2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats)
8 August (final)
Competitors45 from 25 nations
Winning time8:14.12
Medalists
    Kenya
    Morocco
    United States
Video on YouTube
Official Video

After a temporary retirement announced immediately after the Olympic race, 4-time champion, seven time medalist Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya), once known for his flamboyant frohawk hairstyles was back, now as a 35-year-old without a hair on his head. His historic record was well known, but his semi-final was his fastest race of the year making him an unknown quantity. In fact, the entire 2015 podium and the 2016 Olympic podium were in this event, though 2008 Olympic champion and 2015 bronze medalist Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) at age 33 didn't make the final.

Summary

In the final Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) went to the front, but he didn't set a blistering pace to burn off the competition, instead he kept control of the race. Jairus Birech (Kenya) and Evan Jager (USA) stayed close behind. After a leisurely 2:51.81 first kilometre, after which entire Ethiopian team of Tesfaye Deriba, Tafese Seboka and Getnet Wale moved ahead to push the pace. Kemboi was biding his time along the rail. Jacob Araptany (Uganda) lost his shoe and stopped in the middle of the track to fix it, taking him completely out of contention.

After four laps, Jager moved to the front and increased the pace, with only Kipruto, Birech, Ezekiel Kemboi and Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) staying in the front group with him. Birech, and later Kemboi, dropped away, and Jager led the remaining trio until they reached the beginning of the final backstretch, where Kipruto accelerated past Jager, followed by El Bakkali. By the water jump, El Bakkali had pulled even, but Kipruto had more speed down the final straightaway. Jager held third place despite a late run from Mahiedine Mekhissi.[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen  BHR 3 Sep 2004 Brussels, Belgium
Championship 8:00.43 Ezekiel Kemboi  KEN 18 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
World leading 8:01.29 Evan Jager  USA 21 Jul 2017 Monaco
African 7:53.64 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto|  KEN 22 Jul 2011 Monaco
Asian 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen  BHR 3 Sep 2004 Brussels, Belgium
NACAC 8:00.45 Evan Jager  USA 4 Jul 2015 Saint-Denis, France
South American 8:14.41 Wander do Prado Moura  BRA 22 Mar 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina
European 8:00.01 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  FRA 6 Jul 2013 Saint-Denis, France
Oceanian 8:14.05 Peter Renner  NZL 29 Aug 1984 Koblenz, West Germany

The following records were set at the competition:[4]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Iranian 8:33.76 Hossein Keyhani  IRI 6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8:32.00.[5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
6 August10:05Heats
8 August21:10Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:[7]

Heat123
Start time 10:0410:2210:38
Photo finish

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[8]

RankHeatOrderNameNationalityTimeNotes
129Evan Jager United States (USA)8:20.36Q
224Tafese Seboka Ethiopia (ETH)8:20.48Q
325Yoann Kowal France (FRA)8:20.60Q
4211Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN)8:20.61q, SB
5115Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco (MAR)8:22.60Q
6112Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA)8:22.83Q
7113Getnet Wale Ethiopia (ETH)8:23.00Q
8215Albert Chemutai Uganda (UGA)8:23.18q, PB
916Bilal Tabti Algeria (ALG)8:23.28q
1034Conseslus Kipruto Kenya (KEN)8:23.80Q
1114Jairus Birech Kenya (KEN)8:23.84q
1233Stanley Kebenei United States (USA)8:24.19Q
13312Matthew Hughes Canada (CAN)8:24.79Q, SB
14310Tesfaye Deriba Ethiopia (ETH)8:25.33q
1519Jacob Araptany Uganda (UGA)8:25.86q
1612Ala Zoghlami Italy (ITA)8:26.18PB
17313Hillary Bor United States (USA)8:27.53
18110Ole Hesselbjerg Denmark (DEN)8:27.86PB
1911Krystian Zalewski Poland (POL)8:28.41
2021Hicham Bouchicha Algeria (ALG)8:30.01
2132Altobeli da Silva Brazil (BRA)8:31.82
2213Zak Seddon Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)8:32.84
2331Brimin Kipruto Kenya (KEN)8:33.33
2417Hossein Keyhani Iran (IRI)8:33.76NR
25210Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim Djibouti (DJI)8:33.77
2622Abdoullah Bamoussa Italy (ITA)8:34.86
27311Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)8:34.88
2828Yemane Haileselassie Eritrea (ERI)8:35.73
29314Napoleon Solomon Sweden (SWE)8:35.95
3038Yohanes Chiappinelli Italy (ITA)8:36.48
3115José Peña Venezuela (VEN)8:37.15
3236Jonathan Romeo Spain (ESP)8:38.05
33212Fernando Carro Spain (ESP)8:38.42
3439Mohamed Tindouft Morocco (MAR)8:40.99
3535Boniface Sikowo Uganda (UGA)8:43.86
3627Hicham Sigueni Morocco (MAR)8:44.74
3726Mitko Tsenov Bulgaria (BUL)8:45.21
3823Hironori Tsuetaki Japan (JPN)8:45.81
39213Raouf Boubaker Tunisia (TUN)8:46.25
4037Stewart McSweyn Australia (AUS)8:47.53
41315Rob Mullett Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)8:47.99
4218Sebastián Martos Spain (ESP)8:51.57
43214Ieuan Thomas Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)8:52.96
44114Tarık Langat Akdağ Turkey (TUR)8:53.42
111Emil Blomberg Sweden (SWE)DNF

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 21:11. The results were as follows (photo finish):[9]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Conseslus Kipruto Kenya (KEN)8:14.12
Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco (MAR)8:14.49
Evan Jager United States (USA)8:15.53
4Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA)8:15.80
5Stanley Kebenei United States (USA)8:21.09
6Matthew Hughes Canada (CAN)8:21.84SB
7Tesfaye Deriba Ethiopia (ETH)8:22.12
8Tafese Seboka Ethiopia (ETH)8:23.02
9Getnet Wale Ethiopia (ETH)8:25.28
10Albert Chemutai Uganda (UGA)8:25.94
11Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN)8:29.38
12Jairus Birech Kenya (KEN)8:32.90
13Yoann Kowal France (FRA)8:34.53
14Jacob Araptany Uganda (UGA)8:49.18
Bilal Tabti Algeria (ALG)DQ

References

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