Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 1 (heats)
September 3 (final)
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning time8:34.30 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nikolay Sokolov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semyon Rzhishchin
 Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

Results

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Heats

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The 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

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3000 m steeplechase final. Sokolov (#570) is in the lead, chased by Roelants (#242), Rzhishchin (#568) and Konov. Jones (#420) is on the left
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

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  1. ^ "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.