2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 and August 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The first three of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Medalists

Gold	Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar (QAT)
Silver	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Brimin Kipruto Kenya (KEN)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3
07.08.2005 – 13:50h	07.08.2005 – 14:04h	07.08.2005 – 14:18h
Final
09.08.2005 – 21:20h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in minutes

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Startlist

№	Heat 1	SB	PB
1029	Steve Slattery (USA)	8:17.87	8:15.69
769	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	7:55.51	7:53.63
740	Radosław Popławski (POL)	8:17.87	8:17.32
557	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:09.04	8:02.49
887	Mustafa Mohamed (SWE)	8:15.51	8:05.75
849	Boštjan Buc (SLO)	8:22.91	8:16.96
40	Günther Weidlinger (AUT)	8:12.26	8:10.83
757	Alexander Greaux (PUR)	8:38.26	8:27.91
636	Ion Luchianov (MDA)	8:30.66	8:23.83
236	Luis Miguel Martín (ESP)	8:17.47	8:07.44
57	Pieter Desmet (BEL)	8:20.31	8:15.02
331	Gaël Pencreach (FRA)	8:18.18	8:13.16
675	Simon Vroemen (NED)	8:04.95	8:04.95
№	Heat 2	SB	PB
335	Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA)	8:09.58	8:06.91
562	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	7:56.37	7:56.37
273	Tewodros Shiferaw (ETH)	8:27.06	8:22.22
718	Jakub Czaja (POL)	8:17.49	8:17.49
762	Musa Amer Obaid (QAT)	8:11.75	8:07.18
982	Anthony Famiglietti (USA)	8:19.46	8:17.91
234	Antonio David Jiménez (ESP)	8:14.05	8:11.52
521	Yoshitaka Iwamizu (JPN)	8:22.54	8:18.93
819	Andrey Olshanskiy (RUS)	8:19.68	8:19.68
33	Peter Nowill (AUS)	8:23.93	8:22.85
289	Jukka Keskisalo (FIN)	8:25.14	8:16.74
115	Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR)	8:16.26	8:07.12
627	Hamid Ezzine (MAR)	8:21.38	8:09.72
№	Heat 3	SB	PB
792	Ruben Ramolefi (RSA)	8:20.40	8:20.18
359	Andrew Lemoncello (GBR)	8:30.12	8:23.74
330	Vincent Le Dauphin (FRA)	8:17.32	8:15.76
65	Krijn van Koolwijk (BEL)	8:17.11	8:17.11
220	José Luis Blanco (ESP)	8:21.04	8:12.86
835	Roman Usov (RUS)	8:26.96	8:22.29
1004	Daniel Lincoln (USA)	8:12.65	8:08.82
136	Matthew Kerr (CAN)	8:20.14	8:20.14
770	Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (QAT)	8:33.00	8:18.52
561	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN)	8:04.22	8:02.89
622	Brahim Boulami (MAR)	8:04.92	7:55.28
929	Halil Akkaş (TUR)	8:22.00	8:18.43
38	Martin Pröll (AUT)	8:13.74	8:13.74
948	Vadym Slobodenyuk (UKR)	8:28.85	8:19.50

Results

Heat 1

1. Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar 8:11.79 Q
2. Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya 8:11.90 Q
3. Simon Vroemen, Netherlands 8:13.08 Q (SB)
4. Günther Weidlinger, Austria 8:15.91 q
5. Luis Miguel Martín, Spain 8:17.47 q
6. Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden 8:18.18 q
7. Gaël Pencreach, France 8:23.96
8. Radosław Popławski, Poland 8:29.85
9. Ion Luchianov, Moldova 8:32.09 (SB)
10. Steve Slattery, United States 8:36.01
11. Alexander Greaux, Puerto Rico 8:39.91
12. Boštjan Buc, Slovenia 8:40.81
13. Pieter Desmet, Belgium 8:48.05

Heat 2

1. Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya 8:16.42 Q
2. Musa Amer Obaid, Qatar 8:16.53 Q
3. Antonio David Jiménez, Spain 8:16.72 Q
4. Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:18.31 q
5. Tareq Mubarak Taher, Bahrain 8:21.68 q
6. Anthony Famiglietti, United States 8:21.84
7. Jukka Keskisalo, Finland 8:25.14 (SB)
8. Tewodros Shiferaw, Ethiopia 8:27.06 (SB)
9. Hamid Ezzine, Morocco 8:27.07
10. Yoshitaka Iwamizu, Japan 8:28.73
11. Peter Nowill, Australia 8:35.35
12. Andrey Olshanskiy, Russia 8:54.04

• Jakub Czaja, Poland DNF

Heat 3

1. Brahim Boulami, Morocco 8:19.54 Q
2. Brimin Kipruto, Kenya 8:19.90 Q
3. José Luis Blanco, Spain 8:21.04 Q (SB)
4. Daniel Lincoln, United States 8:21.39 q
5. Halil Akkaş, Turkey 8:26.35
6. Ruben Ramolefi, South Africa 8:28.12
7. Krijn van Koolwijk, Belgium 8:28.92
8. Vincent Le Dauphin, France 8:30.42
9. Moustafa Ahmed Shebto, Qatar 8:33.00 (SB)
10. Martin Pröll, Austria 8:33.70
11. Vadym Slobodenyuk, Ukraine 8:35.73
12. Roman Usov, Russia 8:36.30
13. Andrew Lemoncello, Great Britain 8:40.29
14. Matthew Kerr, Canada 8:41.20

Final

1. Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar 8:13.31
2. Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya 8:14.95
3. Brimin Kipruto, Kenya 8:15.30
4. Brahim Boulami, Morocco 8:15.32
5. Simon Vroemen, Netherlands 8:16.76
6. Antonio David Jiménez, Spain 8:17.69
7. Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya 8:19.14
8. Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:19.96
9. Musa Amer Obaid, Qatar 8:20.22
10. Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden 8:20.26
11. Luis Miguel Martín, Spain 8:22.13
12. Günther Weidlinger, Austria 8:22.84
13. Daniel Lincoln, United States 8:23.89
14. José Luis Blanco, Spain 8:24.62
15. Tareq Mubarak Taher, Bahrain 8:37.62

External links

• IAAF results (heats)
• IAAF results (final)
• todor66