| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | |||||||||
| Dates | 3 August 1992 (heats) 5 August 1992 (semi-finals) 7 August 1992 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:08.84 | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
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These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1992 Summer OlympicsinBarcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats.[1]
At the gun, it seemed like the rest of the world came to run, while the Kenyan team were just tagging along. Starting off slowly, all three Kenyans casually jogged around the outside of the pack and towards the front. William Mutwol continued, breaking away to as much as a 10-metre lead, with Elarbi Khattabi the only one to bridge the gap. On the next lap, Matthew Birir, running in fourth place, went down on the track, but Birir righted himself quickly and was back on his feet before the back of the strung out field had passed him. Within two more barriers, he was back in the same fourth-place position. By the time they reached the same spot on the track where Birir fell, he was in third place as the tail of the three man Kenyan breakaway. Over the next two laps, the only athlete seriously marking the Kenyans was Alessandro Lambruschini. Just after two laps to go, Patrick Sang edged ahead of Mutwol with Lambruschini gaining a little ground between barriers and losing the same amount each time he went over one. With a lap to go, Birir moved into the lead and the Kenyan sweep simply pulled away from Lambruschini, with the rest of the field already disappeared behind. No drama, no hurdling the water jump, no challenges, not even any sprinting. Lambruschini finished fourth for the second Olympics in a row, more than 25 metres behind Mutwol. This became the first Olympic podium sweep by an African nation.
| Gold | Matthew Birir Kenya
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| Silver | Patrick Sang Kenya
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| Bronze | William Mutwol Kenya
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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 8:05.35 | Peter Koech
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Stockholm (SWE) | July 3, 1989 |
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| Olympic Record | 8:05.51 | Julius Kariuki
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Seoul (KOR) | September 30, 1988 |
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
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 Matthew Birir (KEN)
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8:08.84 |
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Patrick Sang (KEN)
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8:09.55 |
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William Mutwol (KEN)
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8:10.74 |
| 4. |  Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)
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8:15.52 |
| 5. |  Steffen Brand (GER)
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8:16.60 |
| 6. |  Tom Hanlon (GBR)
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8:18.14 |
| 7. |  Brian Diemer (USA)
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8:18.77 |
| 8. |  Azzedine Brahmi (ALG)
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8:20.71 |
| 9. |  William Van Dijck (BEL)
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8:22.51 |
| 10. |  Elarbi Khattabi (MAR)
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8:23.82 |
| 11. |  Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo (BRA)
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8:25.92 |
| 12. |  Ricardo Vera (URU)
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8:26.35 |
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| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
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| 1. | Patrick Sang (KEN)
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8:27.01 |
| 2. | Tom Hanlon (GBR)
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8:27.46 |
| 3. | Ricardo Vera (URU)
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8:27.71 |
| 4. | Mark Croghan (USA)
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8:28.15 |
| 5. | Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)
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8:29.64 |
| 6. |  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)
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8:30.54 |
| 7. |  Whaddon Niewoudt (RSA)
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8:30.61 |
| 8. |  João Junqueira (POR)
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8:32.68 |
| 9. |  Hamid Sajjadi (IRI)
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8:36.87 |
| 10. |  Marcelo Cascabelo (ARG)
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8:38.89 |
| 11. |  Jamal Abdi Hassan (QAT)
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8:54.98 |
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