Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 23 and July 25. The final was won by the American Horace Ashenfelter.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DatesJuly 23 (heats)
July 25 (final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Horace Ashenfelter
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Kazantsev
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Disley
 Great Britain
← 1948
1956 →

Results edit

Heats edit

The first round was held on July 23. The four fastest runners from each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Vladimir Kazantsev   Soviet Union 8:58.0 OR
2 Günter Heßelmann   Germany 9:05.0
3 Gunnar Tjörnebo   Sweden 9:05.4
4 Cahit Önel   Turkey 9:06.0
5 Jindřich Roudný   Czechoslovakia 9:06.4
6 Kauko Lusenius   Finland 9:26.8
7 Kenneth Johnson   Great Britain 9:27.0
8 Drago Štritof   Yugoslavia 9:28.0
9 Victor Firea   Romania 9:29.2
10 Guillermo Solá   Chile 9:32.2
11 Pierre Prat   France 9:32.8
12 Gulzara Singh Mann   India 9:48.6
Bill Ashenfelter   United States DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 John Disley   Great Britain 8:59.4
2 Olavi Rinteenpää   Finland 8:59.4
3 József Apró   Hungary 9:00.4
4 Helmut Gude   Germany 9:04.2
5 Fyodor Marulin   Soviet Union 9:08.4
6 Ali Baghbanbashi   Iran 9:13.2
7 Jan Kielas   Poland 9:15.4
8 André Lebrun   France 9:17.8
9 Susumu Takahashi   Japan 9:21.6
10 Božidar Đurašković   Yugoslavia 9:23.2
11 Eric Nilsson   Sweden 9:25.0
12 Browning Ross   United States 9:44.0

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Horace Ashenfelter   United States 8:51.0 OR
2 Mikhail Saltykov   Soviet Union 8:55.8
3 Curt Söderberg   Sweden 9:02.4
4 Chris Brasher   Great Britain 9:03.2
5 Urho Julin   Finland 9:09.4
6 László Jeszenszky   Hungary 9:11.2
7 André Paris   France 9:30.0
8 Robert Schoonjans   Belgium 9:30.6
9 Petar Šegedin   Yugoslavia 9:40.2
Víctorio Solares   Guatemala DNF

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
  Horace Ashenfelter   United States 8:45.4 WR
  Vladimir Kazantsev   Soviet Union 8:51.6
  John Disley   Great Britain 8:51.8
4 Olavi Rinteenpää   Finland 8:55.2
5 Curt Söderberg   Sweden 8:55.6
6 Günter Hesselmann   Germany 8:55.8
7 Mikhail Saltykov   Soviet Union 8:56.2
8 Helmut Gude   Germany 9:01.4
9 József Apró   Hungary 9:04.2
10 Cahit Önel   Turkey 9:04.4
11 Chris Brasher   Great Britain 9:14.0
12 Gunnar Tjörnebo   Sweden 10:26.4

Key: WR = World record

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.