The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3.[1]
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 1 (heats) September 3 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:34.30 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editThe fastest three steeplechasers in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Sokolov |  Soviet Union |
8:43.56 | |
| 2 | Gunnar Tjörnebo |  Sweden |
8:48.77 | |
| 3 | Hans Hüneke |  United Team of Germany |
8:50.59 | |
| 4 | Georgios Papavasileiou |  Greece |
8:51.46 | |
| 5 | Phil Coleman |  United States |
8:56.72 | |
| 6 | Vlastimil Brlica |  Czechoslovakia |
9:00.07 | |
| 7 | Attila Simon |  Hungary |
9:02.79 | |
| 8 | Guy Texereau |  France |
9:04.23 | |
| 9 | Walter Kammermann |  Switzerland |
9:11.8 | |
| 10 | Eric Shirley |  Great Britain |
9:14.8 | |
| 11 | Joaquim Ferreira |  Portugal |
9:30.2 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak |  Poland |
8:49.92 | |
| 2 | Ludwig Müller | United Team of Germany |
8:49.86 | |
| 3 | Aleksey Konov | Soviet Union |
8:50.19 | |
| 4 | George Young | United States |
8:50.93 | |
| 5 | Bohumír Zháňal | Czechoslovakia |
8:53.01 | |
| 6 | Dave Chapman | Great Britain |
8:53.24 | |
| 7 | Pentti Karvonen |  Finland |
9:04.91 | |
| 8 | José Fernández |  Spain |
9:12.8 | |
| 9 | Mubarak Shah |  Pakistan |
9:20.0 | |
| 10 | Alfredo Tinoco |  Mexico |
9:38.0 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semyon Rzhishchin | Soviet Union |
8:48.11 | |
| 2 | Deacon Jones | United States |
8:49.32 | |
| 3 | Gaston Roelants |  Belgium |
8:49.52 | |
| 4 | Hermann Buhl | United Team of Germany |
8:49.56 | |
| 5 | Lage Tedenby | Sweden |
8:52.94 | |
| 6 | Franc Hafner |  Yugoslavia |
8:55.68 | |
| 7 | Jerzy Chromik | Poland |
9:06.68 | |
| 8 | Michael Palmer | Great Britain |
9:10.68 | |
| 9 | Gerhart Hecker | Hungary |
9:12.4 | |
| 10 | Cahit Önel |  Turkey |
9:14.6 | |
| 11 | Mohamed Lahcen |  Morocco |
9:29.4 |
Final
edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | Poland |
8:34.30 | OR |
 |
Nikolay Sokolov | Soviet Union |
8:36.55 | |
 |
Semyon Rzhishchin | Soviet Union |
8:42.34 | |
| 4 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium |
8:47.45 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Tjörnebo | Sweden |
8:58.87 | |
| 6 | Ludwig Müller | United Team of Germany |
9:01.57 | |
| 7 | Deacon Jones | United States |
9:18.22 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Konov | Soviet Union |
9:18.23 | |
| - | Hans Hüneke | United Team of Germany |
DNF |
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2017.