Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place the 10 August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Matthew Hughes from Canada.

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the XVIII Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 10
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Winning time8:30.73
Medalists
   Brazil
   Colombia
   Peru
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Summary

Benard Keter took the lead on the first lap. After the second barrier, Altobeli da Silva moved out from the middle of the pack to take the point. Ryan Smeeton followed for the next five laps as others fell off the pace. The crowd was enthusiastic as home town Mario Bazán stayed in the lead group throughout. On the penultimate lap, Travis Mahoney came forward to take the lead down the backstretch and over the water jump. da Silva again took the lead, with Keter moving up to mark. At the bell, the last in the lead group Carlos Sanmartín began to move forward. Smeeton fell oner the barrier before the backstretch. As Sanmartín moved past Bazán on the backstretch, he picked up a trailer. Both passed Mahoney before the final water jump and were in a race for the bronze medal still 5 meters back of Keter. Still four meters behind at the final barrier, the two made a shoulder to shoulder sprint, past Keter into the finish with Sanmartín having a slight edge he held to take silver.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium September 3, 2004
Pan American Games record  Wander do Prado Moura (BRA) 8:14.41 Mar del Plata, Argentina March 22, 1995

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 10, 201916:10Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best DQDisqualified

Final

The results were as follows[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Altobeli da Silva Brazil8:30.73SB
Carlos Sanmartín Colombia8:32.24PB
Mario Bazán Peru8:32.34
4Benard Keter United States8:32.76
5Travis Mahoney United States8:34.77
6Ryan Smeeton Canada8:41.85
7Ricardo Estremera Puerto Rico8:43.03
8Diego Arévalo Ecuador9:01.21
9José Peña Venezuela9:02.04
10Roberto Tello Chile9:06.33
11Yuri Labra Peru9:07.97

References

  1. "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase − Final − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 10 Aug 2019.
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