Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
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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 September & 7 September.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...
in Munich
Munich
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. The competition was held on 1 September & 7 September.
Heats
The top three runners in each of the four heats (blue), advanced to the final round.Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapio Kantanen Tapio Kantanen Tapio Kantanen was a Finnish athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000 metre steeple chase.He competed for Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event. He also competed in the 5,000 metres at Munich, but did not... |
8:24.8 | OR | |
| 2 | Kip Keino | 8:27.6 | ||
| 3 | Takaharu Koyama | 8:29.8 | ||
| 4 | Gheorghe Cefan | 8:33.8 | ||
| 5 | Andy Holden Andy Holden Andy Holden is a Welsh former football player. He had playing careers at Chester City, Wigan and Oldham Athletic and is the long-serving reserve team manager at Everton... |
8:33.8 | ||
| 6 | Toni Feldmann | 8:35.8 | ||
| 7 | Steve Savage | 8:39.0 | ||
| 8 | Gérard Buchheit | 8:41.2 | ||
| 9 | Filbert Bayi Filbert Bayi Filbert Bayi is a former Tanzanian middle-distance runner of the 1970s who set the world records for 1500 metres in 1974 and the mile in 1975... |
8:41.4 | ||
| 10 | Vitus Ashaba | 8:45.0 | ||
| 11 | Tadeusz Zieliński | 8:49.8 | ||
| 12 | Wigmar Pedersen | 9:03.0 | ||
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho is a former athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind his teammate Kipchoge Keino.Jipcho won the 5000 meters race in the 1973 All-Africa Games... |
8:31.6 | |
| 2 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | 8:31.8 | |
| 3 | Mikhail Zhelev | 8:35.8 | |
| 4 | Willi Maier | 8:37.6 | |
| 5 | Akira Takeuchi | 8:40.4 | |
| 6 | Sergey Skripka | 8:41.4 | |
| 7 | Jan Voje | 8:42.0 | |
| 8 | Hans Menet | 8:45.4 | |
| 9 | Eddie Leddy | 8:47.4 | |
| 10 | Kazimierz Maranda | 8:50.4 | |
| 11 | Esau Adenji | 9:34.4 | |
| 12 | Kerry O’Brien | DNF | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pekka Päivärinta Pekka Päivärinta Pekka Johannes Päivärinta is a former Finnish long-distance runner. He won men's senior race in the first World Championships of cross-country running in 1973. He competed in 1972 Olympics at 3000-meter steeplechase finishing 8th. In 1976 Olympics he competed in 5000 meters and finished 13th... |
8:29.0 | |
| 2 | Romualdas Bitė | 8:30.2 | |
| 3 | Jean-Paul Villain | 8:30.4 | |
| 4 | Josef Horčic | 8:30.6 | |
| 5 | Anders Gärderud Anders Gärderud Sven Anders Gärderud is a Swedish former athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1976 Summer Olympics.... |
8:30.8 | |
| 6 | Willi Wagner | 8:34.0 | |
| 7 | Paul Thijs | 8:35.0 | |
| 8 | John Bicourt | 8:38.8 | |
| 9 | Doug Brown | 8:41.2 | |
| 10 | Panagiotis Nakopoulos | 8:48.4 | |
| 11 | Yohannes Mohamed | 8:52.6 | |
| 12 | Robert Hackman | 8:57.6 | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amos Biwott Amos Biwott Amos Biwott is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1968 Summer Olympics.Born in Nandi, Kenya, Amos Biwott was the first of long line of Kenyan runners who had starred the 3000 m steeplechase ever since Biwott's surprising win at the Mexico City Olympics and pioneered... |
8:23.8 | OR | |
| 2 | Bronisław Malinowski | 8:28.2 | ||
| 3 | Dušan Moravčík | 8:33.4 | ||
| 4 | Steve Hollings | 8:35.0 | ||
| 5 | Franco Fava | 8:35.0 | ||
| 6 | Hans-Dieter Schulten | 8:39.8 | ||
| 7 | Boualem Rahoui Boualem Rahoui Boualem Rahoui is a retired Algerian long-distance runner. He specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.-Career:... |
8:41.0 | ||
| 8 | Spyridon Kontosoros | 8:41.0 | ||
| 9 | Georges Kaiser | 8:45.4 | ||
| 10 | Mike Manley | 8:50.4 | ||
| 11 | Sverre Sørnes | 8:54.8 | ||
| 12 | Usaia Sotutu Usaia Sotutu Usaia Naiteitei Sotutu is a former runner who represented Fiji at the 1972 Summer Olympics.- Personal life :... |
9:12.0 | ||
| 13 | Julio Quevedo Julio Quevedo Julio Faustino Quevedo Elias is a former Guatemalan athlete who competed in multiple Summer Olympics. At the 1968 and 1972 Summer Games, he participated in a total of six events. In 1968, he ran in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m steeplechase, and 5,000 m events... |
9:28.4 | ||
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kip Keino | 8:23.6 | OR | ||
| Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho Ben Jipcho is a former athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind his teammate Kipchoge Keino.Jipcho won the 5000 meters race in the 1973 All-Africa Games... |
8:24.6 | |||
| Tapio Kantanen Tapio Kantanen Tapio Kantanen was a Finnish athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000 metre steeple chase.He competed for Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event. He also competed in the 5,000 metres at Munich, but did not... |
8:24.8 | |||
| 4 | Bronisław Malinowski | 8:28.0 | ||
| 5 | Dušan Moravčík | 8:29.2 | ||
| 6 | Amos Biwott Amos Biwott Amos Biwott is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1968 Summer Olympics.Born in Nandi, Kenya, Amos Biwott was the first of long line of Kenyan runners who had starred the 3000 m steeplechase ever since Biwott's surprising win at the Mexico City Olympics and pioneered... |
8:33.6 | ||
| 7 | Romualdas Bitė | 8:34.6 | ||
| 8 | Pekka Päivärinta Pekka Päivärinta Pekka Johannes Päivärinta is a former Finnish long-distance runner. He won men's senior race in the first World Championships of cross-country running in 1973. He competed in 1972 Olympics at 3000-meter steeplechase finishing 8th. In 1976 Olympics he competed in 5000 meters and finished 13th... |
8:37.2 | ||
| 9 | Takaharu Koyama | 8:37.8 | ||
| 10 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | 8:41.0 | ||
| 11 | Jean-Paul Villain | 8:46.8 | ||
| 12 | Mikhail Zhelev | 9:02.6 | ||