Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase; at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 1, 1960 (heats); September 3, 1960 (final)
Competitors	32 from 20 nations
Winning time	8:34.30 OR
Medalists
	← 1956 1964 →

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3.^[1]

Quick facts Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Venue ...

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:43.56
2	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	8:48.77
3	Hans Hüneke	United Team of Germany	8:50.59
4	Georgios Papavasileiou	Greece	8:51.46
5	Phil Coleman	United States	8:56.72
6	Vlastimil Brlica	Czechoslovakia	9:00.07
7	Attila Simon	Hungary	9:02.79
8	Guy Texereau	France	9:04.23
9	Walter Kammermann	Switzerland	9:11.8
10	Eric Shirley	Great Britain	9:14.8
11	Joaquim Ferreira	Portugal	9:30.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:49.92
2	Ludwig Müller	United Team of Germany	8:49.86
3	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	8:50.19
4	George Young	United States	8:50.93
5	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	8:53.01
6	Dave Chapman	Great Britain	8:53.24
7	Pentti Karvonen	Finland	9:04.91
8	José Fernández	Spain	9:12.8
9	Mubarak Shah	Pakistan	9:20.0
10	Alfredo Tinoco	Mexico	9:38.0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:48.11
2	Deacon Jones	United States	8:49.32
3	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:49.52
4	Hermann Buhl	United Team of Germany	8:49.56
5	Lage Tedenby	Sweden	8:52.94
6	Franc Hafner	Yugoslavia	8:55.68
7	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	9:06.68
8	Michael Palmer	Great Britain	9:10.68
9	Gerhart Hecker	Hungary	9:12.4
10	Cahit Önel	Turkey	9:14.6
11	Mohamed Lahcen	Morocco	9:29.4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:34.30	OR
	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:36.55
	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:42.34
4	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:47.45
5	Gunnar Tjörnebo	Sweden	8:58.87
6	Ludwig Müller	United Team of Germany	9:01.57
7	Deacon Jones	United States	9:18.22
8	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	9:18.23
-	Hans Hüneke	United Team of Germany		DNF

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