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These are the official results of the Men's 3000 metres Steeplechase event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and three qualifying heats.
This is a list of NCAA outdoor champions in the 3000 meters steeplechase. Hand timing was used until 1973, while starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used. The women's event was introduced in 2001.
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as 3000m SC) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres , which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase .
Steeplechase Times newspaper covers the sport. [6] Thomas Hitchcock (1860–1941) is known as the father of American steeplechasing. In the late 1800s, he built a steeplechase training center on his 3,000-acre (12 km 2) property in Aiken, South Carolina and trained horses imported from England.
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.
Steeplechase at the 2014 Lithuanian Championships in Athletics. The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing. The foremost version of the event is the 3000 metres steeplechase. The 2000 metres steeplechase is the next most common distance.
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.
The Carolina Cup is an annual steeplechase horse race held at the Springdale Race Course in Camden, South Carolina. [1] The race holds the National Steeplechase Association attendance record of 71,000 people. [2] The Carolina Cup has raised thousands of dollars for the local Kershaw County Medical Center. [3]