Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
|games = 1988 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Olympic Stadium
|date = 26 September 1988 (heats)
28 September 1988 (semi-finals)
30 September 1988 (final)
|competitors = 32
|nations = 24
|gold = Julius Kariuki
|goldNOC = KEN
|silver = Peter Koech
|silverNOC = KEN
|bronze = Mark Rowland
|bronzeNOC = GBR
|win_value = 8:05.51 {{OlyR|athletics}}
|longnames = yes
|prev = 1984
|next = 1992
}}
{{AthleticsAt1988SummerOlympics}}
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, had an entry list of 33 competitors, with three qualifying heats (33 runners) and two semifinals (26) before the final (13) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase |access-date=25 November 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
From the gun Francesco Panetta went out hard, at world record pace the first few laps. He was marked, a few metres back, by William Van Dijck with the rest of the field strung out behind. With about three laps to go, Kenyans Julius Kariuki and Peter Koech seemed to jog casually into position next to Van Dijck with Mark Rowland gamely holding on. From behind Alessandro Lambruschini and Patrick Sang rushed to catch up. With two laps to go, the Kenyan duo broke it open, with Panetta disappearing back into the field. Rowland was the only one to hang on to the Kenyans, who were looking around for the other challengers. With the three-man break clear and one lap to go, Kariuki departed from the team tactics and took off, opening up a 10-metre lead around the penultimate turn with Koech chasing. Kariuki took the water jump carefully; behind him, Koech hurdled the water pit and emphasized his separation on Rowland. Koech was able to make a little ground on Kariuki, but it was too little too late. Rowland had 20 metres on Lambruschini for bronze and a new British record. After the race, Rowland said "I just kept telling myself to dig, dig, dig—and I did it! I've got a bloody medal!"[http://blog.strava.com/wow-the-rowlandtempo-9552/ WOW: The #RowlandTempo | Strava]
Medalists
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| {{OlympicGoldMedalist|Julius Kariuki|KEN|1988 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicSilverMedalist|Peter Koech|KEN|1988 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Mark Rowland|GBR|1988 Summer}} |
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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| World Record
| 8:05.40 | {{flagicon|KEN}} Henry Rono | May 13, 1978 |
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| Olympic Record
| 8:08.02 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Gärderud | July 28, 1976 |
The following Olympic record (in minutes) was set during this competition.
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| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 1988 | Final | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Julius Kariuki|KEN|1988 Summer}} | 8:05.51 | OR |
Final
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!RANK !align="center" style="width: 20em"|FINAL !align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| align="center"|Image:Med 1.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Julius Kariuki|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:05.51(OR) |
| align="center"|Image:Med 2.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Peter Koech|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:06.79 |
| align="center"|Image:Med 3.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mark Rowland|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:07.96 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Alessandro Lambruschini|ITA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:12.17 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagIOCathlete|William Van Dijck|BEL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:13.99 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Henry Marsh|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:14.39 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:15.22 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Bogusław Mamiński|POL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:15.97 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Francesco Panetta|ITA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:17.79 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Hagen Melzer|GDR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:19.82 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Graeme Fell|CAN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:21.73 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Raymond Pannier|FRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:23.80 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Azzeddine Brahmi|ALG|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:26.68 |
Semi-finals
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!RANK !align="center" style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|William Van Dijck|BEL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:15.63 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Peter Koech|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:15.68 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Hagen Melzer|GDR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:16.27 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:16.70 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Francesco Panetta|ITA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:17.23 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Bogusław Mamiński|POL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:18.28 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Henry Marsh|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:18.94 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Hans Koeleman|NED|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:21.86 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Le Stum|FRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:26.69 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Eddie Wedderburn|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:28.62 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Adauto Domingues|BRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:35.05 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Hector Begeo|PHI|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:35.09 (NR) |
| align="center"|–
|{{flagIOCathlete|Roger Hackney|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |DNF |
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!RANK !align="center" style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Azzeddine Brahmi|ALG|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:16.54 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Alessandro Lambruschini|ITA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:16.92 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mark Rowland|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:18.31 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Julius Kariuki|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:18.53 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Raymond Pannier|FRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:19.39 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Graeme Fell|CAN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:19.99 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Diemer|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:23.89 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Jens Volkmann|FRG|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:25.19 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Abshire|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:27.78 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Fathi Baccouche|TUN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:31.36 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Brendan Quinn|IRL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:43.34 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mohammed al-Dosari|KSA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:44.22 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ramón Lopez|PAR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:52.62 (NR) |
Qualifying heats
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!RANK !align="center" style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Raymond Pannier|FRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:30.94 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mark Rowland|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:31.40 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Peter Koech|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:31.66 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Alessandro Lambruschini|ITA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:32.59 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Adauto Domingues|BRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:32.77 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Henry Marsh|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:33.89 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Hans Koeleman|NED|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:35.20 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|Hector Begeo|PHI|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:46.60 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|9. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ramón Lopez|PAR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:56.06 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Davendra Singh|FIJ|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |9:23.50 |
| align="center"|—
|{{flagIOCathlete|Abdelaziz Sahere|MAR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |DSQ |
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!RANK !align="center" style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Francesco Panetta|ITA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:29.75 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Julius Kariuki|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:33.42 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Azzeddine Brahmi|ALG|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:35.59 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Diemer|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:38.40 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Eddie Wedderburn|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:38.90 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Bogusław Mamiński|POL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:45.72 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Graeme Fell|CAN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:51.25 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Cha Han-sik|KOR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:59.82 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ikaji Salom|TAN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |9:10.36 |
| align="center"|—
|{{flagIOCathlete|Emilio Ulloa|CHI|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |DNF |
| align="center"|—
|{{flagIOCathlete|Béla Vágó|HUN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |DNS |
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!RANK !align="center" style="width: 20em"|HEAT 3 !align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:36.11 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Jens Volkmann|FRG|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:36.37 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Hagen Melzer|GDR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:36.45 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Abshire|USA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:36.56 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|William Van Dijck|BEL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:36.80 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Le Stum|FRA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:36.95 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Fathi Baccouche|TUN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:38.67 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|Roger Hackney|GBR|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:39.30 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|9. |{{flagIOCathlete|Brendan Quinn|IRL|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:40.87 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|10. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mohammed al-Dosari|KSA|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |8:45.25 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Abdullah Al-Dosari|BRN|1988 Summer}} |align="center" |9:10.85 |
See also
References
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External links
- {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155747/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2.pdf Official Report]
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