2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The men's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.[1]

Mullera was booed by the public during the medal ceremony. After the French anthem had been played, Kowal joined Zalewski on the silver medal podium step, ostensibly ignoring the Spaniard.[2]

Medalists

Gold Yoann Kowal
 France
Silver Krystian Zalewski
 Poland
Bronze Ángel Mullera
 Spain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
European record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:00.09 Paris, France 6 July 2013
Championship record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading  Jairus Kipchoge Birech (KEN) 8:02.37 Oslo, Norway 11 June 2014
European Leading  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.45 Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 14 June 2014

Schedule

Date Time Round
12 August 2014 12:20 Round 1
14 August 2014 20:45 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and 5 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 Mateusz Demczyszak  Poland 8:31.62 Q
2 2 Martin Grau  Germany 8:32.35 Q
3 2 Yuri Floriani  Italy 8:33.05 Q
4 2 Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey 8:33.39 Q
5 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 8:33.44 Q
6 2 Nikolay Chavkin  Russia 8:34.29 q
7 2 Sebastián Martos  Spain 8:34.35 q
8 1 Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:35.44 Q
9 1 Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria 8:35.45 Q
10 1 Jukka Keskisalo  Finland 8:35.98 Q
11 1 Yoann Kowal  France 8:36.27 Q
12 2 Ángel Mullera  Spain 8:36.33 q, SB
13 2 Janne Ukonmaanaho  Finland 8:36.44 q
14 1 Steffen Uliczka  Germany 8:36.59 Q
15 1 Ivan Lukyanov  Russia 8:37.02 q
16 2 Andrey Farnosov  Russia 8:37.31
17 1 James Wilkinson  Great Britain 8:39.78
18 1 Hakan Duvar  Turkey 8:42.03
19 1 Tom Erling Kårbø  Norway 8:42.33
20 1 Daniel Lundgren  Sweden 8:43.98
21 2 Vadym Slobodenyuk  Ukraine 8:43.99
22 2 Noam Ne'eman  Israel 8:45.33
23 1 Patrick Nasti  Italy 8:46.80
24 2 Alberto Paulo  Portugal 8:47.18
25 1 Christian Steinhammer  Austria 8:58.58
26 1 Justinas Beržanskis  Lithuania 9:01.56
27 2 Albert Minczér  Hungary 9:32.13
1 Víctor García  Spain DNF

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yoann Kowal  France 8:26.66
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Krystian Zalewski  Poland 8:27.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ángel Mullera  Spain 8:29.16 SB
4 Sebastián Martos  Spain 8:30.08
5 Ivan Lukyanov  Russia 8:32.50
6 Jukka Keskisalo  Finland 8:32.70
7 Steffen Uliczka  Germany 8:32.99
8 Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey 8:33.13
9 Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria 8:34.16
10 Mateusz Demczyszak  Poland 8:34.32
11 Janne Ukonmaanaho  Finland 8:42.45
12 Yuri Floriani  Italy 8:44.05
13 Martin Grau  Germany 8:44.46
14 Nikolay Chavkin  Russia 8:45.70
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France DSQ

References

  1. ^ "European Championships: Athlete loses gold for removing shirt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Athlétisme : Yoann Kowal pose sur la 2e marche du podium après la disqualification de Mahiedine Mekhissi", Huffington Post, 15 August 2014
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