2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships
VenueAmsterdam
LocationOlympic Stadium
Dates6 July (round 1)
8 July (final)
Competitors26 from 15 nations
Winning time8:25.63
Medalists
gold medal Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France
silver medal Aras Kaya   Turkey
bronze medal Yoann Kowal   France
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The men's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:00.09 Paris, France 6 July 2013
Championship record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading  Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:00.12 Birmingham, United Kingdom 5 June 2016
European Leading  Yoann Kowal (FRA) 8:17.83 Rome, Italy 2 June 2016

Schedule

Date Time Round
6 July 2016 17:55 Round 1
8 July 2016 21:25 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

Heat 1
Heat 2

First 5 in each heat (Q) and 5 best performers (q) advance to the Final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 8:31.42 Q
2 1 Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:31.50 Q
3 1 Sebastián Martos  Spain 8:31.98 Q, SB
4 1 Rob Mullett  Great Britain 8:32.06 Q
5 1 Ole Hesselbjerg  Denmark 8:32.17 Q
6 1 Abdoullah Bamoussa  Italy 8:32.54 q, PB
7 2 Aras Kaya  Turkey 8:33.11 Q
8 1 Hakan Duvar  Turkey 8:33.13 q, SB
DQ 2 Jamel Chatbi  Italy 8:33.25 Q
10 2 Yoann Kowal  France 8:33.51 Q
11 2 Fernando Carro  Spain 8:33.69 Q, SB
12 2 Kaur Kivistik  Estonia 8:33.94 Q, SB
13 1 Abdelaziz Merzoughi  Spain 8:34.34 q
14 1 Emil Blomberg  Sweden 8:34.81 q, PB
15 2 Yuri Floriani  Italy 8:34.82 q
16 1 Tom Erling Kårbø  Norway 8:42.72
17 2 Jeroen D'Hoedt  Belgium 8:42.75
18 1 Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey 8:43.81
19 2 Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria 8:45.55
20 2 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen  Norway 8:54.73
21 2 Elmar Engholm  Sweden 8:55.21
22 2 Djilali Bedrani  France 8:57.27
23 1 Tomas Cotter  Ireland 9:08.82
24 1 Noam Ne'eman  Israel 9:15.80
2 Jakob Dybdal Abrahamsen  Denmark DNF
2 Vadym Slobodenyuk  Ukraine DNF

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 8:25.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aras Kaya  Turkey 8:29.91 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoann Kowal  France 8:30.79
4 Sebastián Martos  Spain 8:31.93 SB
DQ Jamel Chatbi  Italy 8:32.43
5 Rob Mullett  Great Britain 8:33.29
6 Kaur Kivistik  Estonia 8:33.75 SB
7 Abdoullah Bamoussa  Italy 8:35.35
8 Yuri Floriani  Italy 8:35.94
9 Fernando Carro  Spain 8:40.73
10 Ole Hesselbjerg  Denmark 8:42.27
11 Hakan Duvar  Turkey 8:44.03
12 Emil Blomberg  Sweden 8:48.98
13 Abdelaziz Merzoughi  Spain 8:51.37
Krystian Zalewski  Poland DNS

References

  1. ^ "Programme - European Athletics Championships". amsterdam2016.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  2. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  3. ^ Final results Archived 2016-11-20 at the Wayback Machine