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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date	15 – 17 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	29 from 19 countries

Gaston Roelants (BEL) was favored, having won the 1962 European Championship and broken the world at a meet in Leuven, Belgium in September 1963, running 8:29.6. He had not been beaten in the event since 1961. He took the early lead in the final, leading by five metres at the first kilometer. The field closed slightly but he then surged and had a 12 metre lead after two kilometers. He was comfortably ahead by the last lap, and eased up but still won quite easily over Maurice Herriott (GBR) the silver medalist at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	40	Gaston Roelants	👁 Image BEL	8:33.8 (2 h3)	8:30.8 (1)	Gold
2	173	Maurice Herriott	👁 Image GBR	8:33.0 (1 h2)	8:32.4 (2)	Silver
3	663	Ivan Belyayev	👁 Image URS	8:42.0 (2 h1)	8:33.8 (3)	Bronze
4	521	Manuel Oliveira	👁 Image POR	8:40.8 (1 h1)	8:36.2 (4)
5	730	George Young	👁 Image USA	8:34.2 (3 h2)	8:38.2 (5)
6	133	Guy Texereau	👁 Image FRA	8:34.6 (4 h2)	8:38.6 (6)
7	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	👁 Image URS	8:31.8 (1 h3)	8:39.0 (7)
8	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	👁 Image SWE	8:34.2 (2 h2)	8:41.8 (8)
9	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	👁 Image MAR	8:42.8 (3 h1)	8:43.6 (9)
10	174	Ernie Pomfret	👁 Image GBR	8:45.2 (3 h3)	8:43.8 (10)
4 h1 r1/2	731	Vic Zwolak	👁 Image USA	8:43.6 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r1/2	729	Jeff Fishback	👁 Image USA	8:50.2 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r1/2	803	Zenji Okuzawa	👁 Image JPN	8:50.0 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r1/2	662	Lazar Naroditsky	👁 Image URS	8:43.0 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r1/2	392	Benjamin Kogo	👁 Image KEN	8:51.0 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r1/2	784	Slavko Špan	👁 Image YUG	8:57.6 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	220	Alfred Döring	👁 Image GER	8:43.2 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	221	Rainer Dörner	👁 Image GER	8:55.0 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	294	József Mácsár	👁 Image HUN	9:08.8 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	801	Taketsugu Saruwatari	👁 Image JPN	8:46.6 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	290	Attila Simon	👁 Image HUN	8:57.8 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r1/2	222	Dieter Hartmann	👁 Image GER	9:09.2 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	502	Edward Szklarczyk	👁 Image POL	8:48.0 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	16	Trevor Vincent	👁 Image AUS	8:58.8 (8 h3)	–
9 h1 r1/2	370	Jean Toffey	👁 Image CIV	9:47.4 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	617	Labidi Ayachi	👁 Image TUN	9:02.0 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	802	Saburo Yokomizo	👁 Image JPN	9:04.6 (9 h3)	–
10 h2 r1/2	624	Cahit Önel	👁 Image TUR	9:15.6 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	419	Dilbagh Singh Kler	👁 Image MAS	9:18.8 (10 h3)	–
567	Bengt Persson	👁 Image SWE	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One

Date	15 October 1964 — 15:50
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (hand)
1	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	👁 Image URS	8:31.8
2	173	Maurice Herriott	👁 Image GBR	8:33.0
3	40	Gaston Roelants	👁 Image BEL	8:33.8
4	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	👁 Image SWE	8:34.2
5	730	George Young	👁 Image USA	8:34.2
6	133	Guy Texereau	👁 Image FRA	8:34.6
7	521	Manuel Oliveira	👁 Image POR	8:40.8
8	663	Ivan Belyayev	👁 Image URS	8:42.0
9	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	👁 Image MAR	8:42.8
10	662	Lazar Naroditsky	👁 Image URS	8:43.0
11	220	Alfred Döring	👁 Image GER	8:43.2
12	731	Vic Zwolak	👁 Image USA	8:43.6
13	174	Ernie Pomfret	👁 Image GBR	8:45.2
14	801	Taketsugu Saruwatari	👁 Image JPN	8:46.6
15	502	Edward Szklarczyk	👁 Image POL	8:48.0
16	803	Zenji Okuzawa	👁 Image JPN	8:50.0
17	729	Jeff Fishback	👁 Image USA	8:50.2
18	392	Benjamin Kogo	👁 Image KEN	8:51.0
19	221	Rainer Dörner	👁 Image GER	8:55.0
20	784	Slavko Špan	👁 Image YUG	8:57.6
21	290	Attila Simon	👁 Image HUN	8:57.8
22	16	Trevor Vincent	👁 Image AUS	8:58.8
23	617	Labidi Ayachi	👁 Image TUN	9:02.0
24	802	Saburo Yokomizo	👁 Image JPN	9:04.6
25	294	József Mácsár	👁 Image HUN	9:08.8
26	222	Dieter Hartmann	👁 Image GER	9:09.2
27	624	Cahit Önel	👁 Image TUR	9:15.6
28	419	Dilbagh Singh Kler	👁 Image MAS	9:18.8
29	370	Jean Toffey	👁 Image CIV	9:47.4
567	Bengt Persson	👁 Image SWE	–

Heat #1

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	521	Manuel Oliveira	👁 Image POR	8:40.8
2	663	Ivan Belyayev	👁 Image URS	8:42.0
3	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	👁 Image MAR	8:42.8
4	731	Vic Zwolak	👁 Image USA	8:43.6
5	803	Zenji Okuzawa	👁 Image JPN	8:50.0
6	784	Slavko Špan	👁 Image YUG	8:57.6
7	294	József Mácsár	👁 Image HUN	9:08.8
8	222	Dieter Hartmann	👁 Image GER	9:09.2
9	370	Jean Toffey	👁 Image CIV	9:47.4
567	Bengt Persson	👁 Image SWE	–

Heat #2

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	173	Maurice Herriott	👁 Image GBR	8:33.0
2	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	👁 Image SWE	8:34.2
3	730	George Young	👁 Image USA	8:34.2
4	133	Guy Texereau	👁 Image FRA	8:34.6
5	662	Lazar Naroditsky	👁 Image URS	8:43.0
6	220	Alfred Döring	👁 Image GER	8:43.2
7	801	Taketsugu Saruwatari	👁 Image JPN	8:46.6
8	502	Edward Szklarczyk	👁 Image POL	8:48.0
9	617	Labidi Ayachi	👁 Image TUN	9:02.0
10	624	Cahit Önel	👁 Image TUR	9:15.6

Heat #3

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	👁 Image URS	8:31.8
2	40	Gaston Roelants	👁 Image BEL	8:33.8
3	174	Ernie Pomfret	👁 Image GBR	8:45.2
4	729	Jeff Fishback	👁 Image USA	8:50.2
5	392	Benjamin Kogo	👁 Image KEN	8:51.0
6	221	Rainer Dörner	👁 Image GER	8:55.0
7	290	Attila Simon	👁 Image HUN	8:57.8
8	16	Trevor Vincent	👁 Image AUS	8:58.8
9	802	Saburo Yokomizo	👁 Image JPN	9:04.6
10	419	Dilbagh Singh Kler	👁 Image MAS	9:18.8

Final Round

Date	17 October 1964 — 16:50

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	40	Gaston Roelants	👁 Image BEL	8:30.8
2	173	Maurice Herriott	👁 Image GBR	8:32.4
3	663	Ivan Belyayev	👁 Image URS	8:33.8
4	521	Manuel Oliveira	👁 Image POR	8:36.2
5	730	George Young	👁 Image USA	8:38.2
6	133	Guy Texereau	👁 Image FRA	8:38.6
7	661	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	👁 Image URS	8:39.0
8	568	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	👁 Image SWE	8:41.8
9	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	👁 Image MAR	8:43.6
10	174	Ernie Pomfret	👁 Image GBR	8:43.8