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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
DatesJuly 23 (heats)
July 25 (final)
Competitors 35 from  19 nations
Winning time8:45.4 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Horace Ashenfelter
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Kazantsev
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Disley
 Great Britain
← 1948
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 23 and July 25. The final was won by American Horace Ashenfelter.[1]

Results

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Heats

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The first round was held on July 23. The four fastest runners from each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Vladimir Kazantsev  Soviet Union 8:58.0 OR
2 Günter Heßelmann  Germany 9:05.0
3 Gunnar Tjörnebo  Sweden 9:05.4
4 Cahit Önel  Turkey 9:06.0
5 Jindřich Roudný  Czechoslovakia 9:06.4
6 Kauko Lusenius  Finland 9:26.8
7 Kenneth Johnson  Great Britain 9:27.0
8 Drago Štritof  Yugoslavia 9:28.0
9 Victor Firea  Romania 9:29.2
10 Guillermo Solá  Chile 9:32.2
11 Pierre Prat  France 9:32.8
12 Gulzara Singh Mann  India 9:48.6
Bill Ashenfelter  United States DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 John Disley  Great Britain 8:59.4
2 Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 8:59.4
3 József Apró  Hungary 9:00.4
4 Helmut Gude  Germany 9:04.2
5 Fyodor Marulin  Soviet Union 9:08.4
6 Ali Baghbanbashi  Iran 9:13.2
7 Jan Kielas  Poland 9:15.4
8 André Lebrun  France 9:17.8
9 Susumu Takahashi  Japan 9:21.6
10 Božidar Đurašković  Yugoslavia 9:23.2
11 Eric Nilsson  Sweden 9:25.0
12 Browning Ross  United States 9:44.0

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Horace Ashenfelter  United States 8:51.0 OR
2 Mikhail Saltykov  Soviet Union 8:55.8
3 Curt Söderberg  Sweden 9:02.4
4 Chris Brasher  Great Britain 9:03.2
5 Urho Julin  Finland 9:09.4
6 László Jeszenszky  Hungary 9:11.2
7 André Paris  France 9:30.0
8 Robert Schoonjans  Belgium 9:30.6
9 Petar Šegedin  Yugoslavia 9:40.2
Víctorio Solares  Guatemala DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Horace Ashenfelter  United States 8:45.4 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Kazantsev  Soviet Union 8:51.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Disley  Great Britain 8:51.8
4 Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 8:55.2
5 Curt Söderberg  Sweden 8:55.6
6 Günter Hesselmann  Germany 8:55.8
7 Mikhail Saltykov  Soviet Union 8:56.2
8 Helmut Gude  Germany 9:01.4
9 József Apró  Hungary 9:04.2
10 Cahit Önel  Turkey 9:04.4
11 Chris Brasher  Great Britain 9:14.0
12 Gunnar Tjörnebo  Sweden 10:26.4

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.