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 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 1, 1960 (heats) September 3, 1960 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:34.30 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editThe 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 | |
| Balkrishan Singh |  India | DNS |
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 | |
| Walter Steinbach |  Austria | DNS |
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 | |
| Sebastião Mendes |  Brazil | DNS |
Final
edit
| 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
edit- ↑ "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.