Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date:	1 and 4 September 1972
Competitors:	49
Nations:	29
Win Value:	8:23.6
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Kipchoge Keino
Goldnoc:	KEN
Silver:	Ben Jipcho
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Tapio Kantanen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

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]

Heats

The top three runners in each of the four heats (blue), advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			8:24.8	OR
2			8:27.6
3			8:29.8
4			8:33.8
5			8:33.8
6			8:35.8
7			8:39.0
8			8:41.2
9			8:41.4
10			8:45.0
11			8:49.8
12			9:03.0

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1			8:31.6
2			8:31.8
3			8:35.8
4			8:37.6
5			8:40.4
6			8:41.4
7			8:42.0
8			8:45.4
9			8:47.4
10			8:50.4
11			9:34.4
12			DNF

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1			8:29.0
2			8:30.2
3			8:30.4
4			8:30.6
5			8:30.8
6			8:34.0
7			8:35.0
8			8:38.8
9			8:41.2
10			8:48.4
11			8:52.6
12			8:57.6

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			8:23.8	OR
2			8:28.2
3			8:33.4
4			8:35.0
5			8:35.0
6			8:39.8
7			8:41.0
8			8:41.0
9			8:45.4
10			8:50.4
11			8:54.8
12			9:12.0
13			9:28.4

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:23.6	OR
			8:24.6
			8:24.8
4			8:28.0
5			8:29.2
6			8:33.6
7			8:34.6
8			8:37.2
9			8:37.8
10			8:41.0
11			8:46.8
12			9:02.6

External links

• Official report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174407/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.