3000-meter Steeplechase
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
3000-meter Steeplechase
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 3000m steeplechase from 1900 to the present.
| Year | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | George Orton, CAN | 7:34.4 | |
| 1904 | Jim Lightbody, USA | 7:39.6 | |
| 1908 | Arthur Russell, GBR | 10:47.8 | |
| 1920 | Percy Hodge, GBR | 10:00.4 | OR |
| 1924 | Ville Ritola, FIN | 9:33.6 | OR |
| 1928 | Toivo Loukola, FIN | 9:21.8 | WR |
| 1932 | Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN | 10:33.4* | |
| 1936 | Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN | 9:03.8 | WR |
| 1948 | Thore Sjöstrand, SWE | 9:04.6 | |
| 1952 | Horace Ashenfelter, USA | 8:45.4 | WR |
| 1956 | Chris Brasher, GBR | 8:41.2 | OR |
| 1960 | Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak, POL | 8:34.2 | OR |
| 1964 | Gaston Roelants, BEL | 8:30.8 | OR |
| 1968 | Amos Biwott, KEN | 8:51.0 | |
| 1972 | Kip Keino, KEN | 8:23.6 | OR |
| 1976 | Anders Gärderud, SWE | 8:08.2 | WR |
| 1980 | Bronislaw Malinowski, POL | 8:09.7 | |
| 1984 | Julius Korir, KEN | 8:11.80 | |
| 1988 | Julius Kariuki, KEN | 8:05.51 | OR |
| 1992 | Matthew Birir, KEN | 8:08.84 | |
| 1996 | Joseph Keter, KEN | 8:07.12 | |
| 2000 | Reuben Kosgei, KEN | 8:21.43 | |
| 2004 | Ezekiel Kemboi, KEN | 8:05.81 | |
| 2008 | Brimin Kipruto, KEN | 8:10.34 | |
| 2012 | Ezekiel Kemboi, KEN | 8:15.56 |
*Iso-Hollo ran one extra lap due to lap counter's mistake.
Note: Other steeplechase distances– 2500 meters (1900); 2590 meters (1904); 3200 meters (1908) and 3460 meters (1932).
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