2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Brimin Kipruto
  Kenya
Ezekiel Kemboi
  Kenya
Richard Mateelong
  Kenya

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record   Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Championship record   Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 8:04.16 Gothenburg, Sweden 11 August 1995
World leading   Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 7:59.42 Stockholm, Sweden 7 August 2007

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 26, 2007 10:00 Heats
August 28, 2007 20:55 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Tareq Mubarak Taher   Bahrain 8:19.99 Q
2 1 Abdelkader Hachlaf   Morocco 8:20.03 Q
3 1 Ezekiel Kemboi   Kenya 8:20.08 Q
4 1 Bouabdellah Tahri   France 8:20.09 q
5 1 Abubaker Ali Kamal   Qatar 8:21.20 q, SB
6 3 Brimin Kipruto   Kenya 8:21.93 Q
7 3 Halil Akkaş   Turkey 8:22.37 Q
8 3 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden 8:22.80 Q
9 3 Ali Ahmed Al-Amri   Saudi Arabia 8:23.61 q, SB
10 3 Gary Roba   Ethiopia 8:23.98 q
11 1 Eliseo Martín   Spain 8:24.49 q
12 3 José Luis Blanco   Spain 8:25.00 q
13 3 Filmon Ghirmai   Germany 8:25.17
14 3 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia 8:26.42 SB
15 3 Krijn van Koolwijk   Belgium 8:29.18
16 2 Richard Mateelong   Kenya 8:29.49 Q
17 2 Nahom Mesfin Tariku   Ethiopia 8:29.57 Q
18 2 Brahim Taleb   Morocco 8:29.64 Q
19 2 Mircea Bogdan   Romania 8:30.07
20 3 Aaron Aguayo   United States 8:30.86
21 2 Joshua McAdams   United States 8:32.46
22 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France 8:33.11
23 1 Rabia Makhloufi   Algeria 8:33.88
24 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen   Norway 8:34.84
25 3 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux   France 8:36.05
26 2 Yoshitaka Iwamizu   Japan 8:36.73
27 1 Ruben Ramolefi   South Africa 8:39.50
28 1 Benjamin Kiplagat   Uganda 8:40.65
29 2 Zakrya Ali Kamil   Qatar 8:41.81
30 2 Itai Maggidi   Israel 8:43.00
31 2 Antonio David Jiménez   Spain 8:50.41
32 1 Henrik Skoog   Sweden 8:51.61
33 2 Pieter Desmet   Belgium 8:55.99
34 1 Tom Brooks   United States 8:56.20
35 3 Andrew Lemoncello   United Kingdom 8:58.93
36 2 Youcef Abdi   Australia 9:51.33
1 Günther Weidlinger   Austria DNF
3 Hamid Ezzine   Morocco DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Brimin Kipruto   Kenya 8:13.82
  Ezekiel Kemboi   Kenya 8:16.94
  Richard Mateelong   Kenya 8:17.59
4 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden 8:19.82
5 Bouabdellah Tahri   France 8:20.27
6 Halil Akkaş   Turkey 8:22.51
7 Eliseo Martín   Spain 8:22.91 SB
8 Tareq Mubarak Taher   Bahrain 8:22.95
9 Abdelkader Hachlaf   Morocco 8:24.18
10 Gary Roba   Ethiopia 8:25.93
11 Abubaker Ali Kamal   Qatar 8:26.90
12 Nahom Mesfin Tariku   Ethiopia 8:28.86
Brahim Taleb   Morocco DSQ
José Luis Blanco   Spain DSQ
Ali Ahmed Al-Amri   Saudi Arabia DNF

References

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