2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Brimin Kipruto
 Kenya
Ezekiel Kemboi
 Kenya
Richard Mateelong
 Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Championship record  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 8:04.16 Gothenburg, Sweden 11 August 1995
World leading  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 7:59.42 Stockholm, Sweden 7 August 2007

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 26, 200710:00Heats
August 28, 200720:55Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified WRWorld record ARArea record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Tareq Mubarak Taher Bahrain8:19.99Q
21Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco8:20.03Q
31Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya8:20.08Q
41Bouabdellah Tahri France8:20.09q
51Abubaker Ali Kamal Qatar8:21.20q, SB
63Brimin Kipruto Kenya8:21.93Q
73Halil Akkaş Turkey8:22.37Q
83Mustafa Mohamed Sweden8:22.80Q
93Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Saudi Arabia8:23.61q, SB
103Gary Roba Ethiopia8:23.98q
111Eliseo Martín Spain8:24.49q
123José Luis Blanco Spain8:25.00q
133Filmon Ghirmai Germany8:25.17
143Boštjan Buč Slovenia8:26.42SB
153Krijn van Koolwijk Belgium8:29.18
162Richard Mateelong Kenya8:29.49Q
172Nahom Mesfin Tariku Ethiopia8:29.57Q
182Brahim Taleb Morocco8:29.64Q
192Mircea Bogdan Romania8:30.07
203Aaron Aguayo United States8:30.86
212Joshua McAdams United States8:32.46
222Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France8:33.11
231Rabia Makhloufi Algeria8:33.88
241Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Norway8:34.84
253Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux France8:36.05
262Yoshitaka Iwamizu Japan8:36.73
271Ruben Ramolefi South Africa8:39.50
281Benjamin Kiplagat Uganda8:40.65
292Zakrya Ali Kamil Qatar8:41.81
302Itai Maggidi Israel8:43.00
312Antonio David Jiménez Spain8:50.41
321Henrik Skoog Sweden8:51.61
332Pieter Desmet Belgium8:55.99
341Tom Brooks United States8:56.20
353Andrew Lemoncello United Kingdom8:58.93
362Youcef Abdi Australia9:51.33
1Günther Weidlinger AustriaDNF
3Hamid Ezzine MoroccoDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Brimin Kipruto Kenya8:13.82
2nd, silver medalist(s)Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya8:16.94
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Richard Mateelong Kenya8:17.59
4Mustafa Mohamed Sweden8:19.82
5Bouabdellah Tahri France8:20.27
6Halil Akkaş Turkey8:22.51
7Eliseo Martín Spain8:22.91SB
8Tareq Mubarak Taher Bahrain8:22.95
9Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco8:24.18
10Gary Roba Ethiopia8:25.93
11Abubaker Ali Kamal Qatar8:26.90
12Nahom Mesfin Tariku Ethiopia8:28.86
Brahim Taleb MoroccoDSQ
José Luis Blanco SpainDSQ
Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Saudi ArabiaDNF

References

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