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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date	15 – 17 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	29 from 19 countries

Gaston Roelants (BEL) was favored, having won the 1962 European Championship and broken the world at a meet in Leuven, Belgium in September 1963, running 8:29.6. He had not been beaten in the event since 1961. He took the early lead in the final, leading by five metres at the first kilometer. The field closed slightly but he then surged and had a 12 metre lead after two kilometers. He was comfortably ahead by the last lap, and eased up but still won quite easily over Maurice Herriott (GBR) the silver medalist at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:33.8 (2 h3)	8:30.8 (1)	Gold	OR
2	173	Maurice Herriott	GBR	8:33.0 (1 h2)	8:32.4 (2)	Silver
3	663	Ivan Belyayev	URS	8:42.0 (2 h1)	8:33.8 (3)	Bronze
4	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	8:40.8 (1 h1)	8:36.2 (4)
5	730	George Young	USA	8:34.2 (3 h2)	8:38.2 (5)
6	133	Guy Texereau	FRA	8:34.6 (4 h2)	8:38.6 (6)
7	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	URS	8:31.8 (1 h3)	8:39.0 (7)
8	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	SWE	8:34.2 (2 h2)	8:41.8 (8)
9	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	8:42.8 (3 h1)	8:43.6 (9)
10	174	Ernie Pomfret	GBR	8:45.2 (3 h3)	8:43.8 (10)
4 h1 r1/2	731	Vic Zwolak	USA	8:43.6 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r1/2	729	Jeff Fishback	USA	8:50.2 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r1/2	803	Zenji Okuzawa	JPN	8:50.0 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r1/2	662	Lazar Naroditsky	URS	8:43.0 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r1/2	392	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	8:51.0 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r1/2	784	Slavko Špan	YUG	8:57.6 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	220	Alfred Döring	GER	8:43.2 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	221	Rainer Dörner	GER	8:55.0 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	294	József Mácsár	HUN	9:08.8 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	801	Taketsugu Saruwatari	JPN	8:46.6 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	290	Attila Simon	HUN	8:57.8 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r1/2	222	Dieter Hartmann	GER	9:09.2 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	502	Edward Szklarczyk	POL	8:48.0 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	16	Trevor Vincent	AUS	8:58.8 (8 h3)	–
9 h1 r1/2	370	Jean Toffey	CIV	9:47.4 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	617	Labidi Ayachi	TUN	9:02.0 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	802	Saburo Yokomizo	JPN	9:04.6 (9 h3)	–
10 h2 r1/2	624	Cahit Önel	TUR	9:15.6 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	419	Dilbagh Singh Kler	MAS	9:18.8 (10 h3)	–
DNS	567	Bengt Persson	SWE	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One

Date	15 October 1964 — 15:50
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (hand)
1	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	URS	8:31.8	QOR
2	173	Maurice Herriott	GBR	8:33.0	QOR
3	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:33.8	Q
4	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	SWE	8:34.2	Q
5	730	George Young	USA	8:34.2	Q
6	133	Guy Texereau	FRA	8:34.6	q
7	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	8:40.8	Q
8	663	Ivan Belyayev	URS	8:42.0	Q
9	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	8:42.8	Q
10	662	Lazar Naroditsky	URS	8:43.0
11	220	Alfred Döring	GER	8:43.2
12	731	Vic Zwolak	USA	8:43.6
13	174	Ernie Pomfret	GBR	8:45.2	Q
14	801	Taketsugu Saruwatari	JPN	8:46.6
15	502	Edward Szklarczyk	POL	8:48.0
16	803	Zenji Okuzawa	JPN	8:50.0
17	729	Jeff Fishback	USA	8:50.2
18	392	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	8:51.0
19	221	Rainer Dörner	GER	8:55.0
20	784	Slavko Špan	YUG	8:57.6
21	290	Attila Simon	HUN	8:57.8
22	16	Trevor Vincent	AUS	8:58.8
23	617	Labidi Ayachi	TUN	9:02.0
24	802	Saburo Yokomizo	JPN	9:04.6
25	294	József Mácsár	HUN	9:08.8
26	222	Dieter Hartmann	GER	9:09.2
27	624	Cahit Önel	TUR	9:15.6
28	419	Dilbagh Singh Kler	MAS	9:18.8
29	370	Jean Toffey	CIV	9:47.4
DNS	567	Bengt Persson	SWE	–

Heat #1

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	8:40.8	Q
2	663	Ivan Belyayev	URS	8:42.0	Q
3	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	8:42.8	Q
4	731	Vic Zwolak	USA	8:43.6
5	803	Zenji Okuzawa	JPN	8:50.0
6	784	Slavko Špan	YUG	8:57.6
7	294	József Mácsár	HUN	9:08.8
8	222	Dieter Hartmann	GER	9:09.2
9	370	Jean Toffey	CIV	9:47.4
DNS	567	Bengt Persson	SWE	–

Heat #2

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	173	Maurice Herriott	GBR	8:33.0	QOR
2	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	SWE	8:34.2	Q
3	730	George Young	USA	8:34.2	Q
4	133	Guy Texereau	FRA	8:34.6	q
5	662	Lazar Naroditsky	URS	8:43.0
6	220	Alfred Döring	GER	8:43.2
7	801	Taketsugu Saruwatari	JPN	8:46.6
8	502	Edward Szklarczyk	POL	8:48.0
9	617	Labidi Ayachi	TUN	9:02.0
10	624	Cahit Önel	TUR	9:15.6

Heat #3

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	URS	8:31.8	QOR
2	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:33.8	Q
3	174	Ernie Pomfret	GBR	8:45.2	Q
4	729	Jeff Fishback	USA	8:50.2
5	392	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	8:51.0
6	221	Rainer Dörner	GER	8:55.0
7	290	Attila Simon	HUN	8:57.8
8	16	Trevor Vincent	AUS	8:58.8
9	802	Saburo Yokomizo	JPN	9:04.6
10	419	Dilbagh Singh Kler	MAS	9:18.8

Final Round

Date	17 October 1964 — 16:50

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8:30.8	OR
2	173	Maurice Herriott	GBR	8:32.4
3	663	Ivan Belyayev	URS	8:33.8
4	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	8:36.2
5	730	George Young	USA	8:38.2
6	133	Guy Texereau	FRA	8:38.6
7	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	URS	8:39.0
8	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	SWE	8:41.8
9	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	8:43.6
10	174	Ernie Pomfret	GBR	8:43.8