The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 & September 1.
The final was a slow race with Ugandans Jacob Araptany and Benjamin Kiplagat controlling the pace, with three Kenyans immediately behind. As the last lap began, Kiplagat fell back but Araptany led until one barrier before the water jump. There Ezekiel Kemboi blasted past, with Brimin Kipruto in tow. Kemboi had such a substantial lead coming off the last barrier, he started celebrating and drifted out to lane 7 where he finished. His post race, shirtless celebration dance was one of the most exuberant in recent memory, rivaling some celebrations normally performed by sprinters. Araptany faded at the finish, passed by Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad for the bronze.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeEzekiel KemboiBrimin KiprutoMahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
Records World record7:53.63Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004Championship record8:00.43Berlin, Germany18 August 2009World leading7:53.64Monaco22 July 2011African record7:53.64Monaco22 July 2011Asian record7:53.63Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004North, Central American and Caribbean record8:08.82Rome, Italy14 July 2006South American record8:14.41Mar del Plata, Argentina22 March 1995European record8:01.18Berlin, Germany18 August 2009Oceanian record8:14.05Koblenz, West Germany29 August 1984
Qualification standards A timeB time 8:23.10 8:32.00
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 29, 2011 10:40 HeatsSeptember 1, 2011 20:25 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ezekiel Kemboi 8:10.93 Q 2 2 Ruben Ramolefi 8:11.50 Q, NR 3 2 Hamid Ezzine 8:11.81 Q, SB 4 2 Nahom Mesfin 8:12.04 Q, PB 5 2 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:13.22 q 6 1 Jacob Araptany 8:18.57 Q 7 3 Benjamin Kiplagat 8:19.96 Q 8 3 Roba Gari 8:20.28 Q 9 3 Brimin Kipruto 8:21.89 Q 10 3 Alberto Paulo 8:22.41 Q, PB 11 3 Abraham Kipkirong Chirchir 8:23.09 q, SB 12 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:23.71 Q 13 1 Richard Mateelong 8:23.76 Q 14 3 Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux 8:23.79 q 15 1 Ion Luchianov 8:23.88 Q, SB 16 2 Ali Ahmed Al-Amri 8:26.75 SB 17 1 Víctor García 8:28.97 18 2 Simon Ayeko 8:29.02 SB 19 1 Amor Ben Yahia 8:30.02 PB 20 1 Abubaker Ali Kamal 8:30.37 21 2 Jukka Keskisalo 8:31.52 22 3 Ángel Mullera 8:31.83 23 1 Andrey Farnosov 8:34.44 24 2 Daniel Huling 8:34.70 25 2 Tomás Tajadura 8:36.23 26 1 Alex Genest 8:36.67 27 1 Steffen Uliczka 8:37.35 28 3 Youcef Abdi 8:38.42 29 2 Bjørnar Ustad Kristiansen 8:39.85 30 3 Ben Bruce 8:39.96 31 2 Łukasz Parszczyński 8:44.09 32 1 Abdelkader Hachlaf 8:46.14 33 1 William Nelson 8:51.20 34 3 Matthew Hughes 8:58.52 3 Mario Bazán
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ezekiel Kemboi 8:14.85 Brimin Kipruto 8:16.05 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:16.09 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:17.56 Roba Gari 8:18.37 Jacob Araptany 8:18.67 Richard Mateelong 8:19.31 Ion Luchianov 8:19.69 SB Hamid Ezzine 8:21.97 10 Benjamin Kiplagat 8:22.21 11 Nahom Mesfin 8:25.39 12 Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux 8:30.39 13 Ruben Ramolefi 8:30.47 14 Abraham Kipkirong Chirchir 8:33.56 15 Alberto Paulo 8:33.84
References
External links 3000 metres steeplechase results at IAAF website