Athletics — 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 649
Total countries 89

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 16 6
1924 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 20 9
1928 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 22 10
1932 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 15 8
1936 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 28 13
1948 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 26 12
1952 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 35 19
1956 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 23 13
1960 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 32 20
1964 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 29 19
1968 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 40 27
1972 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 49 29
1976 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 24 16
1980 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 31 18
1984 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 35 25
1988 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 32 24
1992 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 32 23
1996 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 35 22
2000 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 40 29
2004 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 39 25
2008 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 39 26
2012 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 39 27
2016 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 45 25
2020 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 44 22
2024 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Olympic 36 20

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Percy HodgeGBR Pat FlynnUSA Ernesto AmbrosiniITA
1924 Ville RitolaFIN Elias KatzFIN Paul BontempsFRA
1928 Toivo LoukolaFIN Paavo NurmiFIN Ove AndersenFIN
1932 Volmari Iso-HolloFIN Tom EvensonGBR Joe McCluskeyUSA
1936 Volmari Iso-HolloFIN Kalle TuominenFIN Alfred DompertGER
1948 Tore SjöstrandSWE Erik ElmsäterSWE Göte HagströmSWE
1952 Horace AshenfelterUSA Vladimir KazantsevURS John DisleyGBR
1956 Chris BrasherGBR Sándor RozsnyóiHUN Ernst LarsenNOR
1960 Zdzisław KrzyszkowiakPOL Nikolay SokolovURS Semyon RzhishchinURS
1964 Gaston RoelantsBEL Maurice HerriottGBR Ivan BelyayevURS
1968 Amos BiwottKEN Benjamin KogoKEN George YoungUSA
1972 Kip KeinoKEN Ben JipchoKEN Tapio KantanenFIN
1976 Anders GärderudSWE Bronisław MalinowskiPOL Frank BaumgartlGDR
1980 Bronisław MalinowskiPOL Filbert BayiTAN Eshetu TuraETH
1984 Julius KorirKEN Joseph MahmoudFRA Brian DiemerUSA
1988 Julius KariukiKEN Peter KoechKEN Mark RowlandGBR
1992 Matthew BirirKEN Patrick SangKEN William MutwolKEN
1996 Joseph KeterKEN Moses KiptanuiKEN Alessandro LambruschiniITA
2000 Reuben KosgeiKEN Wilson Boit KipketerKEN Ali EzzineMAR
2004 Ezekiel KemboiKEN Brimin KiprutoKEN Paul Kipsiele KoechKEN
2008 Brimin KiprutoKEN Mahiedine Mekhissi-BenabbadFRA Richard MateelongKEN
2012 Ezekiel KemboiKEN Mahiedine Mekhissi-BenabbadFRA Abel MutaiKEN
2016 Conseslus KiprutoKEN Evan JagerUSA Mahiedine Mekhissi-BenabbadFRA
2020 Soufiane El-BakkaliMAR Lamecha GirmaETH Benjamin KigenKEN
2024 Soufiane El-BakkaliMAR Kenneth RooksUSA Abraham KibiwotKEN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kenya KEN 11 7 6 24
Finland FIN 4 3 2 9
Great Britain GBR 2 2 2 6
Sweden SWE 2 1 1 4
Poland POL 2 1 0 3
Morocco MAR 2 0 1 3
United States USA 1 3 3 7
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
France FRA 0 3 2 5
Soviet Union URS 0 2 2 4
Ethiopia ETH 0 1 1 2
Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN 2 0 0 2
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 2 0 0 2
Soufiane El-Bakkali MAR 2 0 0 2
Bronisław Malinowski POL 1 1 0 2
Brimin Kipruto KEN 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1992 Summer Olympics Azzedine Brahmi 8 See all
Andorra AND 2024 Summer Olympics Nahuel Carabaña 7h2 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1984 Summer Olympics Pedro Cáceres 10 h1 r1/3 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Marcelo Cascabelo 10 h3 r1/3
Australia AUS 1968 Summer Olympics Kerry O'Brien 4 See all
Austria AUT 2000 Summer Olympics Günther Weidlinger 8 See all
Bahrain BRN 2008 Summer Olympics Tareq Mubarak Taher 11 See all
Belgium BEL 1964 Summer Olympics Gaston Roelants 1 Gold See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Altobeli Silva 9 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1968 Summer Olympics Mihail Zhelev 6 See all
Cameroon CMR 1972 Summer Olympics Esau Adenji 11 h2 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 2020 Summer Olympics Matt Hughes 6 See all
Chile CHI 1984 Summer Olympics Emilio Ulloa 8 h2 r2/3 See all
Colombia COL 2020 Summer Olympics Carlos San Martín 12 h1 r1/2 See all
Congo CGO 1984 Summer Olympics Emmanuel M'Pioh 11 h1 r1/3 See all
Cyprus CYP 1984 Summer Olympics Filippos Filippou 12 h1 r2/3 See all
Czechia CZE 2024 Summer Olympics Tomáš Habarta DNF See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Summer Olympics Dušan Moravčík 5 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1964 Summer Olympics Jean Toffey 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Alf Olesen 5 h2 r1/2 See all
Djibouti DJI 2016 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim 12 h3 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Frank Baumgartl 3 Bronze See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Efraín Cordero 13 h2 r1/2 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 2004 Summer Olympics Roberto Caracciolo Mandje DNS See all
Eritrea ERI 2020 Summer Olympics Yemane Haileselassie 5 See all
Estonia EST 2016 Summer Olympics Kaur Kivistik 13 h2 r1/2 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2020 Summer Olympics Lamecha Girma 2 Silver See all
Fiji FIJ 1992 Summer Olympics Davendra Prakash Singh 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Finland FIN 1924 Summer Olympics Ville Ritola 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Toivo Loukola 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Volmari Iso-Hollo 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Volmari Iso-Hollo 1 Gold
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Joseph Mahmoud 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 2 Silver
2012 Summer Olympics Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 2 Silver
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Alfred Dompert 3 Bronze See all
Ghana GHA 1972 Summer Olympics Robert Hackman 12 h3 r1/2 See all
Great Britain GBR 1920 Summer Olympics Percy Hodge 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Chris Brasher 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1960 Summer Olympics Georgios Papavasileiou 4 h1 r1/2 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Hugo Allan García 11 h2 r1/3 See all
Hungary HUN 1956 Summer Olympics Sándor Rozsnyói 2 Silver See all
Iceland ISL 1976 Summer Olympics Ágúst Ásgeirsson 11 h1 r1/2 See all
India IND 2024 Summer Olympics Avinash Sable 11 See all
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics Liam O'Brien 11 h1 r2/3 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Brendan Quinn 11 h2 r2/3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1952 Summer Olympics Ali Baghbanbashi 6 h2 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Yehuda Zadok 9 h3 r1/3 See all
Italy ITA 1920 Summer Olympics Ernesto Ambrosini 3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Alessandro Lambruschini 3 Bronze
Jamaica JAM 1968 Summer Olympics Carlton Anglin DNS See all
Japan JPN 2020 Summer Olympics Ryuji Miura 7 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Artyom Kosinov 9 h2 r1/2 See all
Kenya KEN 1968 Summer Olympics Amos Biwott 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Kip Keino 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Julius Korir 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Julius Kariuki 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Matthew Birir 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Joseph Keter 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Reuben Kosgei 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Ezekiel Kemboi 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Brimin Kipruto 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Ezekiel Kemboi 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Conseslus Kipruto 1 Gold
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari 9 h2 r2/3 See all
Kuwait KUW 2004 Summer Olympics Bashar Omar 14 h2 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 1936 Summer Olympics Voldemārs Vītols 7 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics Paul Frieden 8 h3 r1/2 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Dilbagh Singh Kler 10 h3 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 2000 Summer Olympics José Salvador Miranda 9 h3 r1/2 See all
Morocco MAR 2020 Summer Olympics Soufiane El-Bakkali 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Soufiane El-Bakkali 1 Gold
Netherlands NED 2004 Summer Olympics Simon Vroemen 6 See all
New Zealand NZL 1976 Summer Olympics Euan Robertson 6 See all
Norway NOR 1956 Summer Olympics Ernst Larsen 3 Bronze See all
Oman OMA 1984 Summer Olympics Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary 12 h1 r1/3 See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Mubarak Shah 9 h2 r1/2 See all
Paraguay PAR 1988 Summer Olympics Ramón López 13 h2 r2/3 See all
Peru PER 2012 Summer Olympics Mario Bazán 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Philippines PHI 1988 Summer Olympics Héctor Begeo 12 h1 r2/3 See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Bronisław Malinowski 1 Gold
Portugal POR 1964 Summer Olympics Manuel Oliveira 4 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Carmelo Ríos 12 h2 r2/3 See all
Qatar QAT 2004 Summer Olympics Musa Amer 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Cha Han-Sik 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2012 Summer Olympics Ion Luchianov 10 See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Vasile Bichea 9 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Vladimir Golyas 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Seychelles SEY 1980 Summer Olympics Albert Marie 10 h3 r1/3 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Boštjan Buč 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 2000 Summer Olympics Primo Higa 13 h1 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2008 Summer Olympics Ruben Ramolefi 14 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Vladimir Kazantsev 2 Silver See all
1960 Summer Olympics Nikolay Sokolov 2 Silver
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics Domingo Ramón 4 See all
Sudan SUD 2016 Summer Olympics Abdalla Yousif 14 h2 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Tore Sjöstrand 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Anders Gärderud 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1972 Summer Olympics Toni Feldmann 6 h1 r1/2 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Abdul Karim Joumaa 10 h2 r1/3 See all
Tunisia TUN 2024 Summer Olympics Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui 4 See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics Tarık Akdağ 9 See all
Uganda UGA 2008 Summer Olympics Benjamin Kiplagat 9 See all
Ukraine UKR 2004 Summer Olympics Vadym Slobodeniuk 8 h2 r1/2 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Vadym Slobodeniuk 8 h3 r1/2
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Vladimir Golyas 7 h2 r2/3 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Filbert Bayi 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1952 Summer Olympics Horace Ashenfelter 1 Gold See all
Uruguay URU 1992 Summer Olympics Ricardo Vera 12 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics José Gregorio Peña 8 h1 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Michael Karst 5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1948 Summer Olympics Petar Šegedin 6 See all
Zambia ZAM 1996 Summer Olympics Godfrey Siamusiye 10 h1 r2/3 See all