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

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Brimin Kipruto	Ezekiel Kemboi	Richard Mateelong

Records

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

World record		7:53.63	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2004
Championship record		8:04.16	Gothenburg, Sweden	11 August 1995
World leading		7:59.42	Stockholm, Sweden	7 August 2007

Schedule

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			8:19.99	Q
	1			8:20.03	Q
	1			8:20.08	Q
	1			8:20.09	q
	1			8:21.20	q, SB
	3			8:21.93	Q
	3			8:22.37	Q
	3			8:22.80	Q
	3			8:23.61	q, SB
10	3			8:23.98	q
11	1			8:24.49	q
12	3			8:25.00	q
13	3			8:25.17
14	3			8:26.42	SB
15	3			8:29.18
16	2			8:29.49	Q
17	2			8:29.57	Q
18	2			8:29.64	Q
19	2			8:30.07
20	3			8:30.86
21	2			8:32.46
22	2			8:33.11
23	1			8:33.88
24	1			8:34.84
25	3			8:36.05
26	2			8:36.73
27	1			8:39.50
28	1			8:40.65
29	2			8:41.81
30	2			8:43.00
31	2			8:50.41
32	1			8:51.61
33	2			8:55.99
34	1			8:56.20
35	3			8:58.93
36	2			9:51.33
	1				DNF
	3				DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:13.82
			8:16.94
			8:17.59
			8:19.82
			8:20.27
			8:22.51
			8:22.91	SB
			8:22.95
			8:24.18
10			8:25.93
11			8:26.90
12			8:28.86
				DSQ
				DSQ
				DNF

References

• Official results, heats - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org