Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 23 and July 25. The final was won by American Horace Ashenfelter.

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Dates	July 23 (heats) July 25 (final)
Competitors	35 from  19 nations
Winning time	8:45.4 WR
Medalists
Horace Ashenfelter  United States Vladimir Kazantsev  Soviet Union John Disley  Great Britain

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 23. The four fastest runners from each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Vladimir Kazantsev	Soviet Union	8:58.0	OR
2	Günter Heßelmann	Germany	9:05.0
3	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	9:05.4
4	Cahit Önel	Turkey	9:06.0
5	Jindřich Roudný	Czechoslovakia	9:06.4
6	Kauko Lusenius	Finland	9:26.8
7	Kenneth Johnson	Great Britain	9:27.0
8	Drago Štritof	Yugoslavia	9:28.0
9	Victor Firea	Romania	9:29.2
10	Guillermo Solá	Chile	9:32.2
11	Pierre Prat	France	9:32.8
12	Gulzara Singh Mann	India	9:48.6
	Bill Ashenfelter	United States	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	John Disley	Great Britain	8:59.4
2	Olavi Rinteenpää	Finland	8:59.4
3	József Apró	Hungary	9:00.4
4	Helmut Gude	Germany	9:04.2
5	Fyodor Marulin	Soviet Union	9:08.4
6	Ali Baghbanbashi	Iran	9:13.2
7	Jan Kielas	Poland	9:15.4
8	André Lebrun	France	9:17.8
9	Susumu Takahashi	Japan	9:21.6
10	Božidar Đurašković	Yugoslavia	9:23.2
11	Eric Nilsson	Sweden	9:25.0
12	Browning Ross	United States	9:44.0

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Horace Ashenfelter	United States	8:51.0	OR
2	Mikhail Saltykov	Soviet Union	8:55.8
3	Curt Söderberg	Sweden	9:02.4
4	Chris Brasher	Great Britain	9:03.2
5	Urho Julin	Finland	9:09.4
6	László Jeszenszky	Hungary	9:11.2
7	André Paris	France	9:30.0
8	Robert Schoonjans	Belgium	9:30.6
9	Petar Šegedin	Yugoslavia	9:40.2
	Víctorio Solares	Guatemala	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
	Horace Ashenfelter	United States	8:45.4	WR
	Vladimir Kazantsev	Soviet Union	8:51.6
	John Disley	Great Britain	8:51.8
4	Olavi Rinteenpää	Finland	8:55.2
5	Curt Söderberg	Sweden	8:55.6
6	Günter Hesselmann	Germany	8:55.8
7	Mikhail Saltykov	Soviet Union	8:56.2
8	Helmut Gude	Germany	9:01.4
9	József Apró	Hungary	9:04.2
10	Cahit Önel	Turkey	9:04.4
11	Chris Brasher	Great Britain	9:14.0
12	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	10:26.4

Key: WR = World record