2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
2012 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 European Athletics Championships will held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.

Medalists

Gold Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
 France
Silver Tarık Langat Akdağ
 Turkey
Bronze Víctor García
 Spain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:01.18 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
Championship record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 7:54.31 Rome, Italy 31 May 2012
European Leading  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:10.90 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 9 June 2012

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 June 2012 18:30 Round 1
29 June 2012 19:05 Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 7 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey 8:27.31 Q, SB
2 2 Ion Luchianov  Moldova 8:29.28 Q
3 2 Víctor García  Spain 8:29.44 Q
4 2 Łukasz Oślizło  Poland 8:29.46 Q
5 2 Abdelaziz Merzougui  Spain 8:29.51 q
6 2 Steffen Uliczka  Germany 8:29.55 q
7 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 8:31.05 Q
8 1 Nordine Gezzar  France 8:31.33 Q
9 2 Yuri Floriani  Italy 8:32.63 q
10 1 Patrick Nasti  Italy 8:34.08 Q
11 1 Łukasz Parszczyński  Poland 8:35.05 Q
12 1 Antonio David Jiménez  Spain 8:35.44 q
13 2 Kaur Kivistik  Estonia 8:36.10 q, PB
14 1 Hakan Duvar  Turkey 8:37.40 q
15 1 Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:37.82 q
16 1 James Wilkinson  Great Britain 8:39.19
17 2 Noureddine Smaïl  France 8:41.11
18 1 Alberto Paulo  Portugal 8:41.63 SB
19 2 Itai Maggidi  Israel 8:47.29
20 1 Rob Mullett  Great Britain 8:48.38
21 2 Ildar Minshin  Russia 8:52.84
22 1 Alexandru Ghinea  Romania 8:55.88
23 1 Jukka Keskisalo  Finland DNS
23 1 Halil Akkaş  Turkey DNF
23 2 Luke Gunn  Great Britain DNF

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 8:33.23
2nd Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey 8:35.24
3rd Víctor García  Spain 8:35.87
4 Abdelaziz Merzougui  Spain 8:38.58
5 Łukasz Parszczyński  Poland 8:38.76
6 Yuri Floriani  Italy 8:39.22
7 Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:39.35
8 Hakan Duvar  Turkey 8:40.05
9 Steffen Uliczka  Germany 8:41.53
10 Ion Luchianov  Moldova 8:42.06
11 Łukasz Oślizło  Poland 8:44.51
12 Patrick Nasti  Italy 8:48.37
13 Antonio David Jiménez  Spain 8:53.30
14 Kaur Kivistik  Estonia 8:58.02
(4) Nordine Gezzar  France DSQ Doping

References

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