Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

These are the official results of the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The competition was held on July 25, 1976, and on July 28, 1976.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 25-28
Competitors24 from 16 nations
Winning time8:08,0
Medalists
Anders Gärderud
 Sweden
Bronisław Malinowski
 Poland
Frank Baumgartl
 East Germany
Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record 8:09.70 Anders Gärderud Stockholm (SWE) July 1, 1975
Olympic Record 8:23.64 Kipchoge Keino Munich (FRG) September 7, 1972

Final
  • Held on July 28, 1976
RANK FINAL TIME
 Anders Gärderud (SWE) 8:08.02 (WR)
 Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:09.11
 Frank Baumgartl (GDR) 8:10.36
4.  Tapio Kantanen (FIN) 8:12.60
5.  Michael Karst (FRG) 8:20.14
6.  Euan Robertson (NZL) 8:21.08
7.  Dan Glans (SWE) 8:21.53
8.  Antonio Campos (ESP) 8:22.65
9.  Dennis Coates (GBR) 8:22.99
10.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:23.99
11.  Tony Staynings (GBR) 8:33.66
12.  Ismo Toukonen (FIN) 8:42.74

Heats
  • Held on July 25, 1976
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:18.56 OR
2.  Frank Baumgartl (GDR) 8:21.25
3.  Anders Gärderud (SWE) 8:21.43
4.  Antonio Campos (ESP) 8:24.53
5.  Ismo Toukonen (FIN) 8:27.96
6.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:31.46
7.  Jean-Paul Villain (FRA) 8:35.03
8.  John Bicourt (GBR) 8:35.71
9.  Willi Maier (FRG) 8:44.82
10.  Peter Larkins (AUS) 8:46.89
11.  Ágúst Ásgeirsson (ISL) 8:53.95
—  Gerd Frähmcke (FRG) DNF


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Dennis Coates (GBR) 8:18.95
2.  Tapio Kantanen (FIN) 8:20.82
3.  Dan Glans (SWE) 8:23.73
4.  Michael Karst (FRG) 8:25.02
5.  Euan Robertson (NZL) 8:26.31
6.  Tony Staynings (GBR) 8:29.21
7.  Paul Thijs (BEL) 8:31.55
8.  Doug Brown (USA) 8:33.25
9.  Takaharu Koyama (JPN) 8:37.28
10.  Mike Roche (USA) 8:37.36
11.  Dušan Moravčík (TCH) 8:41.95
12.  Gheorghe Cefan (ROM) 8:57.22

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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