2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

Mullera was booed by the public during the medal ceremony. After the French anthem had been played, Kowal joined Zalewski on the silver medal podium step, ostensibly ignoring the Spaniard.[2]

Medalists

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Gold Yoann Kowal
  France
Silver Krystian Zalewski
  Poland
Bronze Ángel Mullera
  Spain

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record   Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record   Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:00.09 Paris, France 6 July 2013
Championship record   Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading   Jairus Kipchoge Birech (KEN) 8:02.37 Oslo, Norway 11 June 2014
European Leading   Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.45 Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 14 June 2014

Schedule

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Date Time Round
12 August 2014 12:20 Round 1
14 August 2014 20:45 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

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Round 1

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First 5 in each heat (Q) and 5 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 Mateusz Demczyszak   Poland 8:31.62 Q
2 2 Martin Grau   Germany 8:32.35 Q
3 2 Yuri Floriani   Italy 8:33.05 Q
4 2 Tarık Langat Akdağ   Turkey 8:33.39 Q
5 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France 8:33.44 Q
6 2 Nikolay Chavkin   Russia 8:34.29 q
7 2 Sebastián Martos   Spain 8:34.35 q
8 1 Krystian Zalewski   Poland 8:35.44 Q
9 1 Mitko Tsenov   Bulgaria 8:35.45 Q
10 1 Jukka Keskisalo   Finland 8:35.98 Q
11 1 Yoann Kowal   France 8:36.27 Q
12 2 Ángel Mullera   Spain 8:36.33 q, SB
13 2 Janne Ukonmaanaho   Finland 8:36.44 q
14 1 Steffen Uliczka   Germany 8:36.59 Q
15 1 Ivan Lukyanov   Russia 8:37.02 q
16 2 Andrey Farnosov   Russia 8:37.31
17 1 James Wilkinson   Great Britain 8:39.78
18 1 Hakan Duvar   Turkey 8:42.03
19 1 Tom Erling Kårbø   Norway 8:42.33
20 1 Daniel Lundgren   Sweden 8:43.98
21 2 Vadym Slobodenyuk   Ukraine 8:43.99
22 2 Noam Ne'eman   Israel 8:45.33
23 1 Patrick Nasti   Italy 8:46.80
24 2 Alberto Paulo   Portugal 8:47.18
25 1 Christian Steinhammer   Austria 8:58.58
26 1 Justinas Beržanskis   Lithuania 9:01.56
27 2 Albert Minczér   Hungary 9:32.13
1 Víctor García   Spain DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
  Yoann Kowal   France 8:26.66
  Krystian Zalewski   Poland 8:27.11
  Ángel Mullera   Spain 8:29.16 SB
4 Sebastián Martos   Spain 8:30.08
5 Ivan Lukyanov   Russia 8:32.50
6 Jukka Keskisalo   Finland 8:32.70
7 Steffen Uliczka   Germany 8:32.99
8 Tarık Langat Akdağ   Turkey 8:33.13
9 Mitko Tsenov   Bulgaria 8:34.16
10 Mateusz Demczyszak   Poland 8:34.32
11 Janne Ukonmaanaho   Finland 8:42.45
12 Yuri Floriani   Italy 8:44.05
13 Martin Grau   Germany 8:44.46
14 Nikolay Chavkin   Russia 8:45.70
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "European Championships: Athlete loses gold for removing shirt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Athlétisme : Yoann Kowal pose sur la 2e marche du podium après la disqualification de Mahiedine Mekhissi", Huffington Post, 15 August 2014