Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3.[1]
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 1 (heats) September 3 (final) | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 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 | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
Results
Heats
The fastest three steeplechasers in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Sokolov |  Soviet Union | 8:43.56 | |
| 2 | Gunnar Tjörnebo |  Sweden | 8:48.77 | |
| 3 | Hans Hüneke | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Team of Germany | 8:50.59 | |
| 4 | Georgios Papavasileiou | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece | 8:51.46 | |
| 5 | Phil Coleman |  United States | 8:56.72 | |
| 6 | Vlastimil Brlica |  Czechoslovakia | 9:00.07 | |
| 7 | Attila Simon |  Hungary | 9:02.79 | |
| 8 | Guy Texereau |  France | 9:04.23 | |
| 9 | Walter Kammermann |  Switzerland | 9:11.8 | |
| 10 | Eric Shirley |  Great Britain | 9:14.8 | |
| 11 | Joaquim Ferreira |  Portugal | 9:30.2 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland | 8:49.92 | |
| 2 | Ludwig Müller | United Team of Germany | 8:49.86 | |
| 3 | Aleksey Konov | Soviet Union | 8:50.19 | |
| 4 | George Young | United States | 8:50.93 | |
| 5 | Bohumír Zháňal | Czechoslovakia | 8:53.01 | |
| 6 | Dave Chapman | Great Britain | 8:53.24 | |
| 7 | Pentti Karvonen |  Finland | 9:04.91 | |
| 8 | José Fernández | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 9:12.8 | |
| 9 | Mubarak Shah |  Pakistan | 9:20.0 | |
| 10 | Alfredo Tinoco | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mexico | 9:38.0 | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semyon Rzhishchin | Soviet Union | 8:48.11 | |
| 2 | Deacon Jones | United States | 8:49.32 | |
| 3 | Gaston Roelants | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 8:49.52 | |
| 4 | Hermann Buhl | United Team of Germany | 8:49.56 | |
| 5 | Lage Tedenby | Sweden | 8:52.94 | |
| 6 | Franc Hafner | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 8:55.68 | |
| 7 | Jerzy Chromik | Poland | 9:06.68 | |
| 8 | Michael Palmer | Great Britain | 9:10.68 | |
| 9 | Gerhart Hecker | Hungary | 9:12.4 | |
| 10 | Cahit Önel |  Turkey | 9:14.6 | |
| 11 | Mohamed Lahcen |  Morocco | 9:29.4 | |
Final
3000 m steeplechase final. Sokolov is in the lead, chased by Roelants (#242), Rzhishchin and Konov. Jones is on the left
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | Poland | 8:34.30 | OR |
 | Nikolay Sokolov | Soviet Union | 8:36.55 | |
 | Semyon Rzhishchin | Soviet Union | 8:42.34 | |
| 4 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 8:47.45 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Tjörnebo | Sweden | 8:58.87 | |
| 6 | Ludwig Müller | United Team of Germany | 9:01.57 | |
| 7 | Deacon Jones | United States | 9:18.22 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Konov | Soviet Union | 9:18.23 | |
| - | Hans Hüneke | United Team of Germany | DNF | |
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish
References
- "Athletics at the 1960 Rome: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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