Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Dates | 6 August 1984 (round one) 8 August 1984 (semi-finals) 10 August 1984 (final) |
Competitors | 35 from 25 nations |
Medalists | |
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 35 competitors, with three qualifying heats (35 runners) and two semifinals (24) before the final (12) took place.[1]
Summary
During the first lap of the race, a bandit rushed the track, joining the race over the first water jump. He managed to sprint past security over the next barrier and beyond before being tackled. On the second lap, he managed to get free again for a few moments before finally being dragged away.
"They've got all sorts of security at these games, designed to prevent anything from nuclear attack to germ warfare. But the odd idiot is a real problem."
Shortly after the second lap began, Peter Renner assumed the lead, followed by Kenyan Julius duo of Julius Korir and Julius Kariuki. Henry Marsh was typically as much as 20 metres back off the pace. Renner opened up several metres on the Kenyans but with two laps to go, the field began bunching behind Renner with Brian Diemer, Joseph Mahmoud, Colin Reitz and Marsh back in the fold, all getting ready to pounce. Just before the bell, Renner started to fall back. Korir accelerated and Marsh was the first to follow, Diemer was next to catch up, followed by Mahmoud. Through the final turn, Marsh looked like the only one still with any shot at Korir, but he was still losing ground. Marsh was unable to make any headway as Mahmoud passed in on the outside, with Korir taking the final barrier as a hurdler and sprinting to victory. Mahmoud sprinted away to the silver medal while Diemer challenged Marsh on the outside. Diemer got the edge on Marsh with 10 metres to go, with the beaten Marsh just striding the final few steps over the line.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Henry Rono (KEN) | 8:05.4 | Seattle, United States | 13 May 1978 |
Olympic record | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Gärderud (SWE) | 8:08.02 | Montreal, Canada | 28 July 1976 |
Schedule
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase took place over three separate days. All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 6 August 1984 | 18:25 | Round One |
Wednesday, 8 August 1984 | 20:00 | Semi-finals |
Friday, 10 August 1984 | 19:10 | Final |
Results
Heats
Note: Top six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Brian Diemer | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:25.92 | Q |
2 | Domingo Ramón | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 8:26.04 | Q |
3 | Féthi Baccouche | File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia | 8:27.49 | Q |
4 | William Van Dijck | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 8:29.68 | Q |
5 | Emilio Ulloa | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 8:29.71 | Q |
6 | Pascal Debacker | File:Flag of France.svg France | 8:30.35 | Q |
7 | Paul Davies-Hale | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:31.97 | q |
8 | Francesco Panetta | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 8:37.05 | q |
9 | Kip Rono | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:41.75 | |
10 | Pedro Cáceres | File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina | 8:50.02 | |
11 | Emmanuel M'Pioh | File:Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg Republic of the Congo | 9:05.58 | NR |
12 | Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary | File:Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg Oman | 10:22.56 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Julius Korir | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:29.08 | Q |
2 | Roger Hackney | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:30.31 | Q |
3 | Joseph Mahmoud | File:Flag of France.svg France | 8:30.85 | Q |
4 | Hans Koeleman | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 8:31.34 | Q |
5 | Greg Duhaime | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:31.54 | Q |
6 | Carmelo Ríos | File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico | 8:31.88 | Q |
7 | Franco Boffi | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 8:32.26 | q |
8 | John Gregorek | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:38.43 | q |
9 | Juan José Torres | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 8:40.76 | |
10 | Hector Begeo | File:Flag of the Philippines (1936–1985, 1986–1998).svg Philippines | 8:53.70 | |
11 | Hugo Allan García | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala | 9:02.41 | |
12 | Ramón López | File:Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay | 9:36.36 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Julius Kariuki | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:19.45 | Q |
2 | Peter Renner | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 8:22.95 | Q |
3 | Peter Daenens | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 8:28.26 | Q |
4 | Henry Marsh | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:29.23 | Q |
5 | Colin Reitz | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:29.33 | Q |
6 | Tommy Ekblom | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 8:29.45 | Q |
7 | Filippos Filippou | File:Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus | 8:30.09 | q |
8 | Liam O'Brien | File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland | 8:31.89 | q |
9 | Yehuda Zadok | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 8:42.28 | |
10 | Kim Ju-ryong | File:Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg South Korea | 8:43.50 | |
11 | Albert Marie | File:Flag of Seychelles (1977–1996).svg Seychelles | 9:32.30 | |
— | Filbert Bayi | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | — | DNS |
Semi-finals
Note: Top five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Semi-final 1
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Domingo Ramón | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 8:19.08 | Q |
2 | Pascal Debacker | File:Flag of France.svg France | 8:20.34 | Q |
3 | Tommy Ekblom | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 8:20.54 | Q |
4 | Henry Marsh | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:20.57 | Q |
5 | Roger Hackney | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:20.77 | Q |
6 | Julius Kariuki | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:21.07 | q |
7 | William Van Dijck | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 8:23.08 | |
8 | Paul Davies-Hale | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:26.15 | |
9 | Greg Duhaime | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:26.32 | |
10 | Franco Boffi | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 8:30.82 | |
11 | Liam O'Brien | File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland | 8:34.90 | |
12 | Filippos Filippou | File:Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus | 8:39.47 |
Semi-final 2
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Julius Korir | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:17.40 | Q |
2 | Peter Renner | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 8:18.12 | Q |
3 | Brian Diemer | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:18.36 | Q |
4 | Colin Reitz | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:18.62 | Q |
5 | Joseph Mahmoud | File:Flag of France.svg France | 8:18.62 | Q |
6 | Féthi Baccouche | File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia | 8:18.70 | q |
7 | Peter Daenens | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 8:21.77 | |
8 | Emilio Ulloa | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 8:28.99 | |
9 | Francesco Panetta | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 8:31.24 | |
10 | Hans Koeleman | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 8:32.29 | |
11 | John Gregorek | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:38.19 | |
12 | Carmelo Ríos | File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico | 8:44.70 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1st place, gold medalist(s) | Julius Korir | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:11.80 | |
2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Joseph Mahmoud | File:Flag of France.svg France | 8:13.31 | |
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Brian Diemer | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:14.06 | |
4 | Henry Marsh | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:14.25 | |
5 | Colin Reitz | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:15.48 | |
6 | Domingo Ramón | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 8:17.27 | |
7 | Julius Kariuki | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:17.47 | |
8 | Pascal Debacker | File:Flag of France.svg France | 8:21.51 | |
9 | Tommy Ekblom | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 8:23.95 | |
10 | Roger Hackney | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 8:27.10 | |
11 | Peter Renner | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 8:29.81 | |
12 | Féthi Baccouche | File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia | 8:43.40 |
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Les Croupiers running club - Old forum - the Boat Race".
External links
- Event overview at Olympedia.org