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2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July.[1] Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.

Medalists

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Gold France Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
France (FRA)
Silver France Bouabdellah Tahri
France (FRA)
Bronze Moldova Ion Luchianov
Moldova (MDA)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:01.18 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
Championship record  Francesco Panetta (ITA) 8:12.66 Split, Yugoslavia 30 August 1990
World Leading  Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) 8:00.90 Saint-Denis, France 16 July 2010
European Leading  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:03.72 Metz, France 29 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010

Schedule

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Date Time Round
30 July 2010 11:40 Round 1
1 August 2010 20:15 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bouabdellah Tahri  France (FRA) 8:30.11 Q
DQ Ildar Minshin  Russia (RUS) 8:30.14 Q, Doping
DQ José Luis Blanco  Spain (ESP) 8:30.53 Q, Doping
2 Steffen Uliczka  Germany (GER) 8:30.61 Q
3 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen  Norway (NOR) 8:30.91 q
4 Hubert Pokrop  Poland (POL) 8:32.77
5 Krijn van Koolwyk  Belgium (BEL) 8:33.00
6 Ángel Mullera  Spain (ESP) 8:37.38
7 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux  France (FRA) 8:38.33
8 Pedro Ribeiro  Portugal (POR) 8:45.18
9 Joonas Harjamäki  Finland (FIN) 8:47.25
10 Pep Sansa Bullich  Andorra (AND) 9:24.39

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:27.32 Q
2 Ion Luchianov  Moldova (MDA) 8:29.49 Q
3 Tomasz Szymkowiak  Poland (POL) 8:30.02 Q
4 Alberto Paulo  Portugal (POR) 8:30.26 Q
5 Boštjan Buč  Slovenia (SLO) 8:31.08 q, SB
6 Eliseo Martín  Spain (ESP) 8:31.71 q
7 Andrey Farnosov  Russia (RUS) 8:31.88 q
8 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden (SWE) 8:32.05
9 Janne Ukonmaanaho  Finland (FIN) 8:33.48 PB
10 Martin Pröll  Austria (AUT) 8:41.63
11 Mário Teixeira  Portugal (POR) 8:42.53
Pieter Desmet  Belgium (BEL) DNF

Summary

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:27.32 Q
2 2 Ion Luchianov  Moldova (MDA) 8:29.49 Q
3 2 Tomasz Szymkowiak  Poland (POL) 8:30.02 Q
4 1 Bouabdellah Tahri  France (FRA) 8:30.11 Q
DQ 1 Ildar Minshin  Russia (RUS) 8:30.14 Q, Doping
5 2 Alberto Paulo  Portugal (POR) 8:30.26 Q
DQ 1 José Luis Blanco  Spain (ESP) 8:30.53 Q, Doping
6 1 Steffen Uliczka  Germany (GER) 8:30.61 Q
7 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen  Norway (NOR) 8:30.91 q
8 2 Boštjan Buč  Slovenia (SLO) 8:31.08 q, SB
9 2 Eliseo Martín  Spain (ESP) 8:31.71 q
10 2 Andrey Farnosov  Russia (RUS) 8:31.88 q
11 2 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden (SWE) 8:32.05
12 1 Hubert Pokrop  Poland (POL) 8:32.77
13 1 Krijn van Koolwyk  Belgium (BEL) 8:33.00
14 2 Janne Ukonmaanaho  Finland (FIN) 8:33.48 PB
15 1 Ángel Mullera  Spain (ESP) 8:37.38
16 1 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux  France (FRA) 8:38.33
17 2 Martin Pröll  Austria (AUT) 8:41.63
18 2 Mário Teixeira  Portugal (POR) 8:42.53
19 1 Pedro Ribeiro  Portugal (POR) 8:45.18
20 1 Joonas Harjamäki  Finland (FIN) 8:47.25
21 1 Pep Sansa Bullich  Andorra (AND) 9:24.39
2 Pieter Desmet  Belgium (BEL) DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:07.87 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bouabdellah Tahri  France (FRA) 8:09.28
DQ José Luis Blanco  Spain (ESP) 8:19.15 Doping
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ion Luchianov  Moldova (MDA) 8:19.64 SB
4 Tomasz Szymkowiak  Poland (POL) 8:23.37
DQ Ildar Minshin  Russia (RUS) 8:24.87 Doping
5 Steffen Uliczka  Germany (GER) 8:25.39 PB
6 Eliseo Martín  Spain (ESP) 8:27.49
7 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen  Norway (NOR) 8:27.89 SB
8 Alberto Paulo  Portugal (POR) 8:28.08
9 Andrey Farnosov  Russia (RUS) 8:37.52
10 Boštjan Buč  Slovenia (SLO) 8:48.83

References

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  1. ^ IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.