1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the results of the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece on 3, 4 and 6 August.

Gold	Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Moses Kiptanui Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Bernard Barmasai Kenya (KEN)

First 6 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rafał Wójcik	Poland	8:24.93	Q, PB
2	1	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	8:24.95	Q
3	2	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia	8:25.23	Q
4	1	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8:25.80	Q
5	1	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8:25.95	Q, SB
6	1	Mark Croghan	United States	8:25.95	Q
7	2	Mark Ostendarp	Germany	8:25.97	Q
8	1	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	8:26.35	Q, SB
9	2	Bernard Barmasai	Kenya	8:26.62	Q
10	1	Michael Buchleitner	Austria	8:26.76	q
11	1	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8:27.39	q
12	1	Robert Hough	Great Britain	8:28.54	q, SB
13	1	Stathis Stasi	Cyprus	8:28.85	q
14	2	Simon Vroemen	Netherlands	8:28.96	Q
15	3	Wilson Boit Kipketer	Kenya	8:29.40	Q
16	3	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8:29.65	Q
17	3	Hicham Bouaouiche	Morocco	8:29.67	Q
18	3	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8:29.92	Q
19	3	Ramiro Morán	Spain	8:29.98	Q
20	3	Marcel Laros	Netherlands	8:30.24	Q
21	3	Wander Moura	Brazil	8:30.70	Q
22	3	Adam Dobrzyński	Poland	8:31.69	q
23	1	Christopher Unthank	Australia	8:32.03
24	2	Elarbi Khattabi	Morocco	8:32.53	Q
25	2	Tom Nohilly	United States	8:32.70	Q
26	2	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	8:32.77
27	2	Abderrahmane Daas	Algeria	8:33.35
28	3	Antonios Vouzis	Greece	8:33.51
29	3	Stephane Desaulty	France	8:33.56
30	2	Giuseppe Maffei	Italy	8:37.12
31	2	Vítor Almeida	Portugal	8:40.75
32	2	Michał Bartoszak	Poland	8:47.01
33	2	Hector Begeo	Philippines	9:17.82

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Bernard Barmasai	Kenya	8:17.95	Q
2	2	Wilson Boit Kipketer	Kenya	8:18.92	Q
3	2	Mark Croghan	United States	8:19.98	Q
4	1	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia	8:20.18	Q
5	1	Mark Ostendarp	Germany	8:20.40	Q, PB
6	1	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8:20.76	Q
7	2	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8:20.82	Q
8	1	Hicham Bouaouiche	Morocco	8:20.88	Q
9	1	Elarbi Khattabi	Morocco	8:20.94	Q, SB
10	1	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8:21.16	q
11	2	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	8:21.99	Q
12	2	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8:22.35	q, SB
13	2	Michael Buchleitner	Austria	8:26.22
14	1	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8:29.39
15	1	Ramiro Morán	Spain	8:31.73
16	1	Rafał Wójcik	Poland	8:33.28
17	2	Wander Moura	Brazil	8:35.01
18	2	Stathis Stasi	Cyprus	8:35.73
19	2	Marcel Laros	Netherlands	8:36.12
20	2	Adam Dobrzyński	Poland	8:38.58
21	1	Simon Vroemen	Netherlands	8:48.66
22	2	Robert Hough	Great Britain	8:59.24
	1	Tom Nohilly	United States	DNF
	1	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wilson Boit Kipketer	Kenya	8:05.84
	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8:06.04
	Bernard Barmasai	Kenya	8:06.04
4	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia	8:13.87
5	Hicham Bouaouiche	Morocco	8:14.04
6	Mark Croghan	United States	8:14.09
7	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8:14.80	NR
8	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8:16.01	SB
9	Mark Ostendarp	Germany	8:18.49	PB
10	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	8:23.34
11	Elarbi Khattabi	Morocco	8:29.43
12	Florin Ionescu	Romania	8:39.67

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