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Steeplechase (3,000 metres), Men

Date	26 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	32 from 24 countries

Italy’s Francesco Panetta had won the 1987 World Championships and he took the lead in the final, leading thru 2,000 metres. At that point, Kenyans Julius Kariuki and Peter Koech moved in to the lead, as Panetta faded to an eventual ninth-place finish. Kariuki pulled away from Koech on the penultimate lap and opened a comfortable lead. He eased up on the final straight, narrowly missing the world record set by Henry Rono in 1978. Kariuki later said that the gold medal race was “so easy and not as tough as I expected.”

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	653	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8:33.42 (2 h2)	8:18.53 (4 h2)	8:05.51 (1)	Gold	OR
2	659	Peter Koech	KEN	8:31.66 (3 h1)	8:15.68 (2 h1)	8:06.79 (2)	Silver
3	452	Mark Rowland	GBR	8:31.40 (2 h1)	8:18.31 (3 h2)	8:07.96 (3)	Bronze
4	588	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:32.59 (4 h1)	8:16.92 (2 h2)	8:12.17 (4)
5	87	William Van Dijck	BEL	8:36.80 (5 h3)	8:15.63 (1 h1)	8:13.99 (5)
6	1107	Henry Marsh	USA	8:33.89 (6 h1)	8:18.94 (7 h1)	8:14.39 (6)
7	671	Patrick Sang	KEN	8:36.11 (1 h3)	8:16.70 (4 h1)	8:15.22 (7)
8	850	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:45.72 (6 h2)	8:18.28 (6 h1)	8:15.97 (8)
9	595	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8:29.75 (1 h2)	8:17.23 (5 h1)	8:17.79 (9)
10	470	Hagen Melzer	GDR	8:36.45 (3 h3)	8:16.27 (3 h1)	8:19.82 (10)
11	151	Graeme Fell	CAN	8:51.25 (7 h2)	8:19.99 (6 h2)	8:21.73 (11)
12	344	Raymond Pannier	FRA	8:30.94 (1 h1)	8:19.39 (5 h2)	8:23.80 (12)
13	4	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8:35.59 (3 h2)	8:16.54 (1 h2)	8:26.68 (13)
7 h2 r2/3	1086	Brian Diemer	USA	8:38.40 (4 h2)	8:23.89 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	512	Hans Koeleman	NED	8:35.20 (7 h1)	8:21.86 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	395	Jens Volkmann	FRG	8:36.37 (2 h3)	8:25.19 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r2/3	334	Bruno le Stum	FRA	8:36.95 (6 h3)	8:26.69 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r2/3	1067	Brian Abshire	USA	8:36.56 (4 h3)	8:27.78 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r2/3	458	Eddie Wedderburn	GBR	8:38.90 (5 h2)	8:28.62 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r2/3	1011	Féthi Baccouche	TUN	8:38.67 (7 h3)	8:31.36 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r2/3	116	Adauto Domingues	BRA	8:32.77 (5 h1)	8:35.05 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r2/3	557	Brendan Quinn	IRL	8:40.87 (9 h3)	8:43.34 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r2/3	842	Héctor Begeo	PHI	8:46.60 (8 h1)	8:35.09 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r2/3	708	Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari	KSA	8:45.24 (10 h3)	8:44.22 (12 h2)	–
13 h2 r2/3	839	Ramón López	PAR	8:56.06 (9 h1)	8:52.62 (13 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	423	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:39.30 (8 h3)	– (DNF h1)	–
8 h2 r1/3	678	Cha Han-Sik	KOR	8:59.82 (8 h2)	–	–
9 h2 r1/3	971	Ikaji Salum	TAN	9:10.36 (9 h2)	–	–
10 h1 r1/3	297	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	9:23.50 (10 h1)	–	–
11 h3 r1/3	127	Abdullah Al-Dosari	BRN	9:10.85 (11 h3)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	739	Abdel Aziz Sahère	MAR	– (DQ h1)	–	–
AC h2 r1/3	194	Emilio Ulloa	CHI	– (DNF h2)	–	–
DNS	538	Béla Vágó	HUN	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	26 September 1988
Format	Top 7 in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	595	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8:29.75	Q
2	344	Raymond Pannier	FRA	8:30.94	Q
3	452	Mark Rowland	GBR	8:31.40	Q
4	659	Peter Koech	KEN	8:31.66	Q
5	588	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:32.59	Q
6	116	Adauto Domingues	BRA	8:32.77	Q
7	653	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8:33.42	Q
8	1107	Henry Marsh	USA	8:33.89	Q
9	512	Hans Koeleman	NED	8:35.20	Q
10	4	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8:35.59	Q
11	671	Patrick Sang	KEN	8:36.11	Q
12	395	Jens Volkmann	FRG	8:36.37	Q
13	470	Hagen Melzer	GDR	8:36.45	Q
14	1067	Brian Abshire	USA	8:36.56	Q
15	87	William Van Dijck	BEL	8:36.80	Q
16	334	Bruno le Stum	FRA	8:36.95	Q
17	1086	Brian Diemer	USA	8:38.40	Q
18	1011	Féthi Baccouche	TUN	8:38.67	Q
19	458	Eddie Wedderburn	GBR	8:38.90	Q
20	423	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:39.30	q
21	557	Brendan Quinn	IRL	8:40.87	q
22	708	Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari	KSA	8:45.24	q
23	850	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:45.72	Q
24	842	Héctor Begeo	PHI	8:46.60	q
25	151	Graeme Fell	CAN	8:51.25	Q
26	839	Ramón López	PAR	8:56.06	q
27	678	Cha Han-Sik	KOR	8:59.82
28	971	Ikaji Salum	TAN	9:10.36
29	127	Abdullah Al-Dosari	BRN	9:10.85
30	297	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	9:23.50
DNF	194	Emilio Ulloa	CHI	–
DQ	739	Abdel Aziz Sahère	MAR	–
DNS	538	Béla Vágó	HUN	–

Heat #1

Time	14:35

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Raymond Pannier	FRA	8:30.94	Q
2	3	Mark Rowland	GBR	8:31.40	Q
3	8	Peter Koech	KEN	8:31.66	Q
4	7	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:32.59	Q
5	4	Adauto Domingues	BRA	8:32.77	Q
6	11	Henry Marsh	USA	8:33.89	Q
7	6	Hans Koeleman	NED	8:35.20	Q
8	1	Héctor Begeo	PHI	8:46.60	q
9	10	Ramón López	PAR	8:56.06	q
10	2	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	9:23.50
DQ	9	Abdel Aziz Sahère	MAR	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	–		2:56
2000m	–		5:49

Heat #2

Time	14:50

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8:29.75	Q
2	2	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8:33.42	Q
3	11	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8:35.59	Q
4	1	Brian Diemer	USA	8:38.40	Q
5	8	Eddie Wedderburn	GBR	8:38.90	Q
6	5	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:45.72	Q
7	10	Graeme Fell	CAN	8:51.25	Q
8	9	Cha Han-Sik	KOR	8:59.82
9	6	Ikaji Salum	TAN	9:10.36
DNF	7	Emilio Ulloa	CHI	–
DNS	3	Béla Vágó	HUN	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	–		2:48
2000m	Francesco Panetta		5:37

Heat #3

Time	15:05

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Patrick Sang	KEN	8:36.11	Q
2	1	Jens Volkmann	FRG	8:36.37	Q
3	11	Hagen Melzer	GDR	8:36.45	Q
4	4	Brian Abshire	USA	8:36.56	Q
5	3	William Van Dijck	BEL	8:36.80	Q
6	9	Bruno le Stum	FRA	8:36.95	Q
7	7	Féthi Baccouche	TUN	8:38.67	Q
8	6	Roger Hackney	GBR	8:39.30	q
9	8	Brendan Quinn	IRL	8:40.87	q
10	2	Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari	KSA	8:45.24	q
11	10	Abdullah Al-Dosari	BRN	9:10.85

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	–		2:52
2000m	–		5:47

Semi-Finals

Date	28 September 1988
Format	Top 5 in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	87	William Van Dijck	BEL	8:15.63	Q
2	659	Peter Koech	KEN	8:15.68	Q
3	470	Hagen Melzer	GDR	8:16.27	Q
4	4	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8:16.54	Q
5	671	Patrick Sang	KEN	8:16.70	Q
6	588	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:16.92	Q
7	595	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8:17.23	Q
8	850	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:18.28	q
9	452	Mark Rowland	GBR	8:18.31	Q
10	653	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8:18.53	Q
11	1107	Henry Marsh	USA	8:18.94	q
12	344	Raymond Pannier	FRA	8:19.39	Q
13	151	Graeme Fell	CAN	8:19.99	q
14	512	Hans Koeleman	NED	8:21.86
15	1086	Brian Diemer	USA	8:23.89
16	395	Jens Volkmann	FRG	8:25.19
17	334	Bruno le Stum	FRA	8:26.69
18	1067	Brian Abshire	USA	8:27.78
19	458	Eddie Wedderburn	GBR	8:28.62
20	1011	Féthi Baccouche	TUN	8:31.36
21	116	Adauto Domingues	BRA	8:35.05
22	842	Héctor Begeo	PHI	8:35.09
23	557	Brendan Quinn	IRL	8:43.34
24	708	Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari	KSA	8:44.22
25	839	Ramón López	PAR	8:52.62
DNF	423	Roger Hackney	GBR	–

Heat #1

Time	16:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	8	William Van Dijck	BEL	8:15.63	Q
2	10	Peter Koech	KEN	8:15.68	Q
3	3	Hagen Melzer	GDR	8:16.27	Q
4	2	Patrick Sang	KEN	8:16.70	Q
5	9	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8:17.23	Q
6	4	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:18.28	q
7	5	Henry Marsh	USA	8:18.94	q
8	12	Hans Koeleman	NED	8:21.86
9	7	Bruno le Stum	FRA	8:26.69
10	1	Eddie Wedderburn	GBR	8:28.62
11	11	Adauto Domingues	BRA	8:35.05
12	6	Héctor Begeo	PHI	8:35.09
DNF	13	Roger Hackney	GBR	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Francesco Panetta		2:43.47
2000m	Francesco Panetta		5:31.26

Heat #2

Time	16:35

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	12	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8:16.54	Q
2	3	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:16.92	Q
3	13	Mark Rowland	GBR	8:18.31	Q
4	2	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8:18.53	Q
5	6	Raymond Pannier	FRA	8:19.39	Q
6	8	Graeme Fell	CAN	8:19.99	q
7	4	Brian Diemer	USA	8:23.89
8	9	Jens Volkmann	FRG	8:25.19
9	5	Brian Abshire	USA	8:27.78
10	11	Féthi Baccouche	TUN	8:31.36
11	7	Brendan Quinn	IRL	8:43.34
12	10	Mohamed Barak Al-Dosari	KSA	8:44.22
13	1	Ramón López	PAR	8:52.62

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Raymond Pannier		2:47.74
2000m	Jens Volkmann		5:36.30

Final Round

Date	30 September 1988 — 14:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	8	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8:05.51	OR
2	6	Peter Koech	KEN	8:06.79
3	10	Mark Rowland	GBR	8:07.96
4	1	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:12.17
5	7	William Van Dijck	BEL	8:13.99
6	5	Henry Marsh	USA	8:14.39
7	13	Patrick Sang	KEN	8:15.22
8	2	Bogusław Mamiński	POL	8:15.97
9	12	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8:17.79
10	9	Hagen Melzer	GDR	8:19.82
11	11	Graeme Fell	CAN	8:21.73
12	3	Raymond Pannier	FRA	8:23.80
13	4	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8:26.68

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Henry Marsh		2:35.33
2000m	Francesco Panetta		5:28.29