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2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12 and 15 August.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates12 August (heats)
15 August (final)
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time8:06.01
Medalists
gold medal Ezekiel Kemboi
 Kenya (KEN)
silver medal Conseslus Kipruto
 Kenya (KEN)
bronze medal Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
 France (FRA)
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The final was, as expected, led by the Kenyan team. With multiple Olympic and returning World Champion Ezekiel Kemboi, they were at the front with the rest of the field strung out behind them. For the first four laps, Conseslus Kipruto did the majority of the leading, with the rest of the Kenyans, then both Ugandans behind. Occasionally Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad would pass one of the Ugandan athletes. With three laps to go, things began to shake up. Paul Kipsiele Koech moved into the lead and at about the same time Noureddine Smaïl moved from the middle of the pack along the outside into third place. As the pace quickened, the Ugandans disappeared, replaced by the two Frenchmen and Evan Jager as contenders behind the Kenyan gauntlet. Over the next half lap, the pace quickened, Smai'l disappeared and Matthew Hughes of Canada emerged. Going into the last lap, Conseslus Kipruto and Koech were in the lead with Kemboi behind them followed by Mekhissi and Jager. Menkhissi moved along the outside, with about 200 meters to go, passed Kemboi, then Koech and was even with Kipruto. But behind him, Kemboi moved into a different gear. Taking the barrier at the end of the straight in full hurdle stride, in the next 50 meters before the water jump, Kemboi went around the outside and took the lead. Mekhissi was next over the water jump with Kipruto scrambling to make up ground. In full sprint, Kipruto went around Mekhissi but didn't negotiate the last barrier as well as Kemboi. Regaining his balance he again sprinted making up significant ground on his more experienced teammate, but it was not enough to get gold. Make that three straight for Kemboi, along with two Olympic gold medals unbeaten in the World Championships since he finished second to a different Kipruto in 2007. In all, three golds, three silvers and nothing worse in the World Championships since 2003. Mekhissi repeats his bronze medal.[2]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3]

World record   Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
Championship record   Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:00.43 Berlin, Germany 18 August 2009
World Leading   Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 7:59.03 Saint-Denis, France 6 July 2013
African Record   Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) 7:53.64 Monaco 22 July 2011
Asian Record   Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Evan Jager (USA) 8:06.81 Monaco 20 July 2012
South American Record   Wander do Prado Moura (BRA) 8:14.41 Mar del Plata, Argentina 22 March 1995
European Record   Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:00.09 Saint-Denis, France 6 July 2013
Oceanian record   Peter Renner (NZL) 8:14.05 Koblenz, West Germany 29 August 1984

Qualification standards edit

A time[4] B time
8:26.10 8:32.00

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
12 August 2013 10:10 Heats
15 August 2013 20:20 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results edit

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats edit

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France (FRA) 8:15.43 Q
2 1 Matthew Hughes   Canada (CAN) 8:16.93 Q, PB
3 1 Abel Mutai   Kenya (KEN) 8:19.15 Q
4 1 Ángel Mullera   Spain (ESP) 8:19.26 q, SB
5 1 Ion Luchianov   Moldova (MDA) 8:19.64 q, SB
6 1 Benjamin Kiplagat   Uganda (UGA) 8:21.14 q
7 3 Conseslus Kipruto   Kenya (KEN) 8:22.31 Q
8 3 Paul Kipsiele Koech   Kenya (KEN) 8:22.88 Q
9 3 Yoann Kowal   France (FRA) 8:23.74 Q
10 2 Evan Jager   United States (USA) 8:23.76 Q
11 2 Ezekiel Kemboi   Kenya (KEN) 8:23.84 Q
12 2 Noureddine Smaïl   France (FRA) 8:24.05 Q
13 3 Hamid Ezzine   Morocco (MAR) 8:24.35 q
14 2 Jacob Araptany   Uganda (UGA) 8:24.53 q
15 2 Alex Genest   Canada (CAN) 8:24.56 q
16 2 José Peña   Venezuela (VEN) 8:24.88
17 1 Abdelmadjed Touil   Algeria (ALG) 8:25.89
18 2 Steffen Uliczka   Germany (GER) 8:28.32
19 3 De'Sean Turner   United States (USA) 8:28.44
20 3 Hicham Bouchicha   Algeria (ALG) 8:28.56
21 1 Ilgizar Safiullin   Russia (RUS) 8:28.65 PB
22 3 Habtamu Fayisa   Ethiopia (ETH) 8:29.08
23 3 Chris Winter   Canada (CAN) 8:29.36
24 3 Mitko Tsenov   Bulgaria (BUL) 8:32.49
25 3 Sebastián Martos   Spain (ESP) 8:32.63
26 2 Roberto Alaiz   Spain (ESP) 8:33.32
27 1 Vadym Slobodenyuk   Ukraine (UKR) 8:33.60
28 1 Tareq Mubarak Taher   Bahrain (BHR) 8:34.32 SB
29 1 Mateusz Demczyszak   Poland (POL) 8:34.60
30 3 Tarık Langat Akdağ   Turkey (TUR) 8:34.97
31 2 James Wilkinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 8:35.07
32 1 Jaouad Chemlal   Morocco (MAR) 8:36.29
33 3 Patrick Nasti   Italy (ITA) 8:36.42
34 1 Daniel Huling   United States (USA) 8:37.80
35 2 Roba Gari   Ethiopia (ETH) 8:45.06
1 Yuri Floriani   Italy (ITA) DQ R 163.3[6]
2 Jamel Chatbi   Italy (ITA) DQ R 163.3[6]
2 Abdelhamid Zerrifi   Algeria (ALG) DQ R 163.3[6]
3 Krystian Zalewski   Poland (POL) DQ R 163.3[6]
2 Mohammed Boulama   Morocco (MAR) DNF
3 Timothy Toroitich   Uganda (UGA) DNS

Final edit

The final was started at 20:20.[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ezekiel Kemboi   Kenya (KEN) 8:06.01
  Conseslus Kipruto   Kenya (KEN) 8:06.37
  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France (FRA) 8:07.86
4 Paul Kipsiele Koech   Kenya (KEN) 8:08.62
5 Evan Jager   United States (USA) 8:08.67
6 Matthew Hughes   Canada (CAN) 8:11.64 NR
7 Abel Mutai   Kenya (KEN) 8:17.04
8 Yoann Kowal   France (FRA) 8:17.41
9 Hamid Ezzine   Morocco (MAR) 8:19.53
10 Ion Luchianov   Moldova (MDA) 8:19.99
11 Ángel Mullera   Spain (ESP) 8:20.93
12 Jacob Araptany   Uganda (UGA) 8:25.86
13 Alex Genest   Canada (CAN) 8:27.01
14 Benjamin Kiplagat   Uganda (UGA) 8:31.09
Noureddine Smaïl   France (FRA) DNF

References edit

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "allAfrica.com: Kenya: 'Mr Gold' in Moscow Hat-Trick Delight". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Records & Lists – 3000 meters steeplechase". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ^ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  5. ^ Heats Results
  6. ^ a b c d Infringement of the inside border
  7. ^ Final Results

External links edit

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