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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date3 – 7 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationEstadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants32 from 23 countries

By now the Kenyans were established the dominant nation in the steeplechase. Though their distance runners were excellent at all distances, this seemed to be the race they had chosen as “their own.” Kenyans had won the last two Olympic gold medals, and won in 1968-72, won four of the last five Commonwealth Games, and in 1991 Moses Kiptanui had won the World Championships, his first of three consecutive. But Kiptanui seemed off form in 1992 and was not chosen for the Kenyan steeplechase team at Barcelona, after finishing fourth at the Kenyan Olympic Trials. Offered a chance to run in the Olympics because of his dominance, he demurred rather than bumping the third-place finisher, his friend, William Mutwol. Kiptanui’s absence mattered little as Kenya achieved their first medal sweep in the steeplechase. The race was won by Matthew Birir, the World Junior Champion and junior world record holder. He, Patrick Sang, and Mutwol were chased on the last lap by Italy’s Alessandro Lambruschini but he fell off the pace at the water jump. Birir finished easily in the lead, turning his head several times on the final straight to check his position. This was the third medal sweep in the steeplechase, having been achieved in 1928 by Finland and 1948 by Sweden. A few weeks after the Olympics, Moses Kiptanui broke the world record, running 8:02.08 at the Weltklasse Meet in Zürich.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1SFFinal
11107Matthew BirirKEN8:23.22 (1 h2)8:25.55 (1 h1)8:08.84 (1)Gold
21138Patrick SangKEN8:27.01 (1 h3)8:26.46 (3 h1)8:09.55 (2)Silver
31133William MutwolKEN8:26.23 (1 h1)8:19.83 (1 h2)8:10.74 (3)Bronze
41009Alessandro LambruschiniITA8:29.64 (5 h3)8:23.56 (4 h2)8:15.52 (4)
5787Steffen BrandGER8:30.03 (4 h1)8:26.12 (2 h1)8:16.60 (5)
6717Tom HanlonGBR8:27.46 (2 h3)8:26.91 (5 h1)8:18.14 (6)
71688Brian DiemerUSA8:28.88 (2 h1)8:23.30 (3 h2)8:18.77 (7)
86Azzedine BrahmiALG8:28.01 (4 h2)8:25.85 (5 h2)8:20.71 (8)
91828William Van DijckBEL8:27.23 (3 h2)8:26.70 (4 h1)8:22.51 (9)
101210El-Arbi KhattabiMAR8:28.50 (6 h2)8:27.00 (6 h2)8:23.82 (10)
11146Clodoaldo LopesBRA8:26.31 (2 h2)8:20.46 (2 h2)8:25.92 (11)
121662Ricardo VeraURU8:27.71 (3 h3)8:27.46 (6 h1)8:26.35 (12)
7 h1 r2/31682Mark CroghanUSA8:28.15 (4 h3)8:30.15 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/3506Vladimir GolyasEUN8:32.49 (5 h1)8:30.26 (7 h2)
8 h1 r2/3694Tom BucknerGBR8:28.36 (5 h2)8:32.89 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/3765Colin WalkerGBR8:29.34 (3 h1)8:34.82 (8 h2)
9 h1 r2/3594Ville HautalaFIN8:34.10 (7 h1)8:33.69 (9 h1)
9 h2 r2/31157Mohamed Barak Al-DosariKSA8:36.73 (9 h2)8:36.38 (9 h2)
10 h1 r2/31402João JunqueiraPOR8:32.68 (8 h3)8:39.17 (10 h1)
10 h2 r2/31476Whaddon NiewoudtRSA8:30.61 (7 h3)8:37.99 (10 h2)
11 h1 r2/31733Danny LopezUSA8:29.01 (7 h2)8:41.28 (11 h1)
11 h2 r2/3829Hagen MelzerGER8:31.89 (8 h2)8:38.07 (11 h2)
12 h1 r2/3643Joseph MahmoudFRA8:30.54 (6 h3)8:52.00 (12 h1)
12 h2 r2/3617Thierry BrusseauFRA8:33.10 (6 h1)8:42.48 (12 h2)
8 h1 r1/31830Michael BuchleitnerAUT8:40.46 (8 h1)
9 h1 r1/3215Graeme FellCAN8:50.87 (9 h1)
9 h3 r1/3945Sayed Hamid SajjadiIRI8:36.87 (9 h3)
10 h1 r1/3585Davendra Prakash SinghFIJ9:07.49 (10 h1)
10 h2 r1/3518Ivan KonovalovEUN8:58.04 (10 h2)
10 h3 r1/325Marcelo CascabeloARG8:38.89 (10 h3)
11 h2 r1/31352Héctor BegeoPHI9:14.48 (11 h2)
11 h3 r1/31439Jamal Abdi HassanQAT8:54.98 (11 h3)
DNS1213Abdel Aziz SahèreMAR– (DNS h1)

Round One (3 August 1992)

Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-final.

Heat One (20:45)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
16William MutwolKEN8:26.23Q
23Brian DiemerUSA8:28.88Q
37Colin WalkerGBR8:29.34Q
410Steffen BrandGER8:30.03Q
59Vladimir GolyasEUN8:32.49Q
61Thierry BrusseauFRA8:33.10Q
72Ville HautalaFIN8:34.10q
88Michael BuchleitnerAUT8:40.46
94Graeme FellCAN8:50.87
105Davendra Prakash SinghFIJ9:07.49
DNS11Abdel Aziz SahèreMAR

Splits

1000m2:53.64Steffen Brand
2000m5:37.17Colin Walker

Heat Two (20:59)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
16Matthew BirirKEN8:23.22Q
29Clodoaldo LopesBRA8:26.31Q
311William Van DijckBEL8:27.23Q
42Azzedine BrahmiALG8:28.01Q
57Tom BucknerGBR8:28.36Q
610El-Arbi KhattabiMAR8:28.50Q
71Danny LopezUSA8:29.01q
88Hagen MelzerGER8:31.89q
94Mohamed Barak Al-DosariKSA8:36.73q
103Ivan KonovalovEUN8:58.04
115Héctor BegeoPHI9:14.48

Splits

1000m2:52.36William Van Dijck
2000m5:42.82Matthew Birir

Heat Three (21:13)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
13Patrick SangKEN8:27.01Q
25Tom HanlonGBR8:27.46Q
34Ricardo VeraURU8:27.71Q
49Mark CroghanUSA8:28.15Q
51Alessandro LambruschiniITA8:29.64Q
62Joseph MahmoudFRA8:30.54Q
76Whaddon NiewoudtRSA8:30.61q
88João JunqueiraPOR8:32.68q
910Sayed Hamid SajjadiIRI8:36.87
1011Marcelo CascabeloARG8:38.89
117Jamal Abdi HassanQAT8:54.98

Splits

1000m2:50.24Tom Hanlon
2000m5:39.00Tom Hanlon

Semi-Finals (5 August 1992)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:00)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
12Matthew BirirKEN8:25.55Q
27Steffen BrandGER8:26.12Q
36Patrick SangKEN8:26.46Q
48William Van DijckBEL8:26.70Q
51Tom HanlonGBR8:26.91Q
63Ricardo VeraURU8:27.46q
711Mark CroghanUSA8:30.15
810Tom BucknerGBR8:32.89
95Ville HautalaFIN8:33.69
104João JunqueiraPOR8:39.17
119Danny LopezUSA8:41.28
1212Joseph MahmoudFRA8:52.00

Splits

1000m2:58.25João Junqueira
2000m5:47.03Steffen Brand

Heat Two (20:12)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
14William MutwolKEN8:19.83Q
29Clodoaldo LopesBRA8:20.46Q
31Brian DiemerUSA8:23.30Q
412Alessandro LambruschiniITA8:23.56Q
55Azzedine BrahmiALG8:25.85Q
62El-Arbi KhattabiMAR8:27.00q
711Vladimir GolyasEUN8:30.26
88Colin WalkerGBR8:34.82
96Mohamed Barak Al-DosariKSA8:36.38
103Whaddon NiewoudtRSA8:37.99
1110Hagen MelzerGER8:38.07
127Thierry BrusseauFRA8:42.48

Splits

1000m2:41.33El-Arbi Khattabi
2000m5:29.08El-Arbi Khattabi

Final (7 August 1992 — 21:05)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
11Matthew BirirKEN8:08.84
28Patrick SangKEN8:09.55
39William MutwolKEN8:10.74
411Alessandro LambruschiniITA8:15.52
57Steffen BrandGER8:16.60
65Tom HanlonGBR8:18.14
710Brian DiemerUSA8:18.77
82Azzedine BrahmiALG8:20.71
912William Van DijckBEL8:22.51
104El-Arbi KhattabiMAR8:23.82
116Clodoaldo LopesBRA8:25.92
123Ricardo VeraURU8:26.35

Splits

1000m2:44.86William Mutwol
2000m5:31.86William Mutwol