1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1987 World Championships
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
 

These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the inaugural 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1987-09-05.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Francesco Panetta
Italy (ITA)
Silver Hagen Melzer
East Germany (GDR)
Bronze William Van Dijck
Belgium (BEL)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, USA May 13, 1978
Championship Record  Patriz Ilg (FRG) 8:15.06 Helsinki, Finland August 12, 1983

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Francesco Panetta (ITA) 8:08.57 CR
 Hagen Melzer (GDR) 8:10.32
 William Van Dijck (BEL) 8:12.18
4.  Brian Diemer (USA) 8:14.46
5.  Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:16.46
6.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:17.78
7.  Peter Koech (KEN) 8:20.08
8.  Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:20.45
9.  Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) 8:24.25
10.  Raymond Pannier (FRA) 8:26.50
11.  José Regalo (POR) 8:27.64
12.  Patriz Ilg (FRG) 8:38.46
13.  Franco Boffi (ITA) 8:43.60
14.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:48.86
 Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN) DNF

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Francesco Panetta (ITA) 8:16.08
2.  Raymond Pannier (FRA) 8:16.93
3.  William Van Dijck (BEL) 8:19.19
4.  Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:22.26
5.  Eddie Wedderburn (GBR) 8:24.09
6.  Adauto Domingues (BRA) 8:26.67
7.  Bela Vago (HUN) 8:27.24
8.  Francisco Sánchez (ESP) 8:34.29
9.  Michael Heist (FRG) 8:38.80
10.  Brian Abshire (USA) 8:39.97
11.  Liam O'Brien (IRL) 8:40.88
12.  Herman Hofstee (NED) 8:44.04
13.  Emilio Ulloa (CHI) 8:44.51
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN) 8:20.75
2.  Hagen Melzer (GDR) 8:21.07
3.  Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) 8:21.21
4.  Brian Diemer (USA) 8:21.32
5.  Fethi Baccouche (TUN) 8:22.75
6.  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:24.32
7.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:24.66
8.  Ricardo Vera (URU) 8:36.80
9.  Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:40.55
10.  Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN) 8:41.41
11.  Espen Borge (NOR) 8:47.34
12.  Ramón López (PAR) 9:10.29
 Flemming Jensen (DEN) DNF
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Patriz Ilg (FRG) 8:18.73
2.  Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:18.87
3.  Peter Koech (KEN) 8:19.28
4.  José Regalo (POR) 8:20.70
5.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:20.98
6.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:21.35
7.  Franco Boffi (ITA) 8:21.69
8.  Bruno Le Stum (FRA) 8:23.61
9.  Valeriy Vandyak (URS) 8:30.43
10.  Hans Koeleman (NED) 8:41.80
11.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:46.23
 Mirosław Żerkowski (POL) DNF

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