2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates19 August (heats)
22 August (final)
Competitors44 from 22 nations
Winning time8:03.53
Medalists
gold medal    Morocco
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Kenya
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 19 to 22 August 2023.[1]

Summary

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Defending champion Soufiane El Bakkali had taken residence on the podium since 2017, including the 2020 Olympics. Lamecha Girma had taken silver twice in a row and another at the Olympics. The difference this year was that Girma had taken down Saif Saaeed Shaheen's world record in Paris just over a month earlier. And he didn't just nip the record, he took a second and a half out of it, uncontested.

Nobody wanted to take the lead, that duty relegated to Simon Sundström in a pedestrian 67 first lap. But that wasn't slow enough so Leonard Bett slowed it down to a 69 and then 66's to get the field through 5 laps. Girma was always lurking about second place, now it was time to start racing. The next lap was just over 60 seconds. After spending a couple of laps at the back of the pack, El Bakkali drifted up to mark Girma. When the speed came, only Abraham Kibiwot was able to go with the big two. By the bell, he too had lost contact. On the first barrier after the bell, Kibiwot crashed. Nobody else was left in the picture. It wasn't the kind of breakaway speed the days of Ezekiel Kemboi, but El Bakkali pushed the backstretch to pull even with Girma with 200 to go.[2] He opened up a step going in to the last water jump and continued to pull away.[3] Even though El Bakkali slowed to wave at the crowd as he crossed the finish line, he still won by 10 metres. Far adrift from the leaders, Kibiwot came back to outsprint Bett to get the bronze. Including the Olympics it was three global championships in a row to have El Bakkali first, Girma second and a Kenyan in third.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[4]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Lamecha Girma (ETH) 7:52.11 Paris, France 9 June 2023
Championship record  Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:00.43 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
World Leading  Lamecha Girma (ETH) 7:52.11 Paris, France 9 June 2023
African Record
Asian Record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Evan Jager (USA) 8:00.45 Paris, France 4 July 2015
South American Record  Wander do Prado Moura (BRA) 8:14.41 Mar del Plata, Argentina 22 March 1995
European Record  Mahiedine Mekhissi (FRA) 8:00.09 Paris, France 6 July 2013
Oceanian record  George Beamish (NZL) 8:13.61 Monte Carlo, Monaco 21 July 2023

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Oceanian record 8:13.46 George Beamish  New Zealand (NZL) 22 Aug 2023

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8:15.00.[5]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
19 August 12:35 Heats
22 August 21:42 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) qualify to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:15.89 Q
2 3 George Beamish  New Zealand (NZL) 8:16.36 Q
3 3 Leonard Kipkemoi Bett  Kenya (KEN) 8:16.74 Q
4 3 Ryuji Miura  Japan (JPN) 8:18.73 Q
5 1 Getnet Wale  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:19.99 Q
6 1 Jean-Simon Desgagnés  Canada (CAN) 8:20.04 Q
7 3 Simon Sunström  Sweden (SWE) 8:20.10 Q, PB
8 1 Simon Kiprop Koech  Kenya (KEN) 8:20.29 Q
9 1 Daniel Arce  Spain (ESP) 8:20.46 Q
10 1 Ryoma Aoki  Japan (JPN) 8:20.54 Q, SB
11 3 Victor Ruiz  Spain (ESP) 8:20.54
12 1 Mohamed Tindouft  Morocco (MAR) 8:20.67
13 3 Djilali Bedrani  France (FRA) 8:20.69
14 1 Avinash Mukund Sable  India (IND) 8:22.24
15 3 Karl Bebendorf  Germany (GER) 8:22.33
16 3 Mohammed Msaad  Morocco (MAR) 8:22.95
17 2 Kenneth Rooks  United States (USA) 8:23.66 Q
18 2 Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco (MAR) 8:23.66 Q
19 2 Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui  Tunisia (TUN) 8:24.20 Q
20 1 Benard Keter  United States (USA) 8:24.20
21 2 Abraham Kibiwot  Kenya (KEN) 8:24.31 Q
22 2 Leonard Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 8:24.74 Q
23 2 Nahuel Carabaña  Andorra (AND) 8:27.05
24 1 Vidar Johansson  Sweden (SWE) 8:27.21
25 3 Ala Zoghlami  Italy (ITA) 8:28.76
26 2 István Palkovits [de]  Hungary (HUN) 8:29.37
27 1 Ahmed Jaziri  Tunisia (TUN) 8:29.81
28 1 Topi Raitanen  Finland (FIN) 8:30.69
29 2 Abrham Sime  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:31.49
30 3 Isaac Updike  United States (USA) 8:31.81 qR
31 2 Osama Zoghlami  Italy (ITA) 8:33.07
32 2 Salaheddine Ben Yazide [de]  Morocco (MAR) 8:38.14
33 2 Seiya Sunada [de]  Japan (JPN) 8:38.59
34 3 Fouad Idbafdil  Athlete Refugee Team (ART) 8:39.21
35 1 Matthew Clarke  Australia (AUS) 8:40.92
36 2 Emil Blomberg  Sweden (SWE) 8:42.33
37 3 Julián Molina  Argentina (ARG) 8:46.44

Final

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The final was started on 22 August at 21:42.[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco (MAR) 8:03.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:05.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abraham Kibiwot  Kenya (KEN) 8:11.98
4 Leonard Kipkemoi Bett  Kenya (KEN) 8:12.26
5 George Beamish  New Zealand (NZL) 8:13.46
6 Ryuji Miura  Japan (JPN) 8:13.70
7 Simon Kiprop Koech  Kenya (KEN) 8:14.37
8 Jean-Simon Desgagnés  Canada (CAN) 8:15.58 PB
9 Daniel Arce  Spain (ESP) 8:18.31
10 Kenneth Rooks  United States (USA) 8:20.02
11 Getnet Wale  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:21.03
12 Leonard Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 8:21.61
13 Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui  Tunisia (TUN) 8:23.08
14 Ryoma Aoki  Japan (JPN) 8:24.77
15 Simon Sundström  Sweden (SWE) 8:27.68
16 Isaac Updike  United States (USA) 8:30.67

References

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  1. ^ "Timetable | Budapest 23 - World Athletics" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ^ Monti, David (22 August 2023). "Soufiane El Bakkali retains men's 3000m steeplechase world title". World-Track.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ Ewing, Lori (22 August 2023). "Morocco's El Bakkali retains 3,000m steeplechase world title". Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Summary - 3000 Metres Steeplechase Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  7. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.