| Event: | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Games: | 1952 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki |
| Dates: | July 23 (heats) July 25 (final) |
| Competitors: | 35 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 8:45.4 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Horace Ashenfelter |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Vladimir Kazantsev |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | John Disley |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
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 the American Horace Ashenfelter.[1]
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 | 8:58.0 | OR | |||
| 2 | 9:05.0 | ||||
| 3 | 9:05.4 | ||||
| 4 | 9:06.0 | ||||
| 5 | 9:06.4 | ||||
| 6 | 9:26.8 | ||||
| 7 | 9:27.0 | ||||
| 8 | 9:28.0 | ||||
| 9 | 9:29.2 | ||||
| 10 | 9:32.2 | ||||
| 11 | 9:32.8 | ||||
| 12 | Gulzara Singh Mann | 9:48.6 | |||
| DNF |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:59.4 | ||||
| 2 | 8:59.4 | ||||
| 3 | 9:00.4 | ||||
| 4 | 9:04.2 | ||||
| 5 | 9:08.4 | ||||
| 6 | 9:13.2 | ||||
| 7 | 9:15.4 | ||||
| 8 | 9:17.8 | ||||
| 9 | 9:21.6 | ||||
| 10 | 9:23.2 | ||||
| 11 | 9:25.0 | ||||
| 12 | 9:44.0 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:51.0 | OR | |||
| 2 | 8:55.8 | ||||
| 3 | 9:02.4 | ||||
| 4 | 9:03.2 | ||||
| 5 | 9:09.4 | ||||
| 6 | 9:11.2 | ||||
| 7 | 9:30.0 | ||||
| 8 | 9:30.6 | ||||
| 9 | 9:40.2 | ||||
| DNF |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:45.4 | WR | ||||
| 8:51.6 | |||||
| 8:51.8 | |||||
| 4 | 8:55.2 | ||||
| 5 | 8:55.6 | ||||
| 6 | 8:55.8 | ||||
| 7 | 8:56.2 | ||||
| 8 | 9:01.4 | ||||
| 9 | 9:04.2 | ||||
| 10 | 9:04.4 | ||||
| 11 | 9:14.0 | ||||
| 12 | 10:26.4 |
Key: WR = World record