2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July.[1] Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.

Medalists

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Gold   Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
France (FRA)
Silver   Bouabdellah Tahri
France (FRA)
Bronze   Ion Luchianov
Moldova (MDA)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record   Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record   Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:01.18 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
Championship record   Francesco Panetta (ITA) 8:12.66 Split, Yugoslavia 30 August 1990
World Leading   Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) 8:00.90 Saint-Denis, France 16 July 2010
European Leading   Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:03.72 Metz, France 29 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record   Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010

Schedule

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Date Time Round
30 July 2010 11:40 Round 1
1 August 2010 20:15 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bouabdellah Tahri   France (FRA) 8:30.11 Q
DQ Ildar Minshin   Russia (RUS) 8:30.14 Q, Doping
DQ José Luis Blanco   Spain (ESP) 8:30.53 Q, Doping
2 Steffen Uliczka   Germany (GER) 8:30.61 Q
3 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen   Norway (NOR) 8:30.91 q
4 Hubert Pokrop   Poland (POL) 8:32.77
5 Krijn van Koolwyk   Belgium (BEL) 8:33.00
6 Ángel Mullera   Spain (ESP) 8:37.38
7 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux   France (FRA) 8:38.33
8 Pedro Ribeiro   Portugal (POR) 8:45.18
9 Joonas Harjamäki   Finland (FIN) 8:47.25
10 Pep Sansa Bullich   Andorra (AND) 9:24.39

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France (FRA) 8:27.32 Q
2 Ion Luchianov   Moldova (MDA) 8:29.49 Q
3 Tomasz Szymkowiak   Poland (POL) 8:30.02 Q
4 Alberto Paulo   Portugal (POR) 8:30.26 Q
5 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia (SLO) 8:31.08 q, SB
6 Eliseo Martín   Spain (ESP) 8:31.71 q
7 Andrey Farnosov   Russia (RUS) 8:31.88 q
8 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden (SWE) 8:32.05
9 Janne Ukonmaanaho   Finland (FIN) 8:33.48 PB
10 Martin Pröll   Austria (AUT) 8:41.63
11 Mário Teixeira   Portugal (POR) 8:42.53
Pieter Desmet   Belgium (BEL) DNF

Summary

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France (FRA) 8:27.32 Q
2 2 Ion Luchianov   Moldova (MDA) 8:29.49 Q
3 2 Tomasz Szymkowiak   Poland (POL) 8:30.02 Q
4 1 Bouabdellah Tahri   France (FRA) 8:30.11 Q
DQ 1 Ildar Minshin   Russia (RUS) 8:30.14 Q, Doping
5 2 Alberto Paulo   Portugal (POR) 8:30.26 Q
DQ 1 José Luis Blanco   Spain (ESP) 8:30.53 Q, Doping
6 1 Steffen Uliczka   Germany (GER) 8:30.61 Q
7 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen   Norway (NOR) 8:30.91 q
8 2 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia (SLO) 8:31.08 q, SB
9 2 Eliseo Martín   Spain (ESP) 8:31.71 q
10 2 Andrey Farnosov   Russia (RUS) 8:31.88 q
11 2 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden (SWE) 8:32.05
12 1 Hubert Pokrop   Poland (POL) 8:32.77
13 1 Krijn van Koolwyk   Belgium (BEL) 8:33.00
14 2 Janne Ukonmaanaho   Finland (FIN) 8:33.48 PB
15 1 Ángel Mullera   Spain (ESP) 8:37.38
16 1 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux   France (FRA) 8:38.33
17 2 Martin Pröll   Austria (AUT) 8:41.63
18 2 Mário Teixeira   Portugal (POR) 8:42.53
19 1 Pedro Ribeiro   Portugal (POR) 8:45.18
20 1 Joonas Harjamäki   Finland (FIN) 8:47.25
21 1 Pep Sansa Bullich   Andorra (AND) 9:24.39
2 Pieter Desmet   Belgium (BEL) DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France (FRA) 8:07.87 CR
  Bouabdellah Tahri   France (FRA) 8:09.28
DQ José Luis Blanco   Spain (ESP) 8:19.15 Doping
  Ion Luchianov   Moldova (MDA) 8:19.64 SB
4 Tomasz Szymkowiak   Poland (POL) 8:23.37
DQ Ildar Minshin   Russia (RUS) 8:24.87 Doping
5 Steffen Uliczka   Germany (GER) 8:25.39 PB
6 Eliseo Martín   Spain (ESP) 8:27.49
7 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen   Norway (NOR) 8:27.89 SB
8 Alberto Paulo   Portugal (POR) 8:28.08
9 Andrey Farnosov   Russia (RUS) 8:37.52
10 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia (SLO) 8:48.83

References

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  1. ^ IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.