Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 35 competitors, with three qualifying heats (35 runners) and two semifinals (24) before the final (12) took place.

1 Medalists
2 Records
3 Final
4 Semi-Finals
5 Qualifying Heats
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Julius Korir Kenya (KEN)	Joseph Mahmoud France (FRA)	Brian Diemer United States (USA)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8:05.4	Henry Rono	Seattle (USA)	May 13, 1978
Olympic Record	8:08.02	Anders Gärderud	Montreal (CAN)	July 28, 1976

[edit] Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:11.80
	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	8:13.31
	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:14.06
4.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:14.25
5.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:15.48
6.	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:17.27
7.	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:17.47
8.	Pascal Debacker (FRA)	8:21.51
9.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:23.95
10.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:27.10
11.	Peter Renner (NZL)	8:29.81
12.	Fethi Baccouche (TUN)	8:43.40

[edit] Semi-Finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:19.08
2.	Pascal Debacker (FRA)	8:20.34
3.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:20.54
4.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:20.57
5.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:20.77
6.	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:21.07
7.	William van Dijck (BEL)	8:23.08
8.	Paul Davies-Hale (GBR)	8:26.15
9.	Greg Duhaime (CAN)	8:26.32
10.	Franco Bolli (ITA)	8:30.82
11.	Liam O'Brien (IRL)	8:34.90
12.	Filippos Philippou (CYP)	8:39.47

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:17.40
2.	Peter Renner (NZL)	8:18.12
3.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:18.36
4.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:18.62
5.	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	8:18.62
6.	Fethi Baccouche (TUN)	8:18.70
7.	Peter Daenens (BEL)	8:21.77
8.	Emilio Ulloa (CHI)	8:28.99
9.	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:31.24
10.	Hans Koeleman (NED)	8:32.29
11.	John Gregorek (USA)	8:38.19
12.	Carmelo Rios (PUR)	8:44.70