2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

The Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 and August 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The first three of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Medalists

Gold	Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar (QAT)
Silver	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Brimin Kipruto Kenya (KEN)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3
07.08.2005  - 13:50h	07.08.2005  - 14:04h	07.08.2005  - 14:18h
Final
09.08.2005  - 21:20h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in minutes

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Startlist

№	Heat 1	SB	PB
1029		8:17.87	8:15.69
769		7:55.51	7:53.63
740		8:17.87	8:17.32
557		8:09.04	8:02.49
887		8:15.51	8:05.75
849		8:22.91	8:16.96
40		8:12.26	8:10.83
757		8:38.26	8:27.91
636		8:30.66	8:23.83
236		8:17.47	8:07.44
57		8:20.31	8:15.02
331		8:18.18	8:13.16
675		8:04.95	8:04.95
№	Heat 2	SB	PB
335		8:09.58	8:06.91
562		7:56.37	7:56.37
273		8:27.06	8:22.22
718		8:17.49	8:17.49
762		8:11.75	8:07.18
982		8:19.46	8:17.91
234		8:14.05	8:11.52
521		8:22.54	8:18.93
819		8:19.68	8:19.68
33		8:23.93	8:22.85
289		8:25.14	8:16.74
115		8:16.26	8:07.12
627		8:21.38	8:09.72
№	Heat 3	SB	PB
792		8:20.40	8:20.18
359		8:30.12	8:23.74
330		8:17.32	8:15.76
65		8:17.11	8:17.11
220		8:21.04	8:12.86
835		8:26.96	8:22.29
1004		8:12.65	8:08.82
136		8:20.14	8:20.14
770		8:33.00	8:18.52
561		8:04.22	8:02.89
622		8:04.92	7:55.28
929		8:22.00	8:18.43
38		8:13.74	8:13.74
948		8:28.85	8:19.50

Results

Heat 1

1. Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar 8:11.79 Q
2. Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya 8:11.90 Q
3. Simon Vroemen, Netherlands 8:13.08 Q (SB)
4. Günther Weidlinger, Austria 8:15.91 q
5. Luis Miguel Martín, Spain 8:17.47 q
6. Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden 8:18.18 q
7. Gaël Pencreach, France 8:23.96
8. Radosław Popławski, Poland 8:29.85
9. Ion Luchianov, Moldova 8:32.09 (SB)
10. Steve Slattery, United States 8:36.01
11. Alexander Greaux, Puerto Rico 8:39.91
12. Boštjan Buc, Slovenia 8:40.81
13. Pieter Desmet, Belgium 8:48.05

Heat 2

1. Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya 8:16.42 Q
2. Musa Amer Obaid, Qatar 8:16.53 Q
3. Antonio David Jiménez, Spain 8:16.72 Q
4. Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:18.31 q
5. Tareq Mubarak Taher, Bahrain 8:21.68 q
6. Anthony Famiglietti, United States 8:21.84
7. Jukka Keskisalo, Finland 8:25.14 (SB)
8. Tewodros Shiferaw, Ethiopia 8:27.06 (SB)
9. Hamid Ezzine, Morocco 8:27.07
10. Yoshitaka Iwamizu, Japan 8:28.73
11. Peter Nowill, Australia 8:35.35
12. Andrey Olshanskiy, Russia 8:54.04

• Jakub Czaja, Poland DNF

Heat 3

1. Brahim Boulami, Morocco 8:19.54 Q
2. Brimin Kipruto, Kenya 8:19.90 Q
3. José Luis Blanco, Spain 8:21.04 Q (SB)
4. Daniel Lincoln, United States 8:21.39 q
5. Halil Akkaş, Turkey 8:26.35
6. Ruben Ramolefi, South Africa 8:28.12
7. Krijn van Koolwijk, Belgium 8:28.92
8. Vincent Le Dauphin, France 8:30.42
9. Moustafa Ahmed Shebto, Qatar 8:33.00 (SB)
10. Martin Pröll, Austria 8:33.70
11. Vadym Slobodenyuk, Ukraine 8:35.73
12. Roman Usov, Russia 8:36.30
13. Andrew Lemoncello, Great Britain 8:40.29
14. Matthew Kerr, Canada 8:41.20

Final

1. Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar 8:13.31
2. Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya 8:14.95
3. Brimin Kipruto, Kenya 8:15.30
4. Brahim Boulami, Morocco 8:15.32
5. Simon Vroemen, Netherlands 8:16.76
6. Antonio David Jiménez, Spain 8:17.69
7. Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya 8:19.14
8. Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:19.96
9. Musa Amer Obaid, Qatar 8:20.22
10. Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden 8:20.26
11. Luis Miguel Martín, Spain 8:22.13
12. Günther Weidlinger, Austria 8:22.84
13. Daniel Lincoln, United States 8:23.89
14. José Luis Blanco, Spain 8:24.62
15. Tareq Mubarak Taher, Bahrain 8:37.62

External links

• IAAF results (heats)
• IAAF results (final)
• todor66