Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 1, 1960 (heats) September 3, 1960 (final)
Competitors	32 from 20 nations
Winning time	8:34.30 OR
Medalists
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak  Poland Nikolay Sokolov  Soviet Union Semyon Rzhishchin  Soviet Union

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3.

Results

Heats

The fastest three steeplechasers in each of the three heats advanced to the final round. Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:43.56
2	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	8:48.77
3	Hans Hüneke	United Team of Germany	8:50.59
4	Georgios Papavasileiou	Greece	8:51.46
5	Phil Coleman	United States	8:56.72
6	Vlastimil Brlica	Czechoslovakia	9:00.07
7	Attila Simon	Hungary	9:02.79
8	Guy Texereau	France	9:04.23
9	Walter Kammermann	Switzerland	9:11.8
10	Eric Shirley	Great Britain	9:14.8
11	Joaquim Ferreira	Portugal	9:30.2

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:49.92
2	Ludwig Müller	United Team of Germany	8:49.86
3	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	8:50.19
4	George Young	United States	8:50.93
5	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	8:53.01
6	Dave Chapman	Great Britain	8:53.24
7	Pentti Karvonen	Finland	9:04.91
8	José Fernández	Spain	9:12.8
9	Mubarak Shah	Pakistan	9:20.0
10	Alfredo Tinoco	Mexico	9:38.0

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:48.11
2	Deacon Jones	United States	8:49.32
3	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:49.52
4	Hermann Buhl	United Team of Germany	8:49.56
5	Lage Tedenby	Sweden	8:52.94
6	Franc Hafner	Yugoslavia	8:55.68
7	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	9:06.68
8	Michael Palmer	Great Britain	9:10.68
9	Gerhart Hecker	Hungary	9:12.4
10	Cahit Önel	Turkey	9:14.6
11	Mohamed Lahcen	Morocco	9:29.4

Final

3000 m steeplechase final. Sokolov (#570) is in the lead, chased by Roelants (#242), Rzhishchin (#568) and Konov. Jones (#420) is on the left

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:34.30	OR
	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:36.55
	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:42.34
4	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:47.45
5	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	8:58.87
6	Ludwig Müller	United Team of Germany	9:01.57
7	Deacon Jones	United States	9:18.22
8	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	9:18.23
-	Hans Hüneke	United Team of Germany		DNF

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish