These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 1 and 4 September.[1]
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
| Date | 1 and 4 September 1972 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:23.6 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Heats
editThe top three runners in each of the four heats (blue), advanced to the final round.
Heat one
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapio Kantanen |  Finland |
8:24.8 | OR |
| 2 | Kip Keino |  Kenya |
8:27.6 | |
| 3 | Takaharu Koyama |  Japan |
8:29.8 | |
| 4 | Gheorghe Cefan |  Romania |
8:33.8 | |
| 5 | Andy Holden |  Great Britain |
8:33.8 | |
| 6 | Toni Feldmann |  Switzerland |
8:35.8 | |
| 7 | Steve Savage |  United States |
8:39.0 | |
| 8 | Gérard Buchheit |  France |
8:41.2 | |
| 9 | Filbert Bayi |  Tanzania |
8:41.4 | |
| 10 | Vitus Ashaba |  Uganda |
8:45.0 | |
| 11 | Tadeusz Zieliński |  Poland |
8:49.8 | |
| 12 | Wigmar Pedersen |  Denmark |
9:03.0 |
Heat two
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Jipcho | Kenya |
8:31.6 |
| 2 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | Finland |
8:31.8 |
| 3 | Mikhail Zhelev |  Bulgaria |
8:35.8 |
| 4 | Willi Maier |  West Germany |
8:37.6 |
| 5 | Akira Takeuchi | Japan |
8:40.4 |
| 6 | Sergey Skripka |  Soviet Union |
8:41.4 |
| 7 | Jan Voje |  Norway |
8:42.0 |
| 8 | Hans Menet | Switzerland |
8:45.4 |
| 9 | Eddie Leddy |  Ireland |
8:47.4 |
| 10 | Kazimierz Maranda | Poland |
8:50.4 |
| 11 | Esau Adenji |  Cameroon |
9:34.4 |
| 12 | Kerry O'Brien |  Australia |
DNF |
Heat three
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland |
8:29.0 |
| 2 | Romualdas Bitė | Soviet Union |
8:30.2 |
| 3 | Jean-Paul Villain | France |
8:30.4 |
| 4 | Josef Horčic |  Czechoslovakia |
8:30.6 |
| 5 | Anders Gärderud |  Sweden |
8:30.8 |
| 6 | Willi Wagner | West Germany |
8:34.0 |
| 7 | Paul Thijs |  Belgium |
8:35.0 |
| 8 | John Bicourt | Great Britain |
8:38.8 |
| 9 | Doug Brown | United States |
8:41.2 |
| 10 | Panagiotis Nakopoulos |  Greece |
8:48.4 |
| 11 | Yohannes Mohamed |  Ethiopia |
8:52.6 |
| 12 | Robert Hackman |  Ghana |
8:57.6 |
Heat four
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amos Biwott | Kenya |
8:23.8 | OR |
| 2 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland |
8:28.2 | |
| 3 | Dušan Moravčík | Czechoslovakia |
8:33.4 | |
| 4 | Steve Hollings | Great Britain |
8:35.0 | |
| 5 | Franco Fava |  Italy |
8:35.0 | |
| 6 | Hans-Dieter Schulten | West Germany |
8:39.8 | |
| 7 | Boualem Rahoui |  Algeria |
8:41.0 | |
| 8 | Spyridon Kontosoros | Greece |
8:41.0 | |
| 9 | Georges Kaiser | Switzerland |
8:45.4 | |
| 10 | Mike Manley | United States |
8:50.4 | |
| 11 | Sverre Sørnes | Norway |
8:54.8 | |
| 12 | Usaia Sotutu |  Fiji |
9:12.0 | |
| 13 | Julio Quevedo |  Guatemala |
9:28.4 |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Kip Keino | Kenya |
8:23.6 | OR |
 |
Ben Jipcho | Kenya |
8:24.6 | |
 |
Tapio Kantanen | Finland |
8:24.8 | |
| 4 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland |
8:28.0 | |
| 5 | Dušan Moravčík | Czechoslovakia |
8:29.2 | |
| 6 | Amos Biwott | Kenya |
8:33.6 | |
| 7 | Romualdas Bitė | Soviet Union |
8:34.6 | |
| 8 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland |
8:37.2 | |
| 9 | Takaharu Koyama | Japan |
8:37.8 | |
| 10 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | Finland |
8:41.0 | |
| 11 | Jean-Paul Villain | France |
8:46.8 | |
| 12 | Mikhail Zhelev | Bulgaria |
9:02.6 |
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2017.