Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place from 26 to 31 July at the Lenin Stadium. A total of 32 athletes competed, with three qualifying heats (32 runners) and two semi-finals (24) before the final (12).[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueLenin Stadium
Dates26 July 1980 (qualifying)
28 July 1980 (semi-finals)
31 July 1980 (final)
Competitors32 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bronisław Malinowski  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Filbert Bayi  Tanzania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia
← 1976
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Summary

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As the previous Olympic final in Montreal had been in 1976, also this Olympic steeplechase final was quick from the start. In accordance with most pre-final expectations, Tanzania's Filbert Bayi sprinted to the lead soon after the start. With Ethiopia's Eshetu Tura and Spain's Francisco Sanchez following him, Bayi led the 12-man field through 1,000 metres in 2:38.4. During the second kilometre of this final, several runners gradually lost contact with the top steeplechasers. Already with four laps to go, Bayi had stretched his lead over Tura to 10 metres. With three laps to go, Bayi had expanded his lead to at least 20 metres. However, around that point, Poland's Bronislaw Malinowski moved into the third place. By the time Bayi passed 2,000 metres in 5:20.3, he started to tire out. His fatigue became visible with two laps to go, when he still held a 35-metre lead over Tura. As a result, he needed to stretch and strain his tired legs more and more, in order to jump over the barriers. By contrast, Malinowski kept jumping over the barriers smoothly and effortlessly. During the second-last lap, Malinowski passed Tura, and started to close in on Bayi. Although the Tanzanian was still around 20 metres ahead of the Pole at the start of the final lap, Bayi's speed had visibly slowed down. It was only a matter of time before Malinowski would catch and pass him. On the final bend, shortly before the last water barrier, Malinowski at last sprinted past the exhausted Bayi. The experienced Polish steeplechaser easily won the race, while Bayi was able to keep Tura behind himself. Spain's Domingo Ramon placed fourth, as this final's best Western European. (The Olympic Book of Moscow (The Runner Magazine), Helsinki, Finland, 1980; The Big Olympic Book (the 1980 edition), Helsinki, Finland; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbEsKKDyNQ.)

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, United States 13 May 1978
Olympic record   Anders Gärderud (SWE) 8:08.02 Montreal, Canada 28 July 1976

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Tanzania   Filbert Bayi (TAN) Final 8:12.48

Schedule

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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase took place over three separate days.

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 26 July 1980 18:20 Round 1
Monday, 28 July 1980 20:35 Semi-finals
Thursday, 31 July 1980 19:15 Final

Results

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Heats

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Note: Top six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Filbert Bayi   Tanzania 8:21.38 Q
2 Eshetu Tura   Ethiopia 8:23.73 Q
3 Bogusław Mamiński   Poland 8:23.92 Q
4 Wolfgang Konrad   Austria 8:24.92 Q
5 Francisco Sánchez   Spain 8:27.50 Q
6 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 8:27.80 Q
7 Aleksandr Vorobey   Soviet Union 8:42.59 q
8 Tony Staynings   Great Britain 8:47.42 q
9 Nicolae Voicu   Romania 8:48.97
10 Anders Carlson   Sweden 9:01.77

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Bronisław Malinowski   Poland 8:29.80 Q
2 Dušan Moravčík   Czechoslovakia 8:33.31 Q
3 Serhiy Olizarenko   Soviet Union 8:34.20 Q
4 Colin Reitz   Great Britain 8:35.21 Q
5 Roberto Volpi   Italy 8:35.53 Q
6 Vesa Laukkanen   Finland 8:38.33 Q
7 Paul Copu   Romania 8:45.54 q
8 Girma Wolde-Hana   Ethiopia 8:54.60
9 Ralf Pönitzsch   East Germany 8:56.45
10 Abdul Karim Joumaa   Syria 9:29.38
José Sena   Portugal DNF

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Domingo Ramón   Spain 8:31.81 Q
2 Anatoly Dimov   Soviet Union 8:33.18 Q
3 Vasile Bichea   Romania 8:35.35 Q
4 Krzysztof Wesołowski   Poland 8:35.58 Q
5 Roger Hackney   Great Britain 8:36.34 Q
6 Giuseppe Gerbi   Italy 8:37.03 Q
7 Lahcen Babaci   Algeria 8:38.68 q
8 Hailu Wolde-Tsadik   Ethiopia 8:40.98 q
9 Stanimir Nenov   Bulgaria 8:43.77 q
10 Albert Marie   Seychelles 9:19.62
Tapio Kantanen   Finland DNS

Semi-finals

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Note: Top four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Semi-final 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Filbert Bayi   Tanzania 8:16.11 Q
2 Eshetu Tura   Ethiopia 8:16.17 Q
3 Bogusław Mamiński   Poland 8:18.78 Q
4 Francisco Sánchez   Spain 8:18.96 Q
5 Anatoliy Dimov   Soviet Union 8:24.81 q
6 Lahcen Babaci   Algeria 8:25.47 q
7 Roberto Volpi   Italy 8:29.70
8 Colin Reitz   Great Britain 8:29.75
9 Krzysztof Wesołowski   Poland 8:33.02
10 Vesa Laukkanen   Finland 8:33.30
11 Paul Copu   Romania 8:44.91
12 Stanimir Nenov   Bulgaria 8:50.17

Semi-final 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Bronisław Malinowski   Poland 8:21.15 Q
2 Domingo Ramón   Spain 8:21.94 Q
3 Vasile Bichea   Romania 8:24.23 Q
4 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 8:24.29 Q
5 Giuseppe Gerbi   Italy 8:27.19 q
6 Dušan Moravčík   Czechoslovakia 8:28.00 q
7 Roger Hackney   Great Britain 8:29.18
8 Hailu Wolde-Tsadik   Ethiopia 8:34.94
9 Aleksandr Vorobey   Soviet Union 8:44.24
10 Wolfgang Konrad   Austria 8:51.59
11 Tony Staynings   Great Britain 8:52.30
Serhiy Olizarenko   Soviet Union DNF

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Bronisław Malinowski   Poland 8:09.70
  Filbert Bayi   Tanzania 8:12.48 NR
  Eshetu Tura   Ethiopia 8:13.57
4 Domingo Ramón   Spain 8:15.74
5 Francisco Sánchez   Spain 8:17.93
6 Giuseppe Gerbi   Italy 8:18.47 PB
7 Bogusław Mamiński   Poland 8:19.43
8 Anatoliy Dimov   Soviet Union 8:19.75
9 Vasile Bichea   Romania 8:23.86
10 Dušan Moravčík   Czechoslovakia 8:29.03
11 Lahcen Babaci   Algeria 8:31.80
12 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 8:40.86

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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