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The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 0.15 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's steeplechase was won by less than 0.3 seconds at the Olympics. The qualifying standards were 8:24.60 (A standard) and 8:32.00 (B ...
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium, [1] the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics. The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard).
The steeplechase at the Summer Olympics has been held over several distances and is the longest track event with obstacles held at the multi-sport event. The men's 3000 metres steeplechase has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1920. The women's event is the most recent addition to the programme, having been added at the 2008 ...
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium.The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
In 2005 Dorcus Inzikuru won the first World Championship in the women's event in Helsinki, becoming Uganda's first gold medallist at the World Championships, and in 2008, at the National Stadium in Beijing, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, of Russia became both the inaugural Olympic champion in the event and with a time of 8:58.81 she became the first ...
Lately, the truth is this: Mitchell, one of the fastest-rising distance runners in the country, is set to compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at ...
After a successful 2007, McAdams finished third in the 2008 Olympic Trials for 3,000 meter steeplechase. Following the win at the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships, he won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 8 minutes 30.49 seconds. Also that year, he improved his personal best time to 8:21.36, ending ...
In her first U.S. Olympic Trials with Bowerman Track Club, Sprague alum Kaylee Mitchell comfortably clinched a spot in Thursday's steeplechase final.