Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
{{Infobox Olympic event
|games = 1992 Summer
|event = Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
|dates = 3 August 1992 (heats)
5 August 1992 (semi-finals)
7 August 1992 (final)
|competitors = 32
|nations = 24
|longnames = yes
|gold = Matthew Birir
|goldNOC = KEN
|silver = Patrick Sang
|silverNOC = KEN
|bronze = William Mutwol
|bronzeNOC = KEN
|win_value = 8:08.84
|prev = 1988
|next = 1996
}}
{{AthleticsAt1992SummerOlympics}}
These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase |access-date=25 November 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
At the gun, it seemed like the rest of the world came to run, while the Kenyan team were just tagging along. Starting off slowly, all three Kenyans casually jogged around the outside of the pack and towards the front. William Mutwol continued, breaking away to as much as a 10-metre lead, with Elarbi Khattabi the only one to bridge the gap. On the next lap, Matthew Birir, running in fourth place, went down on the track, but Birir righted himself quickly and was back on his feet before the back of the strung out field had passed him. Within two more barriers, he was back in the same fourth-place position. By the time they reached the same spot on the track where Birir fell, he was in third place as the tail of the three man Kenyan breakaway. Over the next two laps, the only athlete seriously marking the Kenyans was Alessandro Lambruschini. Just after two laps to go, Patrick Sang edged ahead of Mutwol with Lambruschini gaining a little ground between barriers and losing the same amount each time he went over one. With a lap to go, Birir moved into the lead and the Kenyan sweep simply pulled away from Lambruschini, with the rest of the field already disappeared behind. No drama, no hurdling the water jump, no challenges, not even any sprinting. Lambruschini finished fourth for the second Olympics in a row, more than 25 metres behind Mutwol. This became the first Olympic podium sweep by an African nation.
Medalists
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| {{OlympicGoldMedalist|Matthew Birir|KEN|1992 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicSilverMedalist|Patrick Sang|KEN|1992 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicBronzeMedalist|William Mutwol|KEN|1992 Summer}} |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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| World Record
| 8:05.35 | {{flagicon|KEN}} Peter Koech | July 3, 1989 |
|---|
| Olympic Record
| 8:05.51 | {{flagicon|KEN}} Julius Kariuki | September 30, 1988 |
Final
- Held on August 7, 1992
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|FINAL !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| align="center"|Image:Med 1.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Matthew Birir|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:08.84 |
| align="center"|Image:Med 2.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:09.55 |
| align="center"|Image:Med 3.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|William Mutwol|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:10.74 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Alessandro Lambruschini|ITA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:15.52 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Steffen Brand|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:16.60 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Tom Hanlon|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:18.14 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Diemer|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:18.77 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Azzedine Brahmi|ALG|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:20.71 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|William Van Dijck|BEL|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:22.51 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Elarbi Khattabi|MAR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:23.82 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo|BRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:25.92 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ricardo Vera|URU|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.35 |
Semifinals
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Matthew Birir|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:25.55 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Steffen Brand|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.12 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.46 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|William Van Dijck|BEL|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.70 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Tom Hanlon|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.91 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ricardo Vera|URU|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:27.46 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mark Croghan|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:30.15 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Tom Buckner|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:32.89 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ville Hautala|FIN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:33.69 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|João Junqueira|POR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:39.17 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Lopez|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:41.28 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Joseph Mahmoud|FRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:52.00 |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|William Mutwol|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:19.83 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo|BRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:20.46 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Diemer|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:23.30 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Alessandro Lambruschini|ITA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:23.56 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Azzedine Brahmi|ALG|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:25.85 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Elarbi Khattabi|MAR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:27.00 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Vladimir Golias|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:30.26 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Colin Walker|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:34.82 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mohammed Al-Dossary|KSA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:36.38 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Whaddon Niewoudt|RSA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:37.99 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Hagen Melzer|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:38.07 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Thierry Brusseau|FRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:42.48 |
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Heats
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|William Mutwol|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.23 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Diemer|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:28.88 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Colin Walker|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:29.34 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Steffen Brand|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:30.03 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Vladimir Golyas|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:32.49 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Thierry Brusseau|FRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:33.10 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ville Hautala|FIN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:34.10 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Michael Buchleitner|AUT|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:40.46 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Graeme Fell|CAN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:50.87 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Prakash Davendra Singh|FIJ|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|9:07.49 |
| align="center"|—
|{{flagIOCathlete|Abdelaziz Sahere|MAR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|DNS |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Matthew Birir|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:23.22 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo|BRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:26.31 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|William Van Dijck|BEL|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:27.23 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Azzeddine Brahmi|ALG|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:28.01 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Tom Buckner|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:28.36 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Elarbi Khattabi|MAR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:28.50 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Lopez|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:29.01 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|Hagen Melzer|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:31.89 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|9. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mohammed Al-Dossary|KSA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:36.73 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Konovalov|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:58.04 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Hector Begeo|PHI|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|9:14.48 |
{{col-end}}
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 3 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:27.01 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Tom Hanlon|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:27.46 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ricardo Vera|URU|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:27.71 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mark Croghan|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:28.15 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Alessandro Lambruschini|ITA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:29.64 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Joseph Mahmoud|FRA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:30.54 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Whaddon Niewoudt|RSA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:30.61 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|João Junqueira|POR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:32.68 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Hamid Sajjadi|IRI|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:36.87 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Marcelo Cascabelo|ARG|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:38.89 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Jamal Abdi Hassan|QAT|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|8:54.98 |
Final ranking
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| style="background:#efefef;"
! width="30" | Rank ! width="150" | Name ! width="150" | Nation | ||
| {{gold01}} | align="left" | Matthew Birir | align="left" | {{flagIOC|KEN|1992 Summer}} |
| {{silver02}} | align="left" | Patrick Sang | align="left" | {{flagIOC|KEN|1992 Summer}} |
| {{bronze03}} | align="left" | William Mutwol | align="left" | {{flagIOC|KEN|1992 Summer}} |
| 4 | align="left" | Alessandro Lambruschini | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Summer}} |
| 5 | align="left" | Steffen Brand | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Summer}} |
| 6 | align="left" | Tom Hanlon | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}} |
| 7 | align="left" | Brian Diemer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Summer}} |
| 8 | align="left" | Azzedine Brahmi | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ALG|1992 Summer}} |
| 9 | align="left" | William Van Dijck | align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|1992 Summer}} |
| 10 | align="left" | Elarbi Khattabi | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|1992 Summer}} |
| 11 | align="left" | Clodoaldo do Carmo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Summer}} |
| 12 | align="left" | Ricardo Vera | align="left" | {{flagIOC|URU|1992 Summer}} |
| 13 | align="left" | Mark Croghan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Summer}} |
| 14 | align="left" | Vladimir Golyas | align="left" | {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} |
| 15 | align="left" | Tom Buckner | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}} |
| 16 | align="left" | Ville Hautala | align="left" | {{flagIOC|FIN|1992 Summer}} |
|valign=top|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| style="background:#efefef;"
! width="30" | Rank ! width="150" | Name ! width="150" | Nation | ||
| 17 | align="left" | Colin Walker | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}} |
| 18 | align="left" | Mohammed Al-Dossary | align="left" | {{flagIOC|KSA|1992 Summer}} |
| 19 | align="left" | Whaddon Niewoudt | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RSA|1992 Summer}} |
| 20 | align="left" | Hagen Melzer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Summer}} |
| 21 | align="left" | João Junqueira | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POR|1992 Summer}} |
| 22 | align="left" | Daniel Lopez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Summer}} |
| 23 | align="left" | Thierry Brusseau | align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Summer}} |
| 24 | align="left" | Joseph Mahmoud | align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Summer}} |
| 25 | align="left" | Hamid Sajjadi | align="left" | {{flagIOC|IRI|1992 Summer}} |
| 26 | align="left" | Marcelo Cascabelo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ARG|1992 Summer}} |
| 27 | align="left" | Michael Buchleitner | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUT|1992 Summer}} |
| 28 | align="left" | Graeme Fell | align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Summer}} |
| 29 | align="left" | Jamal Abdi Hassan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|QAT|1992 Summer}} |
| 30 | align="left" | Ivan Konovalov | align="left" | {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} |
| 31 | align="left" | Davendra Singh | align="left" | {{flagIOC|FIJ|1992 Summer}} |
| 32 | align="left" | Hector Begeo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|PHI|1992 Summer}} |
|}
See also
- 1990 Men's European Championships 3,000 m Steeplechase (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 3,000 m Steeplechase (Tokyo)
- 1993 Men's World Championships 3,000 m Steeplechase (Stuttgart)
- 1994 Men's European Championships 3,000 m Steeplechase (Helsinki)
- 1995 Men's World Championships 3,000 m Steeplechase (Gothenburg)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090508115750/http://www.olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report1992.htm Official Report]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828040720/http://todor66.com/olim/1992/Athletics/Men_3000m_Steeplechase.html Results]
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