Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates6 August 1984 (round one)
8 August 1984 (semi-finals)
10 August 1984 (final)
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Korir  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Mahmoud  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Diemer  United States
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 35 competitors, with three qualifying heats (35 runners) and two semifinals (24) before the final (12) took place.[1]

Summary

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During the first lap of the race, a bandit rushed the track, joining the race over the first water jump. He managed to sprint past security over the next barrier and beyond before being tackled. On the second lap, he managed to get free again for a few moments before finally being dragged away.

"They've got all sorts of security at these games, designed to prevent anything from nuclear attack to germ warfare. But the odd idiot is a real problem."

— David Coleman, BBC Commentator[2]

Shortly after the second lap began, Peter Renner assumed the lead, followed by Kenyan Julius duo of Julius Korir and Julius Kariuki. Henry Marsh was typically as much as 20 metres back off the pace. Renner opened up several metres on the Kenyans but with two laps to go, the field began bunching behind Renner with Brian Diemer, Joseph Mahmoud, Colin Reitz and Marsh back in the fold, all getting ready to pounce. Just before the bell, Renner started to fall back. Korir accelerated and Marsh was the first to follow, Diemer was next to catch up, followed by Mahmoud. Through the final turn, Marsh looked like the only one still with any shot at Korir, but he was still losing ground. Marsh was unable to make any headway as Mahmoud passed in on the outside, with Korir taking the final barrier as a hurdler and sprinting to victory. Mahmoud sprinted away to the silver medal while Diemer challenged Marsh on the outside. Diemer got the edge on Marsh with 10 metres to go, with the beaten Marsh just striding the final few steps over the line.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, United States 13 May 1978
Olympic record  Anders Gärderud (SWE) 8:08.02 Montreal, Canada 28 July 1976

Schedule

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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase took place over three separate days.

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 1984 18:25 Round One
Wednesday, 8 August 1984 20:00 Semi-finals
Friday, 10 August 1984 19:10 Final

Results

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Heats

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Note: Top six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Diemer  United States 8:25.92 Q
2 Domingo Ramón  Spain 8:26.04 Q
3 Féthi Baccouche  Tunisia 8:27.49 Q
4 William Van Dijck  Belgium 8:29.68 Q
5 Emilio Ulloa  Chile 8:29.71 Q
6 Pascal Debacker  France 8:30.35 Q
7 Paul Davies-Hale  Great Britain 8:31.97 q
8 Francesco Panetta  Italy 8:37.05 q
9 Kip Rono  Kenya 8:41.75
10 Pedro Cáceres  Argentina 8:50.02
11 Emmanuel M'Pioh  Republic of the Congo 9:05.58 NR
12 Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary  Oman 10:22.56

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Julius Korir  Kenya 8:29.08 Q
2 Roger Hackney  Great Britain 8:30.31 Q
3 Joseph Mahmoud  France 8:30.85 Q
4 Hans Koeleman  Netherlands 8:31.34 Q
5 Greg Duhaime  Canada 8:31.54 Q
6 Carmelo Ríos  Puerto Rico 8:31.88 Q
7 Franco Boffi  Italy 8:32.26 q
8 John Gregorek  United States 8:38.43 q
9 Juan José Torres  Spain 8:40.76
10 Hector Begeo  Philippines 8:53.70
11 Hugo Allan García  Guatemala 9:02.41
12 Ramón López  Paraguay 9:36.36

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Julius Kariuki  Kenya 8:19.45 Q
2 Peter Renner  New Zealand 8:22.95 Q
3 Peter Daenens  Belgium 8:28.26 Q
4 Henry Marsh  United States 8:29.23 Q
5 Colin Reitz  Great Britain 8:29.33 Q
6 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 8:29.45 Q
7 Filippos Filippou  Cyprus 8:30.09 q
8 Liam O'Brien  Ireland 8:31.89 q
9 Yehuda Zadok  Israel 8:42.28
10 Kim Ju-ryong  South Korea 8:43.50
11 Albert Marie  Seychelles 9:32.30
Filbert Bayi  Tanzania DNS

Semi-finals

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Note: Top five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Semi-final 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Domingo Ramón  Spain 8:19.08 Q
2 Pascal Debacker  France 8:20.34 Q
3 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 8:20.54 Q
4 Henry Marsh  United States 8:20.57 Q
5 Roger Hackney  Great Britain 8:20.77 Q
6 Julius Kariuki  Kenya 8:21.07 q
7 William Van Dijck  Belgium 8:23.08
8 Paul Davies-Hale  Great Britain 8:26.15
9 Greg Duhaime  Canada 8:26.32
10 Franco Boffi  Italy 8:30.82
11 Liam O'Brien  Ireland 8:34.90
12 Filippos Filippou  Cyprus 8:39.47

Semi-final 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Julius Korir  Kenya 8:17.40 Q
2 Peter Renner  New Zealand 8:18.12 Q
3 Brian Diemer  United States 8:18.36 Q
4 Colin Reitz  Great Britain 8:18.62 Q
5 Joseph Mahmoud  France 8:18.62 Q
6 Féthi Baccouche  Tunisia 8:18.70 q
7 Peter Daenens  Belgium 8:21.77
8 Emilio Ulloa  Chile 8:28.99
9 Francesco Panetta  Italy 8:31.24
10 Hans Koeleman  Netherlands 8:32.29
11 John Gregorek  United States 8:38.19
12 Carmelo Ríos  Puerto Rico 8:44.70

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Korir  Kenya 8:11.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Mahmoud  France 8:13.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Diemer  United States 8:14.06
4 Henry Marsh  United States 8:14.25
5 Colin Reitz  Great Britain 8:15.48
6 Domingo Ramón  Spain 8:17.27
7 Julius Kariuki  Kenya 8:17.47
8 Pascal Debacker  France 8:21.51
9 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 8:23.95
10 Roger Hackney  Great Britain 8:27.10
11 Peter Renner  New Zealand 8:29.81
12 Féthi Baccouche  Tunisia 8:43.40

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Les Croupiers running club - Old forum - the Boat Race".
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