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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date1 – 3 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationStadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants32 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.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1Final
1525Zdzisław KrzyszkowiakPOL8:49.6 (1 h2)8:34.2 (1)GoldOR
2568Nikolay SokolovURS8:43.2 (1 h1)8:36.4 (2)Silver
3569Semyon RzhishchinURS8:48.0 (1 h3)8:42.2 (3)Bronze
4242Gaston RoelantsBEL8:49.4 (3 h3)8:47.6 (4)
5350Gunnar TjörneboSWE8:48.6 (2 h1)8:58.6 (5)
6286Ludwig MüllerGER8:49.6 (2 h2)9:01.6 (6)
7420Deacon JonesUSA8:49.2 (2 h3)9:18.2 (7)
8570Aleksey KonovURS8:50.0 (3 h2)9:18.2 (8)
AC r2/2287Hans HünekeGER8:50.4 (3 h1)– (DNF)
4 h1 r1/2334Georgios PapavasileiouGRE8:51.2 (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/2421George YoungUSA8:50.8 (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/2288Hermann BuhlGER8:49.6 (4 h3)
5 h1 r1/2419Phil ColemanUSA8:56.6 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/2152Bob ZháňalTCH8:52.8 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/2349Lage TedenbySWE8:52.8 (5 h3)
6 h1 r1/2153Vlastimil BrlicaTCH8:59.8 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/2645Dave ChapmanGBR8:53.0 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/2318Franc HafnerYUG8:55.4 (6 h3)
7 h1 r1/2200Attila SimonHUN9:02.6 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/2502Pentti KarvonenFIN9:04.8 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/2530Jerzy ChromikPOL9:06.2 (7 h3)
8 h1 r1/2478Guy TexereauFRA9:03.8 (8 h1)
8 h2 r1/2456José FernándezESP9:12.8 (8 h2)
8 h3 r1/2647Michael PalmerGBR9:10.4 (8 h3)
9 h1 r1/2225Walter KammermannSUI9:11.8 (9 h1)
9 h2 r1/2121Mubarak ShahPAK9:20.0 (9 h2)
9 h3 r1/2201Gerhart HeckerHUN9:12.4 (9 h3)
10 h1 r1/2646Eric ShirleyGBR9:14.8 (10 h1)
10 h2 r1/2257Alfredo TinocoMEX9:38.0 (10 h2)
10 h3 r1/2666Cahit ÖnelTUR9:14.6 (10 h3)
11 h1 r1/2105Joaquim FerreiraPOR9:30.2 (11 h1)
11 h3 r1/2187Mohamed LahcenMAR9:29.4 (11 h3)
DNS174Balkrishan SinghIND– (DNS h1)
DNS91Walter SteinbachAUT– (DNS h2)
DNS40Sebastião MendesBRA– (DNS h3)

Round One (1 September 1960 — 17:50)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
12Nikolay SokolovURS8:43.28:43.56Q
211Gunnar TjörneboSWE8:48.68:48.77Q
312Hans HünekeGER8:50.48:50.59Q
49Georgios PapavasileiouGRE8:51.28:51.46
510Phil ColemanUSA8:56.68:56.72
67Vlastimil BrlicaTCH8:59.89:00.07
73Attila SimonHUN9:02.69:02.79
86Guy TexereauFRA9:03.89:04.23
98Walter KammermannSUI9:11.8
104Eric ShirleyGBR9:14.8
115Joaquim FerreiraPOR9:30.2
DNS1Balkrishan SinghIND

Heat Two

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
18Zdzisław KrzyszkowiakPOL8:49.68:49.92Q1
23Ludwig MüllerGER8:49.68:49.86Q2
32Aleksey KonovURS8:50.08:50.19Q
45George YoungUSA8:50.88:50.93
57Bob ZháňalTCH8:52.88:53.01
610Dave ChapmanGBR8:53.08:53.24
71Pentti KarvonenFIN9:04.89:04.91
811José FernándezESP9:12.8
99Mubarak ShahPAK9:20.0
106Alfredo TinocoMEX9:38.0
DNS4Walter SteinbachAUT

Heat Three

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
13Semyon RzhishchinURS8:48.08:48.11Q
22Deacon JonesUSA8:49.28:49.32Q
36Gaston RoelantsBEL8:49.48:49.52Q
47Hermann BuhlGER8:49.68:49.56
512Lage TedenbySWE8:52.88:52.94
65Franc HafnerYUG8:55.48:55.68
71Jerzy ChromikPOL9:06.29:06.68
811Michael PalmerGBR9:10.49:10.68
98Gerhart HeckerHUN9:12.4
104Cahit ÖnelTUR9:14.6
119Mohamed LahcenMAR9:29.4
DNS10Sebastião MendesBRA

Final (3 September 1960 — 16:50)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
12Zdzisław KrzyszkowiakPOL8:34.28:34.30OR
21Nikolay SokolovURS8:36.48:36.55
36Semyon RzhishchinURS8:42.28:42.34
44Gaston RoelantsBEL8:47.68:47.85
55Gunnar TjörneboSWE8:58.68:58.87
67Ludwig MüllerGER9:01.69:01.57
79Deacon JonesUSA9:18.29:18.22
88Aleksey KonovURS9:18.29:18.23
DNF3Hans HünekeGER

Splits

1000m2:45.0
2000m5:45.8