Athletics 2016/Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
General information
Sport	Athletics 2016
Date	15-17 August 2016
Competitors	45 athletes
Venue	Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium
Previous medalists
Gold	Ezekiel Kemboi
Silver	Mahiedine Makhissi-Benabbad
Bronze	Abel Kiprop Mutai
Conditions
Temperature	27°C / 80.6°F
Length	3000 metres
Medalists
	Conseslus Kipruto
	Evan Jager
	Mahiedine Mekhissi

The men's 3000 metre steeplechase of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 15-17 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 45 athletes competing, the event was won by Conseslus Kipruto from Kenya, with Evan Jager from USA taking the silver medal and Mahiedine Mekhissi from France taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two rounds, each with races of up to fifteen athletes. In the first round, the top three with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with the six fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Forty-five athletes qualified for the event with Conseslus Kipruto as the absolute top favorite. Kenya had mostly dominated this event, having won Olympic gold in every edition since Los Angeles 1984, and with eight of the ten fastest times of the year, and eight of the ten fastest times ever, this time seemed to be no different. Kipruto was supported by the two previous Olympic champions Ezekiel Kemboi and Brimin Kiprop Kipruto. John Kibet Koech was one of the few athletes who could break the dominance of Kenya, with Evan Jager having approached the world championships podium by less than three seconds. Other medal contenders and outsiders included Soufiane Elbakkali, defending silver medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi, Hillary Bor, and Yeemane Haileselassie.

Athlete	Nationality
Mitko Tsenov	Bulgaria
Ali Messaoudi	Algeria
Nelson Kipkosgei Cherutich	Bahrain
Matthew Hughes	Canada
Kazuya Shiojiri	Japan
Hailemariyam Amare	Ethiopia
Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya
Rob Mullett	Great Britain
Sebastian Martos	Spain
Jeroen D'Hoedt	Belgium
Yuri Floriani	Italy
Hillary Bor	United States
Halil Akkas	Turkey
Benjamin Kiplagat	Uganda
Soufiane Elbakkali	Morocco
Hamid Ezzine	Morocco
Abdoullah Bamoussa	Italy
Chris Winter	Canada
Kaur Kivistik	Estonia
Chala Beyo	Ethiopia
Yemane Haileselassie	Eritrea
John Kibet Koech	Bahrain
Abdelaziz Merzougui	Spain
Mahiedine Mekhissi	France
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	Kenya
Evan Jager	United States
Jose Pena	Venezuela
Aras Kaya	Turkey
Abdalla Targan	Sudan
Bilal Tabti	Algeria
Jacob Araptany	Uganda
Taylor Milne	Canada
Altobeli da Silva	Brazil
Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark
Hicham Sugueni	Morocco
Krystian Zalewski	Poland
Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	Djibouti
Donald Cabral	United States
Amor Ben Yahia	Tunisia
Tafese Seboka	Ethiopia
Yoann Kowal	France
Hicham Bouchicha	Algeria
Fernando Carro	Spain
Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya
Tarik Langat Akdag	Turkey

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	3 September 2004		Saif Saaeed Shaheen	7:53.63
OR	30 September 1988		Julius Kariuki	8:05.51

Summary

Round 1

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Hillary Bor	8:25.01	Q
2		Soufiane Elbakkali	8:25.17	Q
3		Ezekiel Kemboi	8:25.51	Q
4		Matthew Hughes	8:26.27	q
5		Sebastian Martos	8:28.44
6		Benjamin Kiplagat	8:30.76
7		Halil Akkas	8:33.12
8		Hailemariyam Amare	8:35.01
9		Nelson Kipkosgei Cherutich	8:35.87
10		Yuri Floriani	8:40.80
11		Kazuya Shiujiri	8:40.98
12		Rob Mullett	8:48.19
13		Jeroen D'Hoedt	8:48.29
14		Mitko Tsenov	8:54.79
15		Ali Messaoudi	DQ

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Evan Jager	8:25.86	Q
2		Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	8:26.25	Q
3		Mahiedine Mekhissi	8:26.32	Q
4		Yemane Haileselassie	8:26.72	q
5		Hamid Ezzine	8:27.69	q
6		John Kibet Koech	8:28.81
7		Chala Beyo	8:32.06
8		Aras Kaya	8:32.35
9		Jose Pena	8:32.38
10		Chris Winter	8:33.95
11		Bilal Tabti	8:38.87
12		Abdoullah Bemoussa	8:42.81
13		Kaur Kivistik	8:44.25
14		Abdalla Targan	8:52.20
15		Abdelaziz Merzougui	9:03.40

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Conseslus Kipruto	8:21.40	Q
2		Jacob Araptany	8:21.53	Q
3		Donald Cabral	8:21.96	Q
4		Amor Ben Yahia	8:23.12	q
5		Yoann Kowal	8:23.49	q
6		Altobeli da Silva	8:26.59	q, PR
7		Hicham Sigueni	8:27.82
8		Hicham Bouchicha	8:33.61
9		Taylor Milne	8:34.38
10		Krystian Zalewski	8:34.52
11		Ole Hesselbjerg	8:40.08
12		Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	8:53.10
13		Fernando Carro	8:53.17
14		Tarik Langat Akdag	DNF
15		Tafese Seboka	DQ

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Conseslus Kipruto	8:03.28	OR
2		Evan Jager	8:04.28
3		Mahiedine Mekhissi	8:11.52
4		Soufiane Mekhissi	8:14.35	PR
5		Yoann Kowal	8:16.75
6		Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	8:18.79
7		Hillary Bor	8:22.74	PR
8		Donald Cabral	8:25.81
9		Altobeli da Silva	8:26.30	PR
10		Matthew Hughes	8:36.83
11		Yemane Haileselassie	8:40.68
12		Jacob Araptany	DNF
13		Hamid Ezzine	DNF
14		Amor Ben Yahia	DQ
15		Ezekiel Kemboi	DQ

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya
	Evan Jager	United States
	Mahiedine Mekhissi	France
4	Soufiane Elbakkali	Morocco
5	Yoann Kowal	France
6	Brimin Kiprop Kipruti	Kenya
7	Hillary Bor	United States
8	Donald Cabral	United States
9	Altobeli da Silva	Brazil
10	Matthew Hughes	Canada
11	Yemane Haileselassie	Eritrea
12	Jacob Araptany	Uganda
13	Hamid Ezzine	Morocco
14	Amor Ben Yahia	Tunisia
15	Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya
16	Hicham Sugueni	Morocco
17	Sebastian Martos	Spain
18	John Kibet Koech	Bahrain
19	Benjamin Kiplagat	Uganda
20	Chala Beyo	Ethiopia
21	Aras Kaya	Turkey
22	Jose Pena	Venezuela
23	Halil Akkas	Turkey
24	Hicham Bouchicha	Algeria
25	Chris Winter	Canada
26	Taylor Milne	Canada
27	Krystian Zalewski	Poland
28	Hailemariyam Amare	Ethiopia
29	Nelson Kipkosgei Cherutich	Bahrain
30	Bilal Tabti	Algeria
31	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark
32	Yuri Floriani	Italy
33	Kazuya Shiojiri	Japan
34	Abdoullah Bamoussa	Italy
35	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia
36	Rob Mullett	Great Britain
37	Jeroen D'Hoedt	Belgium
38	Abdalla Targan	Sudan
39	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	Djibouti
40	Fernando Carro	Spain
41	Mitko Tsenov	Bulgaria
42	Abdelaziz Merzougui	Spain
-	Tarik Langat Akdag	Turkey
-	Ali Messaoudi	Algeria
-	Tafese Seboka	Ethiopia