Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	26 September 1988 (heats); 28 September 1988 (semi-finals); 30 September 1988 (final)
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Winning time	8:05.51 OR
Medalists
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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.^[1]

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!"^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Julius Kariuki Kenya
Silver	Peter Koech Kenya
Bronze	Mark Rowland Great Britain

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8:05.40	Henry Rono	Seattle (USA)	May 13, 1978
Olympic Record	8:08.02	Anders Gärderud	Montreal (CAN)	July 28, 1976

The following Olympic record (in minutes) was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
September 30, 1988	Final	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:05.51	OR

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:05.51(OR)
	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:06.79
	Mark Rowland (GBR)	8:07.96
4.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:12.17
5.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:13.99
6.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:14.39
7.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:15.22
8.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:15.97
9.	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:17.79
10.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:19.82
11.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:21.73
12.	Raymond Pannier (FRA)	8:23.80
13.	Azzeddine Brahmi (ALG)	8:26.68

Semi-finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:15.63
2.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:15.68
3.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:16.27
4.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:16.70
5.	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:17.23
6.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:18.28
7.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:18.94
8.	Hans Koeleman (NED)	8:21.86
9.	Bruno Le Stum (FRA)	8:26.69
10.	Eddie Wedderburn (GBR)	8:28.62
11.	Adauto Domingues (BRA)	8:35.05
12.	Hector Begeo (PHI)	8:35.09 (NR)
–	Roger Hackney (GBR)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Azzeddine Brahmi (ALG)	8:16.54
2.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:16.92
3.	Mark Rowland (GBR)	8:18.31
4.	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:18.53
5.	Raymond Pannier (FRA)	8:19.39
6.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:19.99
7.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:23.89
8.	Jens Volkmann (FRG)	8:25.19
9.	Brian Abshire (USA)	8:27.78
10.	Fathi Baccouche (TUN)	8:31.36
11.	Brendan Quinn (IRL)	8:43.34
12.	Mohammed al-Dosari (KSA)	8:44.22
13.	Ramón Lopez (PAR)	8:52.62 (NR)

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Raymond Pannier (FRA)	8:30.94
2.	Mark Rowland (GBR)	8:31.40
3.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:31.66
4.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:32.59
5.	Adauto Domingues (BRA)	8:32.77
6.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:33.89
7.	Hans Koeleman (NED)	8:35.20
8.	Hector Begeo (PHI)	8:46.60
9.	Ramón Lopez (PAR)	8:56.06
10.	Davendra Singh (FIJ)	9:23.50
—	Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:29.75
2.	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:33.42
3.	Azzeddine Brahmi (ALG)	8:35.59
4.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:38.40
5.	Eddie Wedderburn (GBR)	8:38.90
6.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:45.72
7.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:51.25
8.	Cha Han-sik (KOR)	8:59.82
9.	Ikaji Salom (TAN)	9:10.36
—	Emilio Ulloa (CHI)	DNF
—	Béla Vágó (HUN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:36.11
2.	Jens Volkmann (FRG)	8:36.37
3.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:36.45
4.	Brian Abshire (USA)	8:36.56
5.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:36.80
6.	Bruno Le Stum (FRA)	8:36.95
7.	Fathi Baccouche (TUN)	8:38.67
8.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:39.30
9.	Brendan Quinn (IRL)	8:40.87
10.	Mohammed al-Dosari (KSA)	8:45.25
11.	Abdullah Al-Dosari (BRN)	9:10.85

References

^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ WOW: The #RowlandTempo | Strava

External links

(in English) Official Report

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[2] WOW: The #RowlandTempo | Strava

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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
v t e

v t e 3000 metres steeplechase at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women	1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other distances: 1900 2500 m 4000 m 1904 (2590 m) 1908 (3200 m)

v t e Olympic champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase
2500 m	1900: George Orton (CAN)
4000 m	1900: John Rimmer (GBR)
2590 m	1904: Jim Lightbody (USA)
3200 m	1908: Arthur Russell (GBR)
3460 m	1932: Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)
3000 m	1920: Percy Hodge (GBR) 1924: Ville Ritola (FIN) 1928: Toivo Loukola (FIN) 1936: Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN) 1948: Tore Sjöstrand (SWE) 1952: Horace Ashenfelter (USA) 1956: Chris Brasher (GBR) 1960: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL) 1964: Gaston Roelants (BEL) 1968: Amos Biwott (KEN) 1972: Kip Keino (KEN) 1976: Anders Gärderud (SWE) 1980: Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 1984: Julius Korir (KEN) 1988: Julius Kariuki (KEN) 1992: Matthew Birir (KEN) 1996: Joseph Keter (KEN) 2000: Reuben Kosgei (KEN) 2004: Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 2008: Brimin Kipruto (KEN) 2012: Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 2016: Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 2020: Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) 2024: Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR)