# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 18 July 2022.

## Summary

From the start, the field deferred to Sebastián Martos, marked by Evan Jager, in turn marked by his teammate Hillary Bor. After a slow 2 and a half laps, Lamecha Girma moved up to the point. He too did not push the pace, so defending champion Conseslus Kipruto came forward. Still nobody wanted too push, the pack was packed together at points 5 abreast across the track, waiting for the pace to increase. As they entered the penultimate lap the pace did increase, Leonard Bett tripping and falling out the back of the pack. Yemane Haileselassie took over the lead heading into the bell. At the start of the final lap Getnet Wale took the lead, Hailemariyam Amare came up to join him but fell over the first barrier on the backstretch, where so many runs to victory have been launched. After biding his time for 7 laps, world leader Soufiane El Bakkali went from third place to a two meter lead over Kipruto through the final water jump. Kipruto couldn't accelerate with El Bakkali, Girma went around him to try to chase, but El Bakkali was gone, expanding his lead a couple more meters to the finish. Kipruto was slowing to the finish but was able to hold off a streaking finish by Wale for bronze.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| Championship record | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) | 8:00.43 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 |
| World Leading | Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) | 7:58.28 | Rabat, Morocco | 5 June 2022 |
| African Record | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) | 7:53.64 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 22 July 2011 |
| Asian Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Evan Jager (USA) | 8:00.45 | Paris, France | 4 July 2015 |
| South American Record | Wander do Prado Moura (BRA) | 8:14.41 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 22 March 1995 |
| European Record | Mahiedine Mekhissi (FRA) | 8:00.09 | Paris, France | 6 July 2013 |
| Oceanian record | Peter Renner (NZL) | 8:14.05 | Koblenz, West Germany | 29 August 1984 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8:22.00.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 15 July | 17:15 | Heats |
| 18 July | 19:20 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Soufiane El Bakkali | Morocco (MAR) | 8:16.65 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Leonard Bett | Kenya (KEN) | 8:16.94 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Abraham Kibiwot | Kenya (KEN) | 8:17.04 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Getnet Wale | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:17.49 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Hailemariyam Amare | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:18.34 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Evan Jager | United States (USA) | 8:18.44 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Avinash Sable | India (IND) | 8:18.75 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Yemane Haileselassie | Eritrea (ERI) | 8:18.75 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Sebastián Martos | Spain (ESP) | 8:18.94 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:19.64 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya (KEN) | 8:20.12 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Hillary Bor | United States (USA) | 8:20.18 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Mehdi Belhadj | France (FRA) | 8:20.47 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Italy (ITA) | 8:21.04 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Arce | Spain (ESP) | 8:21.06 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Ryuji Miura | Japan (JPN) | 8:21.80 | |
| 17 | 1 | Benard Keter | United States (USA) | 8:21.94 | |
| 18 | 3 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | Tunisia (TUN) | 8:22.00 | |
| 19 | 3 | Benjamin Kigen | Kenya (KEN) | 8:22.52 | |
| 20 | 2 | Edward Trippas | Australia (AUS) | 8:23.83 | |
| 21 | 3 | Karl Bebendorf | Germany (GER) | 8:25.73 | SB |
| 22 | 2 | Mohamed Ismail | Djibouti (DJI) | 8:25.85 | |
| 23 | 2 | Tom Erling Kårbø | Norway (NOR) | 8:26.12 | PB |
| 24 | 1 | John Gay | Canada (CAN) | 8:27.02 | |
| 25 | 2 | Hichem Bouchicha | Algeria (ALG) | 8:27.39 | |
| 26 | 2 | Ahmed Jaziri | Tunisia (TUN) | 8:28.28 | |
| 27 | 1 | Ben Buckingham | Australia (AUS) | 8:29.15 | |
| 28 | 1 | Kosei Yamaguchi | Japan (JPN) | 8:30.92 | |
| 29 | 3 | Jacob Boutera | Norway (NOR) | 8:31.47 | |
| 30 | 2 | Víctor Ruiz | Spain (ESP) | 8:33.42 | |
| 31 | 2 | Ryan Smeeton | Canada (CAN) | 8:33.51 | |
| 32 | 3 | Vidar Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | 8:33.51 | |
| 33 | 3 | Ryoma Aoki | Japan (JPN) | 8:33.89 | |
| 34 | 1 | Bilal Tabti | Algeria (ALG) | 8:38.45 | |
| 35 | 2 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Morocco (MAR) | 8:38.46 | |
| 36 | 3 | Jean-Simon Desgagnés | Canada (CAN) | 8:40.90 | |
| 37 | 3 | Topi Raitanen | Finland (FIN) | 8:43.01 | |
| 38 | 1 | Frederik Ruppert | Germany (GER) | 8:45.55 | |
| 39 | 2 | Carlos San Martín | Colombia (COL) | 8:48.66 | |
| 40 | 1 | Tim Van De Velde | Belgium (BEL) | 9:03.11 | |
| | 3 | Mohamed Tindouft | Morocco (MAR) | DNF | |

### Final

The final was started on 18 July at 19:22.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Soufiane El Bakkali | Morocco (MAR) | 8:25.13 |
| | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:26.01 |
| | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya (KEN) | 8:27.92 |
| 4 | Getnet Wale | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:28.68 |
| 5 | Abraham Kibiwot | Kenya (KEN) | 8:28.95 |
| 6 | Evan Jager | United States (USA) | 8:29.08 |
| 7 | Yemane Haileselassie | Eritrea (ERI) | 8:29.40 |
| 8 | Hillary Bor | United States (USA) | 8:29.77 |
| 9 | Daniel Arce | Spain (ESP) | 8:30.05 |
| 10 | Hailemariyam Amare | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:31.54 |
| 11 | Avinash Sable | India (IND) | 8:31.75 |
| 12 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Italy (ITA) | 8:33.43 |
| 13 | Mehdi Belhadj | France (FRA) | 8:34.49 |
| 14 | Sebastián Martos | Spain (ESP) | 8:36.66 |
| 15 | Leonard Bett | Kenya (KEN) | 8:36.74 |