Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Medalists
Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin    Qatar   Yoshitaka Iwamizu    Japan   Abubaker Ali Kamal    Qatar

Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10000 m	men	women
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	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 9 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Brahim Boulami (MAR)  Brahim Boulami (MAR)	7:53.17 7:55.28	Stockholm, Sweden Brussels, Belgium	16 August 2002 24 August 2001
Asian Record	Saad Al-Asmari (KSA)	8:08.14	Stockholm, Sweden	16 July 2002
Games Record	Sun Ripeng (CHN)	8:31.73	Hiroshima, Japan	14 October 1994

• Brahim Boulami's world record was rescinded in 2003.

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT)	8:30.52	GR
	Yoshitaka Iwamizu (JPN)	8:31.75
	Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT)	8:31.75
4	Wu Wen-chien (TPE)	8:34.76
5	Yasunori Uchitomi (JPN)	8:41.02
6	Huh In-ku (KOR)	8:58.91
7	Hassan Al-Asmari (KSA)	9:00.75
8	Madan Raj Giri (NEP)	9:22.17
9	Nozimjon Irmatov (TJK)	10:00.48
—	Eduardo Buenavista (PHI)	DNS

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 131
• Results