The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBrimin KiprutoEzekiel KemboiRichard Mateelong
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World record7:53.63Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004Championship record8:04.16Gothenburg, Sweden11 August 1995World leading7:59.42Stockholm, Sweden7 August 2007
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 26, 2007 10:00 HeatsAugust 28, 2007 20:55 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWRWorld recordARArea recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tareq Mubarak Taher 8:19.99 Q 1 Abdelkader Hachlaf 8:20.03 Q 1 Ezekiel Kemboi 8:20.08 Q 1 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:20.09 q 1 Abubaker Ali Kamal 8:21.20 q, SB 3 Brimin Kipruto 8:21.93 Q 3 Halil Akkaş 8:22.37 Q 3 Mustafa Mohamed 8:22.80 Q 3 Ali Ahmed Al-Amri 8:23.61 q, SB 10 3 Gary Roba 8:23.98 q 11 1 Eliseo Martín 8:24.49 q 12 3 José Luis Blanco 8:25.00 q 13 3 Filmon Ghirmai 8:25.17 14 3 Boštjan Buč 8:26.42 SB 15 3 Krijn van Koolwijk 8:29.18 16 2 Richard Mateelong 8:29.49 Q 17 2 Nahom Mesfin Tariku 8:29.57 Q 18 2 Brahim Taleb 8:29.64 Q 19 2 Mircea Bogdan 8:30.07 20 3 Aaron Aguayo 8:30.86 21 2 Joshua McAdams 8:32.46 22 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:33.11 23 1 Rabia Makhloufi 8:33.88 24 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 8:34.84 25 3 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux 8:36.05 26 2 Yoshitaka Iwamizu 8:36.73 27 1 Ruben Ramolefi 8:39.50 28 1 Benjamin Kiplagat 8:40.65 29 2 Zakrya Ali Kamil 8:41.81 30 2 Itai Maggidi 8:43.00 31 2 Antonio David Jiménez 8:50.41 32 1 Henrik Skoog 8:51.61 33 2 Pieter Desmet 8:55.99 34 1 Tom Brooks 8:56.20 35 3 Andrew Lemoncello 8:58.93 36 2 Youcef Abdi 9:51.33 1 Günther Weidlinger DNF 3 Hamid Ezzine DNF
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Brimin Kipruto 8:13.82 Ezekiel Kemboi 8:16.94 Richard Mateelong 8:17.59 Mustafa Mohamed 8:19.82 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:20.27 Halil Akkaş 8:22.51 Eliseo Martín 8:22.91 SB Tareq Mubarak Taher 8:22.95 Abdelkader Hachlaf 8:24.18 10 Gary Roba 8:25.93 11 Abubaker Ali Kamal 8:26.90 12 Nahom Mesfin Tariku 8:28.86 Brahim Taleb DSQ José Luis Blanco DSQ Ali Ahmed Al-Amri DNF
References Official results, heats - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org