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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueLenin Stadium
Dates26 July 1980 (qualifying)
28 July 1980 (semi-finals)
31 July 1980 (final)
Competitors32 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bronisław Malinowski  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Filbert Bayi  Tanzania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia
← 1976
1984 →

The men's 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place from 26 to 31 July at the Lenin Stadium. A total of 32 athletes competed, with three qualifying heats (32 runners) and two semi-finals (24) before the final (12).[1]

Summary

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As the previous Olympic final in Montreal had been in 1976, also this Olympic steeplechase final was quick from the start. In accordance with most pre-final expectations, Tanzania's Filbert Bayi sprinted to the lead soon after the start. With Ethiopia's Eshetu Tura and Spain's Francisco Sanchez following him, Bayi led the 12-man field through 1,000 metres in 2:38.4. During the second kilometre of this final, several runners gradually lost contact with the top steeplechasers. Already with four laps to go, Bayi had stretched his lead over Tura to 10 metres. With three laps to go, Bayi had expanded his lead to at least 20 metres. However, around that point, Poland's Bronislaw Malinowski moved into the third place. By the time Bayi passed 2,000 metres in 5:20.3, he started to tire out. His fatigue became visible with two laps to go, when he still held a 35-metre lead over Tura. As a result, he needed to stretch and strain his tired legs more and more, in order to jump over the barriers. By contrast, Malinowski kept jumping over the barriers smoothly and effortlessly. During the second-last lap, Malinowski passed Tura, and started to close in on Bayi. Although the Tanzanian was still around 20 metres ahead of the Pole at the start of the final lap, Bayi's speed had visibly slowed down. It was only a matter of time before Malinowski would catch and pass him. On the final bend, shortly before the last water barrier, Malinowski at last sprinted past the exhausted Bayi. The experienced Polish steeplechaser easily won the race, while Bayi was able to keep Tura behind himself. Spain's Domingo Ramon placed fourth, as this final's best Western European. (The Olympic Book of Moscow (The Runner Magazine), Helsinki, Finland, 1980; The Big Olympic Book (the 1980 edition), Helsinki, Finland; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbEsKKDyNQ.)

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, United States 13 May 1978
Olympic record  Anders Gärderud (SWE) 8:08.02 Montreal, Canada 28 July 1976

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Tanzania  Filbert Bayi (TAN) Final 8:12.48

Schedule

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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase took place over three separate days.

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 26 July 1980 18:20 Round 1
Monday, 28 July 1980 20:35 Semi-finals
Thursday, 31 July 1980 19:15 Final

Results

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Heats

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Note: Top six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Filbert Bayi  Tanzania 8:21.38 Q
2 Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia 8:23.73 Q
3 Bogusław Mamiński  Poland 8:23.92 Q
4 Wolfgang Konrad  Austria 8:24.92 Q
5 Francisco Sánchez  Spain 8:27.50 Q
6 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 8:27.80 Q
7 Aleksandr Vorobey  Soviet Union 8:42.59 q
8 Tony Staynings  Great Britain 8:47.42 q
9 Nicolae Voicu  Romania 8:48.97
10 Anders Carlson  Sweden 9:01.77

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 8:29.80 Q
2 Dušan Moravčík  Czechoslovakia 8:33.31 Q
3 Serhiy Olizarenko  Soviet Union 8:34.20 Q
4 Colin Reitz  Great Britain 8:35.21 Q
5 Roberto Volpi  Italy 8:35.53 Q
6 Vesa Laukkanen  Finland 8:38.33 Q
7 Paul Copu  Romania 8:45.54 q
8 Girma Wolde-Hana  Ethiopia 8:54.60
9 Ralf Pönitzsch  East Germany 8:56.45
10 Abdul Karim Joumaa  Syria 9:29.38
José Sena  Portugal DNF

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Domingo Ramón  Spain 8:31.81 Q
2 Anatoly Dimov  Soviet Union 8:33.18 Q
3 Vasile Bichea  Romania 8:35.35 Q
4 Krzysztof Wesołowski  Poland 8:35.58 Q
5 Roger Hackney  Great Britain 8:36.34 Q
6 Giuseppe Gerbi  Italy 8:37.03 Q
7 Lahcen Babaci  Algeria 8:38.68 q
8 Hailu Wolde-Tsadik  Ethiopia 8:40.98 q
9 Stanimir Nenov  Bulgaria 8:43.77 q
10 Albert Marie  Seychelles 9:19.62
Tapio Kantanen  Finland DNS

Semi-finals

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Note: Top four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Semi-final 1

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Filbert Bayi  Tanzania 8:16.11 Q
2 Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia 8:16.17 Q
3 Bogusław Mamiński  Poland 8:18.78 Q
4 Francisco Sánchez  Spain 8:18.96 Q
5 Anatoliy Dimov  Soviet Union 8:24.81 q
6 Lahcen Babaci  Algeria 8:25.47 q
7 Roberto Volpi  Italy 8:29.70
8 Colin Reitz  Great Britain 8:29.75
9 Krzysztof Wesołowski  Poland 8:33.02
10 Vesa Laukkanen  Finland 8:33.30
11 Paul Copu  Romania 8:44.91
12 Stanimir Nenov  Bulgaria 8:50.17

Semi-final 2

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 8:21.15 Q
2 Domingo Ramón  Spain 8:21.94 Q
3 Vasile Bichea  Romania 8:24.23 Q
4 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 8:24.29 Q
5 Giuseppe Gerbi  Italy 8:27.19 q
6 Dušan Moravčík  Czechoslovakia 8:28.00 q
7 Roger Hackney  Great Britain 8:29.18
8 Hailu Wolde-Tsadik  Ethiopia 8:34.94
9 Aleksandr Vorobey  Soviet Union 8:44.24
10 Wolfgang Konrad  Austria 8:51.59
11 Tony Staynings  Great Britain 8:52.30
Serhiy Olizarenko  Soviet Union DNF

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 8:09.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Filbert Bayi  Tanzania 8:12.48 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia 8:13.57
4 Domingo Ramón  Spain 8:15.74
5 Francisco Sánchez  Spain 8:17.93
6 Giuseppe Gerbi  Italy 8:18.47 PB
7 Bogusław Mamiński  Poland 8:19.43
8 Anatoliy Dimov  Soviet Union 8:19.75
9 Vasile Bichea  Romania 8:23.86
10 Dušan Moravčík  Czechoslovakia 8:29.03
11 Lahcen Babaci  Algeria 8:31.80
12 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 8:40.86

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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