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

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

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

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

World record Henry Rono (KEN)8:05.4 Seattle, United States13 May 1978
Olympic record Anders Gärderud (SWE)8:08.02 Montreal, Canada28 July 1976

The following national records were established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundTimeNotes
Tanzania Filbert Bayi (TAN)Final8:12.48

Schedule

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 198018:20Round 1
Monday, 28 July 198020:35Semi-finals
Thursday, 31 July 198019:15Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Filbert Bayi Tanzania8:21.38Q
2Eshetu Tura Ethiopia8:23.73Q
3Bogusław Mamiński Poland8:23.92Q
4Wolfgang Konrad Austria8:24.92Q
5Francisco Sánchez Spain8:27.50Q
6Tommy Ekblom Finland8:27.80Q
7Aleksandr Vorobey Soviet Union8:42.59q
8Tony Staynings Great Britain8:47.42q
9Nicolae Voicu Romania8:48.97
10Anders Carlson Sweden9:01.77

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Bronisław Malinowski Poland8:29.80Q
2Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia8:33.31Q
3Serhiy Olizarenko Soviet Union8:34.20Q
4Colin Reitz Great Britain8:35.21Q
5Roberto Volpi Italy8:35.53Q
6Vesa Laukkanen Finland8:38.33Q
7Paul Copu Romania8:45.54q
8Girma Wolde-Hana Ethiopia8:54.60
9Ralf Pönitzsch East Germany8:56.45
10Abdul Karim Joumaa Syria9:29.38
—José Sena Portugal—DNF

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Domingo Ramón Spain8:31.81Q
2Anatoly Dimov Soviet Union8:33.18Q
3Vasile Bichea Romania8:35.35Q
4Krzysztof Wesołowski Poland8:35.58Q
5Roger Hackney Great Britain8:36.34Q
6Giuseppe Gerbi Italy8:37.03Q
7Lahcen Babaci Algeria8:38.68q
8Hailu Wolde-Tsadik Ethiopia8:40.98q
9Stanimir Nenov Bulgaria8:43.77q
10Albert Marie Seychelles9:19.62
—Tapio Kantanen Finland—DNS

Semi-finals

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

Semi-final 1

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Filbert Bayi Tanzania8:16.11Q
2Eshetu Tura Ethiopia8:16.17Q
3Bogusław Mamiński Poland8:18.78Q
4Francisco Sánchez Spain8:18.96Q
5Anatoliy Dimov Soviet Union8:24.81q
6Lahcen Babaci Algeria8:25.47q
7Roberto Volpi Italy8:29.70
8Colin Reitz Great Britain8:29.75
9Krzysztof Wesołowski Poland8:33.02
10Vesa Laukkanen Finland8:33.30
11Paul Copu Romania8:44.91
12Stanimir Nenov Bulgaria8:50.17

Semi-final 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Bronisław Malinowski Poland8:21.15Q
2Domingo Ramón Spain8:21.94Q
3Vasile Bichea Romania8:24.23Q
4Tommy Ekblom Finland8:24.29Q
5Giuseppe Gerbi Italy8:27.19q
6Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia8:28.00q
7Roger Hackney Great Britain8:29.18
8Hailu Wolde-Tsadik Ethiopia8:34.94
9Aleksandr Vorobey Soviet Union8:44.24
10Wolfgang Konrad Austria8:51.59
11Tony Staynings Great Britain8:52.30
—Serhiy Olizarenko Soviet Union—DNF

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Bronisław Malinowski Poland8:09.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Filbert Bayi Tanzania8:12.48NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eshetu Tura Ethiopia8:13.57
4Domingo Ramón Spain8:15.74
5Francisco Sánchez Spain8:17.93
6Giuseppe Gerbi Italy8:18.47PB
7Bogusław Mamiński Poland8:19.43
8Anatoliy Dimov Soviet Union8:19.75
9Vasile Bichea Romania8:23.86
10Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia8:29.03
11Lahcen Babaci Algeria8:31.80
12Tommy Ekblom Finland8:40.86

See also

References

  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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