Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 1 and 4 September.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date1 and 4 September 1972
Competitors49 from 29 nations
Winning time8:23.6 OR
Medalists
Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya
Ben Jipcho
 Kenya
Tapio Kantanen
 Finland

Heats

The top three runners in each of the four heats (blue), advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tapio Kantanen Finland8:24.8OR
2Kip Keino Kenya8:27.6
3Takaharu Koyama Japan8:29.8
4Gheorghe Cefan Romania8:33.8
5Andy Holden Great Britain8:33.8
6Toni Feldmann Switzerland8:35.8
7Steve Savage United States8:39.0
8Gérard Buchheit France8:41.2
9Filbert Bayi Tanzania8:41.4
10Vitus Ashaba Uganda8:45.0
11Tadeusz Zieliński Poland8:49.8
12Wigmar Pedersen Denmark9:03.0

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTime
1Ben Jipcho Kenya8:31.6
2Mikko Ala-Leppilampi Finland8:31.8
3Mikhail Zhelev Bulgaria8:35.8
4Willi Maier West Germany8:37.6
5Akira Takeuchi Japan8:40.4
6Sergey Skripka Soviet Union8:41.4
7Jan Voje Norway8:42.0
8Hans Menet Switzerland8:45.4
9Eddie Leddy Ireland8:47.4
10Kazimierz Maranda Poland8:50.4
11Esau Adenji Cameroon9:34.4
12Kerry O'Brien AustraliaDNF

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTime
1Pekka Päivärinta Finland8:29.0
2Romualdas Bitė Soviet Union8:30.2
3Jean-Paul Villain France8:30.4
4Josef Horčic Czechoslovakia8:30.6
5Anders Gärderud Sweden8:30.8
6Willi Wagner West Germany8:34.0
7Paul Thijs Belgium8:35.0
8John Bicourt Great Britain8:38.8
9Doug Brown United States8:41.2
10Panagiotis Nakopoulos Greece8:48.4
11Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia8:52.6
12Robert Hackman Ghana8:57.6

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Amos Biwott Kenya8:23.8OR
2Bronisław Malinowski Poland8:28.2
3Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia8:33.4
4Steve Hollings Great Britain8:35.0
5Franco Fava Italy8:35.0
6Hans-Dieter Schulten West Germany8:39.8
7Boualem Rahoui Algeria8:41.0
8Spyridon Kontosoros Greece8:41.0
9Georges Kaiser Switzerland8:45.4
10Mike Manley United States8:50.4
11Sverre Sørnes Norway8:54.8
12Usaia Sotutu Fiji9:12.0
13Julio Quevedo Guatemala9:28.4

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Kip Keino Kenya8:23.6OR
Ben Jipcho Kenya8:24.6
Tapio Kantanen Finland8:24.8
4Bronisław Malinowski Poland8:28.0
5Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia8:29.2
6Amos Biwott Kenya8:33.6
7Romualdas Bitė Soviet Union8:34.6
8Pekka Päivärinta Finland8:37.2
9Takaharu Koyama Japan8:37.8
10Mikko Ala-Leppilampi Finland8:41.0
11Jean-Paul Villain France8:46.8
12Mikhail Zhelev Bulgaria9:02.6

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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