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2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates12 August (heats)
15 August (final)
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time8:06.01
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12 and 15 August.[1]

The final was, as expected, led by the Kenyan team. With multiple Olympic and returning World Champion Ezekiel Kemboi, they were at the front with the rest of the field strung out behind them. For the first four laps, Conseslus Kipruto did the majority of the leading, with the rest of the Kenyans, then both Ugandans behind. Occasionally Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad would pass one of the Ugandan athletes. With three laps to go, things began to shake up. Paul Kipsiele Koech moved into the lead and at about the same time Noureddine Smaïl moved from the middle of the pack along the outside into third place. As the pace quickened, the Ugandans disappeared, replaced by the two Frenchmen and Evan Jager as contenders behind the Kenyan gauntlet. Over the next half lap, the pace quickened, Smai'l disappeared and Matthew Hughes of Canada emerged. Going into the last lap, Conseslus Kipruto and Koech were in the lead with Kemboi behind them followed by Mekhissi and Jager. Menkhissi moved along the outside, with about 200 meters to go, passed Kemboi, then Koech and was even with Kipruto. But behind him, Kemboi moved into a different gear. Taking the barrier at the end of the straight in full hurdle stride, in the next 50 meters before the water jump, Kemboi went around the outside and took the lead. Mekhissi was next over the water jump with Kipruto scrambling to make up ground. In full sprint, Kipruto went around Mekhissi but didn't negotiate the last barrier as well as Kemboi. Regaining his balance he again sprinted making up significant ground on his more experienced teammate, but it was not enough to get gold. Make that three straight for Kemboi, along with two Olympic gold medals unbeaten in the World Championships since he finished second to a different Kipruto in 2007. In all, three golds, three silvers and nothing worse in the World Championships since 2003. Mekhissi repeats his bronze medal.[2]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3]

World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Championship record  Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:00.43 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
World Leading  Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 7:59.03 Saint-Denis, France 6 July 2013
African Record  Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) 7:53.64 Monaco 22 July 2011
Asian Record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Evan Jager (USA) 8:06.81 Monaco 20 July 2012
South American Record  Wander do Prado Moura (BRA) 8:14.41 Mar del Plata, Argentina 22 March 1995
European Record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:00.09 Saint-Denis, France 6 July 2013
Oceanian record  Peter Renner (NZL) 8:14.05 Koblenz, West Germany 29 August 1984

Qualification standards

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A time[4] B time
8:26.10 8:32.00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
12 August 2013 10:10 Heats
15 August 2013 20:20 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:15.43 Q
2 1 Matthew Hughes  Canada (CAN) 8:16.93 Q, PB
3 1 Abel Mutai  Kenya (KEN) 8:19.15 Q
4 1 Ángel Mullera  Spain (ESP) 8:19.26 q, SB
5 1 Ion Luchianov  Moldova (MDA) 8:19.64 q, SB
6 1 Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda (UGA) 8:21.14 q
7 3 Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 8:22.31 Q
8 3 Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya (KEN) 8:22.88 Q
9 3 Yoann Kowal  France (FRA) 8:23.74 Q
10 2 Evan Jager  United States (USA) 8:23.76 Q
11 2 Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN) 8:23.84 Q
12 2 Noureddine Smaïl  France (FRA) 8:24.05 Q
13 3 Hamid Ezzine  Morocco (MAR) 8:24.35 q
14 2 Jacob Araptany  Uganda (UGA) 8:24.53 q
15 2 Alex Genest  Canada (CAN) 8:24.56 q
16 2 José Peña  Venezuela (VEN) 8:24.88
17 1 Abdelmadjed Touil  Algeria (ALG) 8:25.89
18 2 Steffen Uliczka  Germany (GER) 8:28.32
19 3 De'Sean Turner  United States (USA) 8:28.44
20 3 Hicham Bouchicha  Algeria (ALG) 8:28.56
21 1 Ilgizar Safiullin  Russia (RUS) 8:28.65 PB
22 3 Habtamu Fayisa  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:29.08
23 3 Chris Winter  Canada (CAN) 8:29.36
24 3 Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria (BUL) 8:32.49
25 3 Sebastián Martos  Spain (ESP) 8:32.63
26 2 Roberto Alaiz  Spain (ESP) 8:33.32
27 1 Vadym Slobodenyuk  Ukraine (UKR) 8:33.60
28 1 Tareq Mubarak Taher  Bahrain (BHR) 8:34.32 SB
29 1 Mateusz Demczyszak  Poland (POL) 8:34.60
30 3 Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey (TUR) 8:34.97
31 2 James Wilkinson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 8:35.07
32 1 Jaouad Chemlal  Morocco (MAR) 8:36.29
33 3 Patrick Nasti  Italy (ITA) 8:36.42
34 1 Daniel Huling  United States (USA) 8:37.80
35 2 Roba Gari  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:45.06
1 Yuri Floriani  Italy (ITA) DQ R 163.3[6]
2 Jamel Chatbi  Italy (ITA) DQ R 163.3[6]
2 Abdelhamid Zerrifi  Algeria (ALG) DQ R 163.3[6]
3 Krystian Zalewski  Poland (POL) DQ R 163.3[6]
2 Mohammed Boulama  Morocco (MAR) DNF
3 Timothy Toroitich  Uganda (UGA) DNS

Final

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The final was started at 20:20.[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN) 8:06.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 8:06.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA) 8:07.86
4 Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya (KEN) 8:08.62
5 Evan Jager  United States (USA) 8:08.67
6 Matthew Hughes  Canada (CAN) 8:11.64 NR
7 Abel Mutai  Kenya (KEN) 8:17.04
8 Yoann Kowal  France (FRA) 8:17.41
9 Hamid Ezzine  Morocco (MAR) 8:19.53
10 Ion Luchianov  Moldova (MDA) 8:19.99
11 Ángel Mullera  Spain (ESP) 8:20.93
12 Jacob Araptany  Uganda (UGA) 8:25.86
13 Alex Genest  Canada (CAN) 8:27.01
14 Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda (UGA) 8:31.09
Noureddine Smaïl  France (FRA) DNF

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "allAfrica.com: Kenya: 'Mr Gold' in Moscow Hat-Trick Delight". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Records & Lists – 3000 meters steeplechase". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ^ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  5. ^ Heats Results
  6. ^ a b c d Infringement of the inside border
  7. ^ Final Results
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