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


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 the American Horace Ashenfelter.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 23. The four fastest runners from each heat qualified to the final.
Heat 1
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Vladimir Kazantsev8:58.0OR
2Günter Heßelmann9:05.0
3Gunnar Tjörnebo9:05.4
4Cahit Önel9:06.0
5Jindřich Roudný9:06.4
6Kauko Lusenius9:26.8
7Kenneth Johnson9:27.0
8Drago Štritof9:28.0
9Victor Firea9:29.2
10Guillermo Solá9:32.2
11Pierre Prat9:32.8
12Gulzara Singh Mann9:48.6
Bill AshenfelterDNF

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1John Disley8:59.4
2Olavi Rinteenpää8:59.4
3József Apró9:00.4
4Helmut Gude9:04.2
5Fyodor Marulin9:08.4
6Ali Baghbanbashi9:13.2
7Jan Kielas9:15.4
8André Lebrun9:17.8
9Susumu Takahashi9:21.6
10Božidar Đurašković9:23.2
11Eric Nilsson9:25.0
12Browning Ross9:44.0

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Horace Ashenfelter8:51.0OR
2Mikhail Saltykov8:55.8
3Curt Söderberg9:02.4
4Chris Brasher9:03.2
5Urho Julin9:09.4
6László Jeszenszky9:11.2
7André Paris9:30.0
8Robert Schoonjans9:30.6
9Petar Šegedin9:40.2
Víctorio SolaresDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTime Notes
Horace Ashenfelter8:45.4WR
Vladimir Kazantsev8:51.6
John Disley8:51.8
4Olavi Rinteenpää8:55.2
5Curt Söderberg8:55.6
6Günter Hesselmann8:55.8
7Mikhail Saltykov8:56.2
8Helmut Gude9:01.4
9József Apró9:04.2
10Cahit Önel9:04.4
11Chris Brasher9:14.0
12Gunnar Tjörnebo10:26.4

Key: WR = World record