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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date	1 – 3 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	32 from 20 countries

The favorite was Poland’s Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak who had set the world record of 8:31.4 in June 1960. That broke the mark of his countryman, Jerzy Chromik, who was the 1958 European Champion. Krzyszkowiak had won the 5K and 10K at that meet but had now turned to the steeplechase. In the final, Soviet Nikolay Sokolov led at the bell but was easily run down by Krzyszkowiak.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	525	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	POL	8:49.6 (1 h2)	8:34.2 (1)	Gold	OR
2	568	Nikolay Sokolov	URS	8:43.2 (1 h1)	8:36.4 (2)	Silver
3	569	Semyon Rzhishchin	URS	8:48.0 (1 h3)	8:42.2 (3)	Bronze
4	242	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:49.4 (3 h3)	8:47.6 (4)
5	350	Gunnar Tjörnebo	SWE	8:48.6 (2 h1)	8:58.6 (5)
6	286	Ludwig Müller	GER	8:49.6 (2 h2)	9:01.6 (6)
7	420	Deacon Jones	USA	8:49.2 (2 h3)	9:18.2 (7)
8	570	Aleksey Konov	URS	8:50.0 (3 h2)	9:18.2 (8)
AC r2/2	287	Hans Hüneke	GER	8:50.4 (3 h1)	– (DNF)
4 h1 r1/2	334	Georgios Papavasileiou	GRE	8:51.2 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r1/2	421	George Young	USA	8:50.8 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r1/2	288	Hermann Buhl	GER	8:49.6 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r1/2	419	Phil Coleman	USA	8:56.6 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r1/2	152	Bob Zháňal	TCH	8:52.8 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r1/2	349	Lage Tedenby	SWE	8:52.8 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r1/2	153	Vlastimil Brlica	TCH	8:59.8 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	645	Dave Chapman	GBR	8:53.0 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	318	Franc Hafner	YUG	8:55.4 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	200	Attila Simon	HUN	9:02.6 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	502	Pentti Karvonen	FIN	9:04.8 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	530	Jerzy Chromik	POL	9:06.2 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r1/2	478	Guy Texereau	FRA	9:03.8 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	456	José Fernández	ESP	9:12.8 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	647	Michael Palmer	GBR	9:10.4 (8 h3)	–
9 h1 r1/2	225	Walter Kammermann	SUI	9:11.8 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	121	Mubarak Shah	PAK	9:20.0 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	201	Gerhart Hecker	HUN	9:12.4 (9 h3)	–
10 h1 r1/2	646	Eric Shirley	GBR	9:14.8 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	257	Alfredo Tinoco	MEX	9:38.0 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	666	Cahit Önel	TUR	9:14.6 (10 h3)	–
11 h1 r1/2	105	Joaquim Ferreira	POR	9:30.2 (11 h1)	–
11 h3 r1/2	187	Mohamed Lahcen	MAR	9:29.4 (11 h3)	–
DNS	174	Balkrishan Singh	IND	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	91	Walter Steinbach	AUT	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	40	Sebastião Mendes	BRA	– (DNS h3)	–

Round One

Date	1 September 1960 — 17:50
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	568	Nikolay Sokolov	URS	8:43.56	8:43.2	Q
2	569	Semyon Rzhishchin	URS	8:48.11	8:48.0	Q
3	350	Gunnar Tjörnebo	SWE	8:48.77	8:48.6	Q
4	420	Deacon Jones	USA	8:49.32	8:49.2	Q
5	242	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:49.52	8:49.4	Q
6	288	Hermann Buhl	GER	8:49.56	8:49.6
7	286	Ludwig Müller	GER	8:49.86	8:49.6	Q	1
8	525	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	POL	8:49.92	8:49.6	Q	2
9	570	Aleksey Konov	URS	8:50.19	8:50.0	Q
10	287	Hans Hüneke	GER	8:50.59	8:50.4	Q
11	421	George Young	USA	8:50.93	8:50.8
12	334	Georgios Papavasileiou	GRE	8:51.46	8:51.2
13	349	Lage Tedenby	SWE	8:52.94	8:52.8
14	152	Bob Zháňal	TCH	8:53.01	8:52.8
15	645	Dave Chapman	GBR	8:53.24	8:53.0
16	318	Franc Hafner	YUG	8:55.68	8:55.4
17	419	Phil Coleman	USA	8:56.72	8:56.6
18	153	Vlastimil Brlica	TCH	9:00.07	8:59.8
19	200	Attila Simon	HUN	9:02.79	9:02.6
20	478	Guy Texereau	FRA	9:04.23	9:03.8
21	502	Pentti Karvonen	FIN	9:04.91	9:04.8
22	530	Jerzy Chromik	POL	9:06.68	9:06.2
23	647	Michael Palmer	GBR	9:10.68	9:10.4
24	225	Walter Kammermann	SUI	9:11.8	–
25	201	Gerhart Hecker	HUN	9:12.4	–
26	456	José Fernández	ESP	9:12.8	–
27	666	Cahit Önel	TUR	9:14.6	–
28	646	Eric Shirley	GBR	9:14.8	–
29	121	Mubarak Shah	PAK	9:20.0	–
30	187	Mohamed Lahcen	MAR	9:29.4	–
31	105	Joaquim Ferreira	POR	9:30.2	–
32	257	Alfredo Tinoco	MEX	9:38.0	–
DNS	174	Balkrishan Singh	IND	–	–
DNS	91	Walter Steinbach	AUT	–	–
DNS	40	Sebastião Mendes	BRA	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	568	Nikolay Sokolov	URS	8:43.2	8:43.56	Q
2	350	Gunnar Tjörnebo	SWE	8:48.6	8:48.77	Q
3	287	Hans Hüneke	GER	8:50.4	8:50.59	Q
4	334	Georgios Papavasileiou	GRE	8:51.2	8:51.46
5	419	Phil Coleman	USA	8:56.6	8:56.72
6	153	Vlastimil Brlica	TCH	8:59.8	9:00.07
7	200	Attila Simon	HUN	9:02.6	9:02.79
8	478	Guy Texereau	FRA	9:03.8	9:04.23
9	225	Walter Kammermann	SUI	9:11.8	–
10	646	Eric Shirley	GBR	9:14.8	–
11	105	Joaquim Ferreira	POR	9:30.2	–
DNS	174	Balkrishan Singh	IND	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	525	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	POL	8:49.6	8:49.92	Q	3
2	286	Ludwig Müller	GER	8:49.6	8:49.86	Q	4
3	570	Aleksey Konov	URS	8:50.0	8:50.19	Q
4	421	George Young	USA	8:50.8	8:50.93
5	152	Bob Zháňal	TCH	8:52.8	8:53.01
6	645	Dave Chapman	GBR	8:53.0	8:53.24
7	502	Pentti Karvonen	FIN	9:04.8	9:04.91
8	456	José Fernández	ESP	9:12.8	–
9	121	Mubarak Shah	PAK	9:20.0	–
10	257	Alfredo Tinoco	MEX	9:38.0	–
DNS	91	Walter Steinbach	AUT	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	569	Semyon Rzhishchin	URS	8:48.0	8:48.11	Q
2	420	Deacon Jones	USA	8:49.2	8:49.32	Q
3	242	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:49.4	8:49.52	Q
4	288	Hermann Buhl	GER	8:49.6	8:49.56
5	349	Lage Tedenby	SWE	8:52.8	8:52.94
6	318	Franc Hafner	YUG	8:55.4	8:55.68
7	530	Jerzy Chromik	POL	9:06.2	9:06.68
8	647	Michael Palmer	GBR	9:10.4	9:10.68
9	201	Gerhart Hecker	HUN	9:12.4	–
10	666	Cahit Önel	TUR	9:14.6	–
11	187	Mohamed Lahcen	MAR	9:29.4	–
DNS	40	Sebastião Mendes	BRA	–	–

Final Round

Date	3 September 1960 — 16:50

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	525	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	POL	8:34.2	8:34.30	OR
2	568	Nikolay Sokolov	URS	8:36.4	8:36.55
3	569	Semyon Rzhishchin	URS	8:42.2	8:42.34
4	242	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:47.6	8:47.85
5	350	Gunnar Tjörnebo	SWE	8:58.6	8:58.87
6	286	Ludwig Müller	GER	9:01.6	9:01.57
7	420	Deacon Jones	USA	9:18.2	9:18.22
8	570	Aleksey Konov	URS	9:18.2	9:18.23
DNF	287	Hans Hüneke	GER	–	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	–		2:45.0
2000m	–		5:45.8