2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
 |  KENKenya | Ezekiel Kemboi | 8:18.56 |
 |  FRAFrance | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | 8:19.08 |
 | KENKenya | Abel Kiprop Mutai | 8:19.73 |
| 4 |  ETHEthiopia | Roba Gari | 8:20.00 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Brimin Kipruto | 8:23.03 |
| 6 |  USAUnited States | Evan Jager | 8:23.87 |
| 7 |  MARMorocco | Hamid Ezzine | 8:24.90 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Donald Cabral | 8:25.91 |
| 9 |  TURTürkiye | Tarik Langat Tarik | 8:27.64 |
| 10 |  MDAMoldova | Ion Luchianov | 8:28.15 |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Brahim Taleb | 8:32.40 |
| 12 | ETHEthiopia | Nahom Mesfin | 8:35.12 |
| 13 |  ITAItaly | Yuri Floriani | 8:40.07 |
| 14 |  UGAUganda | Benjamin Kiplagat | 8:47.85 |
| 15 |  FINFinland | Jukka Keskisalo | DNF |
| 16 |  ALGAlgeria | Mohamed Belabbas | 8:22.32 |
| 17 |  CANCanada | Alexandre Genest | 8:22.62 |
| 18 |  TUNTunisia | Amor Ben Yahia | 8:22.70 |
| 19 |  UKRUkraine | Vadim Slobodenyuk | 8:23.35 |
| 20 |  VENVenezuela | José Peña | 8:24.06 |
| 21 |  KSASaudi Arabia | Ali Ahmad Alimer | 8:26.22 |
| 22 |  RUSRussia | Nikolay Chavkin | 8:29.72 |
| 23 |  AUSAustralia | Youcef Abdi | 8:29.81 |
| 24 |  POLPoland | Lukasz Parszczynski | 8:30.08 |
| 25 | UGAUganda | Jacob Araptany | 8:35.85 |
| 26 | MARMorocco | Hicham Sigueni | 8:35.89 |
| 27 | FRAFrance | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux | 8:36.96 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Kyle Alcorn | 8:37.11 |
| 29 |  ERIEritrea | Weynay Ghebreselasse | 8:37.57 |
| 30 |  ESPSpain | Ángel Mullera | 8:38.07 |
| 31 |  HUNHungary | Albert Minczér | 8:40.74 |
| 31 |  PORPortugal | Alberto Casimiro Paulo | 8:40.74 |
| 33 |  GERGermany | Steffen Uliczka | 8:41.08 |
| 34 |  KAZKazakhstan | Artem Kossinov | 8:42.27 |
| 35 |  GBRGreat Britain | Stuart Stokes | 8:43.04 |
| 36 |  PERPeru | Mario Bázan | 8:51.95 |
| 37 | ESPSpain | Abdelaziz Merzougui | 8:58.20 |
| 38 | ESPSpain | Víctor García | DNF |
| 38 | ETHEthiopia | Birhan Getahun | DNF |
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase, 1st Round, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | 8:16.23 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Evan Jager | 8:16.61 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Abel Kiprop Mutai | 8:17.70 |
| 4 | TURTürkiye | Tarik Langat Tarik | 8:17.85 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Nahom Mesfin | 8:18.16 |
| 6 | UGAUganda | Benjamin Kiplagat | 8:18.44 |
| 7 | TUNTunisia | Amor Ben Yahia | 8:22.70 |
| 8 | VENVenezuela | José Peña | 8:24.06 |
| 9 | KSASaudi Arabia | Ali Ahmad Alimer | 8:26.22 |
| 10 | MARMorocco | Hicham Sigueni | 8:35.89 |
| 11 | ESPSpain | Ángel Mullera | 8:38.07 |
| 12 | PORPortugal | Alberto Casimiro Paulo | 8:40.74 |
| 13 | GERGermany | Steffen Uliczka | 8:41.08 |
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase, 1st Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | 8:16.23 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Evan Jager | 8:16.61 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Abel Kiprop Mutai | 8:17.70 |
| 4 | TURTürkiye | Tarik Langat Tarik | 8:17.85 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Nahom Mesfin | 8:18.16 |
| 6 | UGAUganda | Benjamin Kiplagat | 8:18.44 |
| 7 | ETHEthiopia | Roba Gari | 8:20.68 |
| 8 | KENKenya | Ezekiel Kemboi | 8:20.97 |
| 9 | MARMorocco | Hamid Ezzine | 8:21.25 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Donald Cabral | 8:21.46 |
| 11 | MDAMoldova | Ion Luchianov | 8:22.09 |
| 12 | ALGAlgeria | Mohamed Belabbas | 8:22.32 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Alexandre Genest | 8:22.62 |
| 14 | TUNTunisia | Amor Ben Yahia | 8:22.70 |
| 15 | UKRUkraine | Vadim Slobodenyuk | 8:23.35 |
| 16 | VENVenezuela | José Peña | 8:24.06 |
| 17 | KSASaudi Arabia | Ali Ahmad Alimer | 8:26.22 |
| 18 | KENKenya | Brimin Kipruto | 8:28.62 |
| 19 | ITAItaly | Yuri Floriani | 8:29.01 |
| 20 | MARMorocco | Brahim Taleb | 8:29.02 |
| 21 | FINFinland | Jukka Keskisalo | 8:29.13 |
| 22 | RUSRussia | Nikolay Chavkin | 8:29.72 |
| 23 | AUSAustralia | Youcef Abdi | 8:29.81 |
| 24 | POLPoland | Lukasz Parszczynski | 8:30.08 |
| 25 | UGAUganda | Jacob Araptany | 8:35.85 |
| 26 | MARMorocco | Hicham Sigueni | 8:35.89 |
| 27 | FRAFrance | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux | 8:36.96 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Kyle Alcorn | 8:37.11 |
| 29 | ERIEritrea | Weynay Ghebreselasse | 8:37.57 |
| 30 | ESPSpain | Ángel Mullera | 8:38.07 |
| 31 | HUNHungary | Albert Minczér | 8:40.74 |
| 31 | PORPortugal | Alberto Casimiro Paulo | 8:40.74 |
| 33 | GERGermany | Steffen Uliczka | 8:41.08 |
| 34 | KAZKazakhstan | Artem Kossinov | 8:42.27 |
| 35 | GBRGreat Britain | Stuart Stokes | 8:43.04 |
| 36 | PERPeru | Mario Bázan | 8:51.95 |
| 37 | ESPSpain | Abdelaziz Merzougui | 8:58.20 |
| 99 | ESPSpain | Víctor García | DNF |
| 99 | ETHEthiopia | Birhan Getahun | DNF |
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 5 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Ezekiel Kemboi | 8:18.56 |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | 8:19.08 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Abel Kiprop Mutai | 8:19.73 |
| 4 | ETHEthiopia | Roba Gari | 8:20.00 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Brimin Kipruto | 8:23.03 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Evan Jager | 8:23.87 |
| 7 | MARMorocco | Hamid Ezzine | 8:24.90 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Donald Cabral | 8:25.91 |
| 9 | TURTürkiye | Tarik Langat Tarik | 8:27.64 |
| 10 | MDAMoldova | Ion Luchianov | 8:28.15 |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Brahim Taleb | 8:32.40 |
| 12 | ETHEthiopia | Nahom Mesfin | 8:35.12 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Yuri Floriani | 8:40.07 |
| 99 | FINFinland | Jukka Keskisalo | DNF |
| 99 | UGAUganda | Benjamin Kiplagat | DSQ |
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase, 1st Round, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Roba Gari | 8:20.68 |
| 2 | KENKenya | Ezekiel Kemboi | 8:20.97 |
| 3 | MARMorocco | Hamid Ezzine | 8:21.25 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Donald Cabral | 8:21.46 |
| 5 | MDAMoldova | Ion Luchianov | 8:22.09 |
| 6 | ALGAlgeria | Mohamed Belabbas | 8:22.32 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Alexandre Genest | 8:22.62 |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Vadim Slobodenyuk | 8:23.35 |
| 9 | POLPoland | Lukasz Parszczynski | 8:30.08 |
| 10 | ERIEritrea | Weynay Ghebreselasse | 8:37.57 |
| 11 | HUNHungary | Albert Minczér | 8:40.74 |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Stuart Stokes | 8:43.04 |
| 99 | ESPSpain | Víctor García | DNF |
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase, 1st Round, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Brimin Kipruto | 8:28.62 |
| 2 | ITAItaly | Yuri Floriani | 8:29.01 |
| 3 | MARMorocco | Brahim Taleb | 8:29.02 |
| 4 | FINFinland | Jukka Keskisalo | 8:29.13 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Nikolay Chavkin | 8:29.72 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Youcef Abdi | 8:29.81 |
| 7 | UGAUganda | Jacob Araptany | 8:35.85 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieaux | 8:36.96 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Kyle Alcorn | 8:37.11 |
| 10 | KAZKazakhstan | Artem Kossinov | 8:42.27 |
| 11 | PERPeru | Mario Bázan | 8:51.95 |
| 12 | ESPSpain | Abdelaziz Merzougui | 8:58.20 |
| 99 | ETHEthiopia | Birhan Getahun | DNF |
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