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The Amateur Athletic Association Championship (AAA) was the de-facto World Championship of athletics until the IAAF (now World Athletics) World Championships started in the 1980s. At the first AAA Championships in 1880 the steeplechase was run over 1 mile and 1,440 yards and won by James Concannon of Widnes Football Club.
The 3000 metres steeplechase has been held as an event at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the men's division since 1983 and in the women's division since 2005. It can be noted for a series of lengthy winning streaks in the men's division, where Kenyan born athletes have won every championship between 1991 and 2019.
The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, on August 16 and August 18, 2009.Keeping in line with previous major championships success, the four-man Kenyan team entered for the event contained a number of race favourites.
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October 2019. [1]The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 is the only time the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase has been won by less than 0.2 seconds at these championships.
The first 3000 m steeplechase world record to be ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was a run of 8:49.6 minutes by Hungarian Sándor Rozsnyói in 1954. [1] Before standardization, Sweden's Josef Ternström was the first to complete the event in under ten minutes with his time of 9:49.8 minutes in 1914.
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This is a list of steeplechase events at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Pages in category "Steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was the only steeplechase on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 17 October 1964. 30 athletes from 19 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 15 October and the final on 17 October. [1]