1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1987-09-05.

Medalists

Gold	Francesco Panetta Italy (ITA)
Silver	Hagen Melzer East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	William Van Dijck Belgium (BEL)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Henry Rono (KEN)	8:05.4	Seattle, USA	May 13, 1978
Championship Record	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:15.06	Helsinki, Finland	August 12, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:08.57 CR
	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:10.32
	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:12.18
4.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:14.46
5.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:16.46
6.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:17.78
7.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:20.08
8.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:20.45
9.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:24.25
10.	Raymond Pannier (FRA)	8:26.50
11.	José Regalo (POR)	8:27.64
12.	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:38.46
13.	Franco Boffi (ITA)	8:43.60
14.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:48.86
—	Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN)	DNF

Qualifying heats

• Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:16.08
2.	Raymond Pannier (FRA)	8:16.93
3.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:19.19
4.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:22.26
5.	Eddie Wedderburn (GBR)	8:24.09
6.	Adauto Domingues (BRA)	8:26.67
7.	Béla Vágó (HUN)	8:27.24
8.	Francisco Sánchez (ESP)	8:34.29
9.	Michael Heist (FRG)	8:38.80
10.	Brian Abshire (USA)	8:39.97
11.	Liam O'Brien (IRL)	8:40.88
12.	Herman Hofstee (NED)	8:44.04
13.	Emilio Ulloa (CHI)	8:44.51

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN)	8:20.75
2.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:21.07
3.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:21.21
4.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:21.32
5.	Fethi Baccouche (TUN)	8:22.75
6.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:24.32
7.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:24.66
8.	Ricardo Vera (URU)	8:36.80
9.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:40.55
10.	Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)	8:41.41
11.	Espen Borge (NOR)	8:47.34
12.	Ramón López (PAR)	9:10.29
—	Flemming Jensen (DEN)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:18.73
2.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:18.87
3.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:19.28
4.	José Regalo (POR)	8:20.70
5.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:20.98
6.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:21.35
7.	Franco Boffi (ITA)	8:21.69
8.	Bruno Le Stum (FRA)	8:23.61
9.	Valeriy Vandyak (URS)	8:30.43
10.	Hans Koeleman (NED)	8:41.80
11.	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:46.23
—	Mirosław Żerkowski (POL)	DNF

See also

• 1983 Men's World Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 3.000m Steeplechase (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 3.000m Steeplechase (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Tokyo)

References

• Results