2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July.[1] Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.

Medalists

GoldFrance Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
France (FRA)
SilverFrance Bouabdellah Tahri
France (FRA)
BronzeMoldova Ion Luchianov
Moldova (MDA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:01.18 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
Championship record  Francesco Panetta (ITA) 8:12.66 Split, Yugoslavia 30 August 1990
World Leading  Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) 8:00.90 Saint-Denis, France 16 July 2010
European Leading  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:03.72 Metz, France 29 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 July 201011:40Round 1
1 August 201020:15Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA)8:30.11Q
DQIldar Minshin Russia (RUS)8:30.14 Q, Doping
DQJosé Luis Blanco Spain (ESP)8:30.53 Q, Doping
2Steffen Uliczka Germany (GER)8:30.61Q
3Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Norway (NOR)8:30.91q
4Hubert Pokrop Poland (POL)8:32.77
5Krijn van Koolwyk Belgium (BEL)8:33.00
6Ángel Mullera Spain (ESP)8:37.38
7Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux France (FRA)8:38.33
8Pedro Ribeiro Portugal (POR)8:45.18
9Joonas Harjamäki Finland (FIN)8:47.25
10Pep Sansa Bullich Andorra (AND)9:24.39

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA)8:27.32Q
2Ion Luchianov Moldova (MDA)8:29.49Q
3Tomasz Szymkowiak Poland (POL)8:30.02Q
4Alberto Paulo Portugal (POR)8:30.26Q
5Boštjan Buč Slovenia (SLO)8:31.08q, SB
6Eliseo Martín Spain (ESP)8:31.71q
7Andrey Farnosov Russia (RUS)8:31.88q
8Mustafa Mohamed Sweden (SWE)8:32.05
9Janne Ukonmaanaho Finland (FIN)8:33.48PB
10Martin Pröll Austria (AUT)8:41.63
11Mário Teixeira Portugal (POR)8:42.53
Pieter Desmet Belgium (BEL)DNF

Summary

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA)8:27.32Q
22Ion Luchianov Moldova (MDA)8:29.49Q
32Tomasz Szymkowiak Poland (POL)8:30.02Q
41Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA)8:30.11Q
DQ1Ildar Minshin Russia (RUS)8:30.14 Q, Doping
52Alberto Paulo Portugal (POR)8:30.26Q
DQ1José Luis Blanco Spain (ESP)8:30.53 Q, Doping
61Steffen Uliczka Germany (GER)8:30.61Q
71Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Norway (NOR)8:30.91q
82Boštjan Buč Slovenia (SLO)8:31.08q, SB
92Eliseo Martín Spain (ESP)8:31.71q
102Andrey Farnosov Russia (RUS)8:31.88q
112Mustafa Mohamed Sweden (SWE)8:32.05
121Hubert Pokrop Poland (POL)8:32.77
131Krijn van Koolwyk Belgium (BEL)8:33.00
142Janne Ukonmaanaho Finland (FIN)8:33.48PB
151Ángel Mullera Spain (ESP)8:37.38
161Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux France (FRA)8:38.33
172Martin Pröll Austria (AUT)8:41.63
182Mário Teixeira Portugal (POR)8:42.53
191Pedro Ribeiro Portugal (POR)8:45.18
201Joonas Harjamäki Finland (FIN)8:47.25
211Pep Sansa Bullich Andorra (AND)9:24.39
2Pieter Desmet Belgium (BEL)DNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA)8:07.87CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA)8:09.28
DQJosé Luis Blanco Spain (ESP)8:19.15 Doping
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Ion Luchianov Moldova (MDA)8:19.64SB
4Tomasz Szymkowiak Poland (POL)8:23.37
DQIldar Minshin Russia (RUS)8:24.87Doping
5Steffen Uliczka Germany (GER)8:25.39PB
6Eliseo Martín Spain (ESP)8:27.49
7Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Norway (NOR)8:27.89SB
8Alberto Paulo Portugal (POR)8:28.08
9Andrey Farnosov Russia (RUS)8:37.52
10Boštjan Buč Slovenia (SLO)8:48.83

References

  1. ↑ IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
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