Eshetu Tura	ETH	8:23.8 (2 h1)	8:16.2 (2 h1)	8:13.6 (3)	Bronze
4	161	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8:31.9 (1 h3)	8:22.0 (2 h2)	8:15.8 (4)
5	163	Francisco Sánchez	ESP	8:27.5 (5 h1)	8:19.0 (4 h1)	8:18.0 (5)
6	427	Giuseppe Gerbi	ITA	8:37.1 (6 h3)	8:27.2 (5 h2)	8:18.5 (6)
7	540	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:24.0 (3 h1)	8:18.8 (3 h1)	8:19.5 (7)
8	697	Anatoly Dimov	URS	8:33.2 (2 h3)	8:24.9 (5 h1)	8:19.8 (8)
9	565	Vasile Bichea	ROU	8:35.4 (3 h3)	8:24.3 (3 h2)	8:23.9 (9)
10	662	Dušan Moravčík	TCH	8:33.4 (2 h2)	8:28.0 (6 h2)	8:29.1 (10)
11	3	Lahcen Babaci	ALG	8:38.7 (7 h3)	8:25.5 (6 h1)	8:31.8 (11)
12	196	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	8:27.8 (6 h1)	8:24.3 (4 h2)	8:40.9 (12)
7 h1 r2/3	439	Roberto Volpi	ITA	8:35.6 (5 h2)	8:29.7 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	264	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:36.4 (5 h3)	8:29.2 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	280	Colin Reitz	GBR	8:35.3 (4 h2)	8:29.8 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	189	Hailu Wolde-Tsadik	ETH	8:41.0 (8 h3)	8:35.0 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r2/3	554	Krzysztof Wesołowski	POL	8:35.6 (4 h3)	8:33.1 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r2/3	744	Aleksandr Vorobey	URS	8:42.6 (7 h1)	8:44.3 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r2/3	206	Vesa Laukkanen	FIN	8:38.4 (6 h2)	8:33.3 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r2/3	27	Wolfgang Konrad	AUT	8:25.0 (4 h1)	8:51.6 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r2/3	566	Paul Copu	ROU	8:45.6 (7 h2)	8:45.0 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r2/3	286	Tony Staynings	GBR	8:47.5 (8 h1)	8:52.3 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r2/3	93	Stanimir Nenov	BUL	8:43.8 (9 h3)	8:50.2 (12 h1)	–
AC h2 r2/3	721	Sergey Olizarenko	URS	8:34.2 (3 h2)	– (DNF h2)	–
8 h2 r1/3	188	Girma Wolde-Hana	ETH	8:54.6 (8 h2)	–	–
9 h1 r1/3	572	Nicolae Voicu	ROU	8:49.0 (9 h1)	–	–
9 h2 r1/3	322	Ralf Pönitzsch	GDR	8:56.5 (9 h2)	–	–
10 h1 r1/3	621	Anders Carlson	SWE	9:01.8 (10 h1)	–	–
10 h2 r1/3	636	Abdul Karim Joumaa	SYR	9:29.4 (10 h2)	–	–
10 h3 r1/3	587	Albert Marie	SEY	9:19.7 (10 h3)	–	–
AC h2 r1/3	561	José Sena	POR	– (DNF h2)	–	–
DNS	203	Tapio Kantanen	FIN	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	26 July 1980 — 18:20
Format	Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	642	Filbert Bayi	TAN	8:21.38	8:21.4	Q
2	187	Eshetu Tura	ETH	8:23.73	8:23.8	Q
3	540	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:23.92	8:24.0	Q
4	27	Wolfgang Konrad	AUT	8:24.92	8:25.0	Q
5	163	Francisco Sánchez	ESP	8:27.50	8:27.5	Q
6	196	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	8:27.80	8:27.8	Q
7	539	Bronisław Malinowski	POL	8:29.80	8:29.8	Q
8	161	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8:31.81	8:31.9	Q
9	697	Anatoly Dimov	URS	8:33.18	8:33.2	Q
10	662	Dušan Moravčík	TCH	8:33.31	8:33.4	Q
11	721	Sergey Olizarenko	URS	8:34.20	8:34.2	Q
12	280	Colin Reitz	GBR	8:35.21	8:35.3	Q
13	565	Vasile Bichea	ROU	8:35.35	8:35.4	Q
14	439	Roberto Volpi	ITA	8:35.53	8:35.6	Q
15	554	Krzysztof Wesołowski	POL	8:35.58	8:35.6	Q
16	264	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:36.34	8:36.4	Q
17	427	Giuseppe Gerbi	ITA	8:37.03	8:37.1	Q
18	206	Vesa Laukkanen	FIN	8:38.33	8:38.4	Q
19	3	Lahcen Babaci	ALG	8:38.68	8:38.7	q
20	189	Hailu Wolde-Tsadik	ETH	8:40.98	8:41.0	q
21	744	Aleksandr Vorobey	URS	8:42.59	8:42.6	q
22	93	Stanimir Nenov	BUL	8:43.77	8:43.8	q
23	566	Paul Copu	ROU	8:45.54	8:45.6	q
24	286	Tony Staynings	GBR	8:47.42	8:47.5	q
25	572	Nicolae Voicu	ROU	8:48.97	8:49.0
26	188	Girma Wolde-Hana	ETH	8:54.60	8:54.6
27	322	Ralf Pönitzsch	GDR	8:56.45	8:56.5
28	621	Anders Carlson	SWE	9:01.77	9:01.8
29	587	Albert Marie	SEY	9:19.62	9:19.7
30	636	Abdul Karim Joumaa	SYR	9:29.38	9:29.4
DNF	561	José Sena	POR	–	–
DNS	203	Tapio Kantanen	FIN	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	642	Filbert Bayi	TAN	8:21.4	8:21.38	Q
2	187	Eshetu Tura	ETH	8:23.8	8:23.73	Q
3	540	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:24.0	8:23.92	Q
4	27	Wolfgang Konrad	AUT	8:25.0	8:24.92	Q
5	163	Francisco Sánchez	ESP	8:27.5	8:27.50	Q
6	196	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	8:27.8	8:27.80	Q
7	744	Aleksandr Vorobey	URS	8:42.6	8:42.59	q
8	286	Tony Staynings	GBR	8:47.5	8:47.42	q
9	572	Nicolae Voicu	ROU	8:49.0	8:48.97
10	621	Anders Carlson	SWE	9:01.8	9:01.77

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Filbert Bayi		2:40.7
2000m	Filbert Bayi		5:28.0

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	539	Bronisław Malinowski	POL	8:29.8	8:29.80	Q
2	662	Dušan Moravčík	TCH	8:33.4	8:33.31	Q
3	721	Sergey Olizarenko	URS	8:34.2	8:34.20	Q
4	280	Colin Reitz	GBR	8:35.3	8:35.21	Q
5	439	Roberto Volpi	ITA	8:35.6	8:35.53	Q
6	206	Vesa Laukkanen	FIN	8:38.4	8:38.33	Q
7	566	Paul Copu	ROU	8:45.6	8:45.54	q
8	188	Girma Wolde-Hana	ETH	8:54.6	8:54.60
9	322	Ralf Pönitzsch	GDR	8:56.5	8:56.45
10	636	Abdul Karim Joumaa	SYR	9:29.4	9:29.38
DNF	561	José Sena	POR	–	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	José Sena		2:47.5
2000m	Bronisław Malinowski		5:39.4

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	161	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8:31.9	8:31.81	Q
2	697	Anatoly Dimov	URS	8:33.2	8:33.18	Q
3	565	Vasile Bichea	ROU	8:35.4	8:35.35	Q
4	554	Krzysztof Wesołowski	POL	8:35.6	8:35.58	Q
5	264	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:36.4	8:36.34	Q
6	427	Giuseppe Gerbi	ITA	8:37.1	8:37.03	Q
7	3	Lahcen Babaci	ALG	8:38.7	8:38.68	q
8	189	Hailu Wolde-Tsadik	ETH	8:41.0	8:40.98	q
9	93	Stanimir Nenov	BUL	8:43.8	8:43.77	q
10	587	Albert Marie	SEY	9:19.7	9:19.62
DNS	203	Tapio Kantanen	FIN	–	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Domingo Ramón		2:57.3
2000m	Krzysztof Wesołowski		5:44.1

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1980 — 20:35
Format	Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	642	Filbert Bayi	TAN	8:16.11	8:16.2	Q
2	187	Eshetu Tura	ETH	8:16.17	8:16.2	Q
3	540	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:18.78	8:18.8	Q
4	163	Francisco Sánchez	ESP	8:18.96	8:19.0	Q
5	539	Bronisław Malinowski	POL	8:21.15	8:21.2	Q
6	161	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8:21.94	8:22.0	Q
7	565	Vasile Bichea	ROU	8:24.23	8:24.3	Q
8	196	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	8:24.29	8:24.3	Q
9	697	Anatoly Dimov	URS	8:24.81	8:24.9	q
10	3	Lahcen Babaci	ALG	8:25.47	8:25.5	q
11	427	Giuseppe Gerbi	ITA	8:27.19	8:27.2	q
12	662	Dušan Moravčík	TCH	8:28.00	8:28.0	q
13	264	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:29.18	8:29.2
14	439	Roberto Volpi	ITA	8:29.70	8:29.7
15	280	Colin Reitz	GBR	8:29.75	8:29.8
16	554	Krzysztof Wesołowski	POL	8:33.02	8:33.1
17	206	Vesa Laukkanen	FIN	8:33.30	8:33.3
18	189	Hailu Wolde-Tsadik	ETH	8:34.94	8:35.0
19	744	Aleksandr Vorobey	URS	8:44.24	8:44.3
20	566	Paul Copu	ROU	8:44.91	8:45.0
21	93	Stanimir Nenov	BUL	8:50.17	8:50.2
22	27	Wolfgang Konrad	AUT	8:51.59	8:51.6
23	286	Tony Staynings	GBR	8:52.30	8:52.3
DNF	721	Sergey Olizarenko	URS	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	642	Filbert Bayi	TAN	8:16.2	8:16.11	Q
2	187	Eshetu Tura	ETH	8:16.2	8:16.17	Q
3	540	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:18.8	8:18.78	Q
4	163	Francisco Sánchez	ESP	8:19.0	8:18.96	Q
5	697	Anatoly Dimov	URS	8:24.9	8:24.81	q
6	3	Lahcen Babaci	ALG	8:25.5	8:25.47	q
7	439	Roberto Volpi	ITA	8:29.7	8:29.70
8	280	Colin Reitz	GBR	8:29.8	8:29.75
9	554	Krzysztof Wesołowski	POL	8:33.1	8:33.02
10	206	Vesa Laukkanen	FIN	8:33.3	8:33.30
11	566	Paul Copu	ROU	8:45.0	8:44.91
12	93	Stanimir Nenov	BUL	8:50.2	8:50.17

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Filbert Bayi		2:41.6
2000m	Filbert Bayi		5:26.7

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	539	Bronisław Malinowski	POL	8:21.2	8:21.15	Q
2	161	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8:22.0	8:21.94	Q
3	565	Vasile Bichea	ROU	8:24.3	8:24.23	Q
4	196	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	8:24.3	8:24.29	Q
5	427	Giuseppe Gerbi	ITA	8:27.2	8:27.19	q
6	662	Dušan Moravčík	TCH	8:28.0	8:28.00	q
7	264	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:29.2	8:29.18
8	189	Hailu Wolde-Tsadik	ETH	8:35.0	8:34.94
9	744	Aleksandr Vorobey	URS	8:44.3	8:44.24
10	27	Wolfgang Konrad	AUT	8:51.6	8:51.59
11	286	Tony Staynings	GBR	8:52.3	8:52.30
DNF	721	Sergey Olizarenko	URS	–	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Bronisław Malinowski		2:47.5
2000m	Bronisław Malinowski		5:34.4

Final Round

Date	31 July 1980 — 19:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	539	Bronisław Malinowski	POL	8:09.7	8:09.70
2	642	Filbert Bayi	TAN	8:12.5	8:12.48
3	187	Eshetu Tura	ETH	8:13.6	8:13.57
4	161	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8:15.8	8:15.74
5	163	Francisco Sánchez	ESP	8:18.0	8:17.93
6	427	Giuseppe Gerbi	ITA	8:18.5	8:18.47
7	540	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:19.5	8:19.43
8	697	Anatoly Dimov	URS	8:19.8	8:19.75
9	565	Vasile Bichea	ROU	8:23.9	8:23.86
10	662	Dušan Moravčík	TCH	8:29.1	8:29.03
11	3	Lahcen Babaci	ALG	8:31.8	8:31.80
12	196	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	8:40.9	8:40.86

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Filbert Bayi		2:38.8
2000m	Filbert Bayi		5:20.3