Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 18–20
Competitors	16 from 6 nations
Medalists
Percy Hodge  Great Britain Patrick Flynn  United States Ernesto Ambrosini  Italy

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920 and on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Sixteen runners from six nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9:49.8(*)	Jonas Ternström	Malmö (SWE)	July 4, 1914
Olympic Record	10:47.8(**)	Arthur Russell	London (GBR)	July 22, 1908

(*) unofficial

(**) Race held over 3200 metres. Equivalent time for 3000 metres was 10:08.0 minutes.

Michael Devaney won the first ever Olympic 3000 metre steeplechase race in 10:23.0. In the third heat Percy Hodge set a new record with 10:17.4. In the final Percy Hodge set the new Olympic record with 10:00.4 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Michael Devaney (USA)	10:23.0	Q OR
2	Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)	10:33.6	Q
3	Oskari Rissanen (FIN)	11:07.5	Q
4	Edmond Brossard (FRA)

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Patrick Flynn (USA)	10:36.0	Q
2	Lars Hedwall (SWE)	10:43.5	Q
3	Ray Watson (USA)	10:49.0	Q
4	Robert Geyer (FRA)	11:11.9

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Percy Hodge (GBR)	10:17.4	Q OR
2	Gustaf Mattsson (SWE)	10:22.6	Q
3	Albert Hulsebosch (USA)	10:26.8	Q
4	Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN)	10:32.2
5	Frédéric Langrenay (FRA)	10:39.8
6	Georges Guillon (FRA)	10:44.3
—	Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)	DNF
	Josef Holsner (SWE)	DNF

Final

The final was held on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Percy Hodge (GBR)	10:00.4 OR
2	Patrick Flynn (USA)	10:21.1
3	Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)	10:32.0
4	Gustaf Mattsson (SWE)	10:32.1
5	Michael Devaney (USA)	10:34.3
6	Albert Hulsebosch (USA)	10:37.7
7	Lars Hedwall (SWE)	10:42.2
8	Ray Watson (USA)	10:50.3
—	Oskari Rissanen (FIN)	DNS

References

• sports-reference.com