Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 15–17 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics ![]() |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was the only steeplechase on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 17 October 1964. 30 athletes from 19 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 15 October and the final on 17 October.
New Olympic records for the event were set in two of the three heats as well as in the final, for a total of three out of four races resulting in a new record.
Contents
Results
First round
The top three runners in each of the 3 heats as well as the fastest remaining runner advanced.
First round, heat 1
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Manuel Oliveira | ![]() |
8:40.8 |
2 | Ivan Belyayev | ![]() |
8:42.0 |
3 | Ben Assou El Ghazi | ![]() |
8:42.8 |
4 | Victor Zwolak | ![]() |
8:43.6 |
5 | Okuzawa Zenji | ![]() |
8:50.0 |
6 | Slavko Span | ![]() |
8:57.6 |
7 | Jozsef Macsar | ![]() |
9:08.8 |
8 | Dieter Hartmann | ![]() |
9:09.2 |
9 | Jean Ekonian Toffey | ![]() |
9:47.4 |
— | Bengt Perssoon | ![]() |
Did not start |
First round, heat 2
Gustaffson and Young tied the old Olympic record, but Herriott beat it by 1.2 seconds.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Maurice Herriott | ![]() |
8:33.0 OR |
2 | Lars-Erik Gustafsson | ![]() |
8:34.2 |
3 | George L. Young | ![]() |
8:34.2 |
4 | Guy Texereau | ![]() |
8:34.6 |
5 | Lazar Naroditsky | ![]() |
8:43.0 |
6 | Fred Doring | ![]() |
8:43.2 |
7 | Saruwatari Taketsugu | ![]() |
8:46.6 |
8 | Edward Szklarczyk | ![]() |
8:48.0 |
9 | A. Labidi Taouadi | 23x15px Tunisia | 9:02.0 |
10 | Cahit Onel | ![]() |
9:15.6 |
First round, heat 3
Herriott's Olympic record did not last long, as Alexeiunas dropped another 1.2 seconds off of the record in the very next heat.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Adolf Alexeiunas | ![]() |
8:31.8 OR |
2 | Gaston Roelants | ![]() |
8:33.8 |
3 | Ernest Pomfret | ![]() |
8:45.2 |
4 | Jeffrey Fishback | ![]() |
8:50.2 |
5 | Benjamin Kogo | ![]() |
8:51.0 |
6 | Rainier Dorner | ![]() |
8:55.0 |
7 | Attila Simon | ![]() |
8:57.8 |
8 | Trevor Vincent | ![]() |
8:58.8 |
9 | Yokomizo Saburo | ![]() |
9:04.6 |
10 | Dilbagh Singh Kler | ![]() |
9:18.8 |
Final
Alexeiunas could not match his record-setting pace from the heats, falling to 7th in the final. Herriott, who had set the record Alexeiunas had broken, improved on his own time but could not reach Alexeiunas's record as he placed second. Roelants, the world record-holder who had run behind Alexeiunas in the heat, turned out victorious in the final, breaking the Soviet's record by a full second to set a third new record in the event.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Gaston Roelants | ![]() |
8:30.8 OR |
2 | Maurice Herriott | ![]() |
8:32.4 |
3 | Ivan Belyayev | ![]() |
8:33.8 |
4 | Manuel Oliveira | ![]() |
8:36.2 |
5 | George L. Young | ![]() |
8:38.2 |
6 | Guy Texereau | ![]() |
8:38.6 |
7 | Adolf Alexeiunas | ![]() |
8:39.0 |
8 | Lars-Erik Gustafsson | ![]() |
8:41.8 |
9 | Ben Assou El Ghazi | ![]() |
8:43.6 |
10 | Ernest Pomfret | ![]() |
8:43.8 |
References
- Official Report