These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 1 and 4 September.[1]
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
| Date | 1 and 4 September 1972 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:23.6 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Heats
editThe top three runners in each of the four heats (blue), advanced to the final round.
Heat one
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapio Kantanen |  Finland | 8:24.8 | OR |
| 2 | Kip Keino |  Kenya | 8:27.6 | |
| 3 | Takaharu Koyama |  Japan | 8:29.8 | |
| 4 | Gheorghe Cefan |  Romania | 8:33.8 | |
| 5 | Andy Holden |  Great Britain | 8:33.8 | |
| 6 | Toni Feldmann |  Switzerland | 8:35.8 | |
| 7 | Steve Savage |  United States | 8:39.0 | |
| 8 | Gérard Buchheit |  France | 8:41.2 | |
| 9 | Filbert Bayi |  Tanzania | 8:41.4 | |
| 10 | Vitus Ashaba |  Uganda | 8:45.0 | |
| 11 | Tadeusz Zieliński |  Poland | 8:49.8 | |
| 12 | Wigmar Pedersen |  Denmark | 9:03.0 | |
Heat two
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Jipcho | Kenya | 8:31.6 |
| 2 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | Finland | 8:31.8 |
| 3 | Mikhail Zhelev |  Bulgaria | 8:35.8 |
| 4 | Willi Maier |  West Germany | 8:37.6 |
| 5 | Akira Takeuchi | Japan | 8:40.4 |
| 6 | Sergey Skripka |  Soviet Union | 8:41.4 |
| 7 | Jan Voje |  Norway | 8:42.0 |
| 8 | Hans Menet | Switzerland | 8:45.4 |
| 9 | Eddie Leddy |  Ireland | 8:47.4 |
| 10 | Kazimierz Maranda | Poland | 8:50.4 |
| 11 | Esau Adenji |  Cameroon | 9:34.4 |
| 12 | Kerry O'Brien |  Australia | DNF |
Heat three
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 8:29.0 |
| 2 | Romualdas Bitė | Soviet Union | 8:30.2 |
| 3 | Jean-Paul Villain | France | 8:30.4 |
| 4 | Josef Horčic |  Czechoslovakia | 8:30.6 |
| 5 | Anders Gärderud |  Sweden | 8:30.8 |
| 6 | Willi Wagner | West Germany | 8:34.0 |
| 7 | Paul Thijs |  Belgium | 8:35.0 |
| 8 | John Bicourt | Great Britain | 8:38.8 |
| 9 | Doug Brown | United States | 8:41.2 |
| 10 | Panagiotis Nakopoulos |  Greece | 8:48.4 |
| 11 | Yohannes Mohamed |  Ethiopia | 8:52.6 |
| 12 | Robert Hackman |  Ghana | 8:57.6 |
Heat four
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amos Biwott | Kenya | 8:23.8 | OR |
| 2 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland | 8:28.2 | |
| 3 | Dušan Moravčík | Czechoslovakia | 8:33.4 | |
| 4 | Steve Hollings | Great Britain | 8:35.0 | |
| 5 | Franco Fava |  Italy | 8:35.0 | |
| 6 | Hans-Dieter Schulten | West Germany | 8:39.8 | |
| 7 | Boualem Rahoui |  Algeria | 8:41.0 | |
| 8 | Spyridon Kontosoros | Greece | 8:41.0 | |
| 9 | Georges Kaiser | Switzerland | 8:45.4 | |
| 10 | Mike Manley | United States | 8:50.4 | |
| 11 | Sverre Sørnes | Norway | 8:54.8 | |
| 12 | Usaia Sotutu |  Fiji | 9:12.0 | |
| 13 | Julio Quevedo |  Guatemala | 9:28.4 | |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kip Keino | Kenya | 8:23.6 | OR |
 | Ben Jipcho | Kenya | 8:24.6 | |
 | Tapio Kantanen | Finland | 8:24.8 | |
| 4 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland | 8:28.0 | |
| 5 | Dušan Moravčík | Czechoslovakia | 8:29.2 | |
| 6 | Amos Biwott | Kenya | 8:33.6 | |
| 7 | Romualdas Bitė | Soviet Union | 8:34.6 | |
| 8 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 8:37.2 | |
| 9 | Takaharu Koyama | Japan | 8:37.8 | |
| 10 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | Finland | 8:41.0 | |
| 11 | Jean-Paul Villain | France | 8:46.8 | |
| 12 | Mikhail Zhelev | Bulgaria | 9:02.6 | |
References
edit- ↑ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2017.