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

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.^[1]

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
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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 is 10:08.0.

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, Hodge set a 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

1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Sources

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.