Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games |
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]
The winning margin was 5.67 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time since the introduction of automatic timing that the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase was won by more than 5 seconds at these championships.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Henry Rono![]() | James Munyala![]() | Kip Rono![]() |
Results
Heats
Held on 6 August
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Henry Rono | ![]() | 8:26.3 | Q |
2 | 1 | Kip Rono | ![]() | 8:31.8 | Q |
3 | 1 | John Davies | ![]() | 8:48.1 | Q |
4 | 1 | Dennis Coates | ![]() | 8:48.4 | Q |
5 | 1 | Howard Healey | ![]() | 8:48.4 | Q |
6 | 2 | Anthony Staynings | ![]() | 8:50.8 | Q |
7 | 2 | Euan Robertson | ![]() | 8:53.1 | Q |
8 | 2 | Ian Gilmour | ![]() | 8:56.5 | Q |
9 | 1 | James Munyala | ![]() | 8:57.9 | Q |
10 | 1 | Joe Sax | ![]() | 8:59.2 | q |
11 | 2 | John Wild | ![]() | 8:59.9 | Q |
12 | 2 | Rob Evans | ![]() | 9:05.3 | q |
13 | 2 | Dean Childs | ![]() | 9:09.77 | |
14 | 2 | Paul Lawther | ![]() | 9:19.20 |
Final
Held on 7 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Henry Rono | ![]() | 8:26.54 | |
![]() | James Munyala | ![]() | 8:32.21 | |
![]() | Kip Rono | ![]() | 8:34.07 | |
4 | Euan Robertson | ![]() | 8:41.32 | |
5 | Howard Healey | ![]() | 8:43.75 | |
6 | Dennis Coates | ![]() | 8:47.35 | |
7 | Anthony Staynings | ![]() | 8:48.87 | |
8 | Ian Gilmour | ![]() | 8:49.68 | |
9 | John Wild | ![]() | 8:57.94 | |
10 | John Davies | ![]() | 9:01.95 | |
11 | Rob Evans | ![]() | 9:06.43 | |
12 | Joe Sax | ![]() | 9:15.27 |
References
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- Heats results (The Canberra Times)
- Final results (The Canberra Times)
- Australian results