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1976 Olympic Games Montreal - Men's 3000 m steeple

 

 

Host City: Montréal, Canada Format: Top six in each heat advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 25, 1976  
Date Finished: July 28, 1976  
(Competitors: 24; Countries: 16; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Overview by IAAF    1976_olympic_stadium.jpg
Gärderud and Malinowski had been the world’s top steeplechasers for two seasons, with Malinowski, the European Champion, recognised as a tough competitor. Gärderud was regarded as better on the watch than in major races. Malinowski won the first heat in an Olympic record 8:18.56, with Gärderud third in 8:21.43, while Britain’s Dennis Coates was a surprise winner of the other heat in 8:18.95. Campos led the final at world record pace for the first kilometre (2:43.6), Malinowski took over in the fourth lap. The pace slipped only slightly by 2000m (5:29.1), with Gärderud, Baumgartl and Kantanen the only ones in contact. With 600m to go Kantanen began to slip back. The Swede attacked with 300m to go, dropping Malinowski, but not the surprising Baumgartl. Gärderud stole 2m with a better water jump clearance and reached the last hurdle 2m clear. Baumgartl caught the hurdle with his trailing knee and fell heavily, leaving Gärderud to win with a new world record. Behind him Malinowski had to hurdle Baumgartl after clearing the last barrier, while the German got up to finish third, both running national records behind the Swede.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
The two favorites were Sweden’s Anders Gärderud and Poland’s Bronisław Malinowski. Malinowski had won the 1974 European Championships while Gärderud twice set world records in 1975. The Kenyans were absent because of the African boycott, which deprived the event of Ben Jipcho, who had won the 1974 Commonwealth Games. The final is considered the greatest ever steeplechase at a major meet. Malinowski took the lead on the fourth lap, trying to break Gärderud’s vaunted sprint. Only Gärderud, Frank Baumgartl (GDR), and Tapio Kantanen (FIN) could maintain that pace. Kantanen fell off on the penultimate lap. Coming down the final straight Gärderud had pulled ahead, but Baumgartl was closing very quickly and looked placed to pull ahead. But he hit the final barrier and fell to the track. Malinowski was in third and had to hurdle not only the final barrier but also Baumgartl, lying on the track. Gärderud opened up to win in world record time (8:08.02). Baumgartl recovered to get the bronze medal behind Malinowski.
 

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record 8:09.70 Sweden Anders Gärderud Stockholm (SWE) July 1, 1975
Olympic Record 8:23.64 Kenya Kipchoge Keino Munich (FRG) September 7, 1972
 
        Results        
 
3000 m steeple Men     Final 28 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 8.08.02     Anders Gärderud Sweden SWE 28 Aug 46 WR
2 8.09.11     Bronisław Malinowski Poland POL 4 Jun 51  
3 8.10.36     Frank Baumgartl East Germany GDR 29 May 55  
4 8.12.60     Tapio Kantanen Finland FIN 31 May 49  
5 8.20.14     Michael Karst West Germany FRG 28 Jan 52  
6 8.21.08     Euan Robertson New Zealand NZL 14 Jun 48  
7 8.21.53     Dan Glans Sweden SWE 2 May 47  
8 8.22.65     José Antonio Campos Spain ESP 19 Apr 51  
9 8.22.99     Dennis Coates Great Britain GBR 11 Feb 53  
10 8.23.99     Henry Marsh United States USA 15 Mar 54  
11 8.33.66     Tony Staynings Great Britain GBR 21 Jul 53  
12 8.42.74     Ismo Toukonen Finland FIN 25 Apr 54  
3000 m steeple Men     Heat 1 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 8.18.56     Bronisław Malinowski Poland POL 4 Jun 51  
2 8.21.25     Frank Baumgartl East Germany GDR 29 May 55  
3 8.21.43     Anders Gärderud Sweden SWE 28 Aug 46  
4 8.24.53     José Antonio Campos Spain ESP 19 Apr 51  
5 8.27.96     Ismo Toukonen Finland FIN 25 Apr 54  
6 8.31.46     Henry Marsh United States USA 15 Mar 54  
7 8.35.03     Jean-Paul Villain France FRA 1 Nov 46  
8 8.35.71     John Bicourt Great Britain GBR 25 Oct 45  
9 8.44.82     Willi Maier West Germany FRG 12 Sep 48  
10 8.46.89     Peter Larkins Australia AUS 22 Jun 54  
11 8.53.95     Ágúst Ásgeirsson Iceland ISL 15 Jul 52  
  DNF     Gerd Frähmcke West Germany FRG 22 Sep 50  
3000 m steeple Men     Heat 2 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 8.18.95     Dennis Coates Great Britain GBR 11 Feb 53  
2 8.20.82     Tapio Kantanen Finland FIN 31 May 49  
3 8.23.73     Dan Glans Sweden SWE 2 May 47  
4 8.25.02     Michael Karst West Germany FRG 28 Jan 52  
5 8.26.31     Euan Robertson New Zealand NZL 14 Jun 48  
6 8.29.21     Tony Staynings Great Britain GBR 21 Jul 53  
7 8.31.55     Paul Thijs Belgium BEL 2 May 46  
8 8.33.25     Doug Brown United States USA 1 Mar 52  
9 8.37.28     Takaharu Koyama Japan JPN 8 Jul 48  
10 8.37.36     Mike Roche United States USA 27 Jun 53  
11 8.41.95     Dusan Moravcik Czechoslovakia TCH 27 May 48  
12 8.57.22     Gheorghe Cefan Romania ROU 16 Feb 47  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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