Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

at the Games of the XVII Olympiad

Venue

Dates

September 1 (heats)
September 3 (final)

Medalists

01 !		Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Poland
02 !		Nikolay Sokolov Soviet Union
03 !		Semyon Rzhishchin Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
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
Decathlon	men

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3.

Results

The fastest three steeplechasers in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:43.56
2	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	8:48.77
3	Hans Hüneke	United Team of Germany	8:50.59
4	Georgios Papavasileiou	Greece	8:51.46
5	Phil Coleman	United States	8:56.72
6	Vlastimil Brlica	Czechoslovakia	9:00.07
7	Attila Simon	Hungary	9:02.79
8	Guy Texereau	France	9:04.23
9	Walter Kammermann	Switzerland	9:11.8
10	Eric Shirley	Great Britain	9:14.8
11	Joaquim Ferreira	Portugal	9:30.2

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:49.92
2	Ludwig Müller	United Team of Germany	8:49.86
3	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	8:50.19
4	George Young	United States	8:50.93
5	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	8:53.01
6	Dave Chapman	Great Britain	8:53.24
7	Pentti Karvonen	Finland	9:04.91
8	José Fernández	Spain	9:12.8
9	Mubarak Shah	Pakistan	9:20.0
10	Alfredo Tinoco	Mexico	9:38.0

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:48.11
2	Deacon Jones	United States	8:49.32
3	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:49.52
4	Hermann Buhl	United Team of Germany	8:49.56
5	Lage Tedenby	Sweden	8:52.94
6	Franc Hafner	Yugoslavia	8:55.68
7	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	9:06.68
8	Michael Palmer	Great Britain	9:10.68
9	Gerhart Hecker	Hungary	9:12.4
10	Cahit Önel	Turkey	9:14.6
11	Mohamed Lahcen	Morocco	9:29.4

3000 m steeplechase final. Sokolov is in the lead, chased by Roelants (#242), Rzhishchin and Konov. Jones is on the left

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:34.30	OR
02 !	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:36.55
03 !	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:42.34
4	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:47.45
5	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	8:58.87
6	Ludwig Müller	United Team of Germany	9:01.57
7	Deacon Jones	United States	9:18.22
8	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	9:18.23
-	Hans Hüneke	United Team of Germany		DNF

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish

3000 metres steeplechase at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other distances: 1900 2500 m 4000 m 1904 (2590 m) 1908 (3200 m)

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