Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15–17 October
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning time8:30.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gaston Roelants  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maurice Herriott  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ivan Belyayev  Soviet Union
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was the only steeplechase on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 17 October 1964. 30 athletes from 19 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 15 October and the final on 17 October.[1]

New Olympic records for the event were set in two of the three heats as well as in the final, for a total of three out of four races resulting in a new record.

Results

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First round

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The top three runners in each of the 3 heats as well as the fastest remaining runner advanced.

First round, heat 1

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Manuel Oliveira  Portugal 8:40.8
2 Ivan Belyayev  Soviet Union 8:42.0
3 Ben Assou El Ghazi  Morocco 8:42.8
4 Vic Zwolak  United States 8:43.6
5 Zenji Okuzawa  Japan 8:50.0
6 Slavko Špan  Yugoslavia 8:57.6
7 József Mácsár  Hungary 9:08.8
8 Dieter Hartmann  United Team of Germany 9:09.2
9 Jean Toffey Ekonian  Ivory Coast 9:47.4
Bengt Perssoon  Sweden Did not start

First round, heat 2

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Maurice Herriott  Great Britain 8:33.0 OR
2 Lars-Erik Gustafsson  Sweden 8:34.2
3 George L. Young  United States 8:34.2
4 Guy Texereau  France 8:34.6
5 Lazar Naroditsky  Soviet Union 8:43.0
6 Alfred Döring  United Team of Germany 8:43.2
7 Taketsugu Saruwatari  Japan 8:46.6
8 Edward Szklarczyk  Poland 8:48.0
9 Labidi Ayachi  Tunisia 9:02.0
10 Cahit Onel  Turkey 9:15.6

First round, heat 3

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Adolfas Aleksejūnas  Soviet Union 8:31.8 OR
2 Gaston Roelants  Belgium 8:33.8
3 Ernie Pomfret  Great Britain 8:45.2
4 Jeffrey Fishback  United States 8:50.2
5 Benjamin Kogo  Kenya 8:51.0
6 Rainer Dörner  United Team of Germany 8:55.0
7 Attila Simon  Hungary 8:57.8
8 Trevor Vincent  Australia 8:58.8
9 Saburo Yokomizo  Japan 9:04.6
10 Dilbagh Singh Kler  Malaysia 9:18.8

Final

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Alexeiunas could not match his record-setting pace from the heats, falling to 7th in the final. Herriott, who had set the record Alexeiunas had broken, improved on his own time but could not reach Alexeiunas's record as he placed second. Roelants, the world record-holder who had run behind Alexeiunas in the heat, turned out victorious in the final, breaking the Soviet's record by a full second to set a third new record in the event.

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Gaston Roelants  Belgium 8:30.8 OR
2 Maurice Herriott  Great Britain 8:32.4
3 Ivan Belyayev  Soviet Union 8:33.8
4 Manuel Oliveira  Portugal 8:36.2
5 George L. Young  United States 8:38.2
6 Guy Texereau  France 8:38.6
7 Adolf Alexeiunas  Soviet Union 8:39.0
8 Lars-Erik Gustafsson  Sweden 8:41.8
9 Ben Assou El Ghazi  Morocco 8:43.6
10 Ernie Pomfret  Great Britain 8:43.8

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2017.