Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Lenin Stadium
Date 30–31 July
Competitors 32 from 18 nations
Winning time 8:09.7
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bronislaw Malinowski
 Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Filbert Bayi
 Tanzania
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Eshetu Tura
 Ethiopia

The Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entrylist of 32 competitors, with three qualifying heats (32 runners) and two semifinals (24) before the final (12) took place on Thursday 31 July 1980.[1]

Former Mile and 1500 world record holder Filbert Bayi and Eshetu Tura battled at the front throughout the race. Bayi finally broke Tura on the last lap and was going on to victory. Bronisław Malinowski had stayed out of the battle, marking the leaders from about fourth place. As was his usual tactic, Malinowski launched into a sprint that is similar to the tactics used decades later by Ezekiel Kemboi, sprinting past Bayi over the water jump. The battle worn Bayi had no answer, just managing to stay ahead of Tura and the rest of the field. Malinowski was killed in a car accident a little over a year later.

Medalists

GoldBronisław Malinowski
 Poland
SilverFilbert Bayi
 Tanzania
BronzeEshetu Tura
 Ethiopia

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:09.7
 Filbert Bayi (TAN) 8:12.5
 Eshetu Tura (ETH) 8:13.6
4.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:15.8
5.  Francisco Sánchez (ESP) 8:18.0
6.  Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA) 8:18.5
7.  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:19.5
8.  Anatoliy Dimov (URS) 8:19.8
9.  Vasile Bichea (ROU) 8:23.9
10.  Dušan Moravčík (TCH) 8:29.1
11.  Lahcene Babaci (ALG) 8:31.8
12.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:40.9

Semi-Finals

  • Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final


RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Filbert Bayi (TAN) 8:16.2
2.  Eshetu Tura (ETH) 8:16.2
3.  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:18.8
4.  Francisco Sánchez (ESP) 8:19.0
5.  Anatoliy Dimov (URS) 8:24.9
6.  Lahcen Babaci (ALG) 8:25.5
7.  Roberto Volpi (ITA) 8:29.7
8.  Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:29.8
9.  Krzysztof Wesołowski (POL) 8:33.1
10.  Vesa Laukkanen (FIN) 8:33.3
11.  Paul Copu (ROU) 8:45.0
12.  Stanimir Nenov (BUL) 8:50.2


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:21.2
2.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:22.0
3.  Vasile Bichea (ROU) 8:24.3
4.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:24.3
5.  Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA) 8:27.2
6.  Dušan Moravčík (TCH) 8:28.0
7.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:29.2
8.  Hailu Wolde-Tsadik (ETH) 8:35.0
9.  Aleksandr Vorobey (URS) 8:44.3
10.  Wolfgang Konrad (AUT) 8:51.6
11.  Tony Staynings (GBR) 8:52.3
—  Serhiy Olizarenko (URS) DNF

Qualifying heats

  • Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semifinals


RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Filbert Bayi (TAN) 8:21.4
2.  Eshetu Tura (ETH) 8:23.8
3.  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:24.0
4.  Wolfgang Konrad (AUT) 8:25.0
5.  Francisco Sánchez (ESP) 8:27.5
6.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:27.8
7.  Aleksandr Vorobey (URS) 8:42.6
8.  Tony Staynings (GBR) 8:47.5
9.  Nicolae Voicu (ROU) 8:49.0
10.  Anders Carlson (SWE) 9:01.8


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:29.8
2.  Dušan Moravčík (TCH) 8:33.4
3.  Serhiy Olizarenko (URS) 8:34.2
4.  Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:35.3
5.  Roberto Volpi (ITA) 8:35.6
6.  Vesa Laukkanen (FIN) 8:38.4
7.  Paul Copu (ROU) 8:45.6
8.  Girma Wolde-Hana (ETH) 8:54.6
9.  Ralf Pönitzsch (GDR) 8:56.5
10.  Abdul Karim Joumaa (SYR) 9:29.4
—  José Sena (POR) DNF


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:31.9
2.  Anatoly Dimov (URS) 8:33.2
3.  Vasile Bichea (ROU) 8:35.4
4.  Krzysztof Wesołowski (POL) 8:35.6
5.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:36.4
6.  Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA) 8:37.1
7.  Lahcen Babaci (ALG) 8:38.7
8.  Hailu Wolde-Tsadik (ETH) 8:41.0
9.  Stanimir Nenov (BUL) 8:43.8
10.  Albert Marie (SEY) 9:19.7

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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