# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

These are the results of the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece on 3, 4 and 6 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya (KEN) |
| Silver | Moses Kiptanui Kenya (KEN) |
| Bronze | Bernard Barmasai Kenya (KEN) |

## Results
### Heats

First 6 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Rafał Wójcik | Poland | 8:24.93 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 8:24.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari | Saudi Arabia | 8:25.23 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya | 8:25.80 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Vladimir Pronin | Russia | 8:25.95 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Mark Croghan | United States | 8:25.95 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 8:25.97 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:26.35 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Bernard Barmasai | Kenya | 8:26.62 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Michael Buchleitner | Austria | 8:26.76 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Florin Ionescu | Romania | 8:27.39 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Robert Hough | Great Britain | 8:28.54 | q, SB |
| 13 | 1 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 8:28.85 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Simon Vroemen | Netherlands | 8:28.96 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | Kenya | 8:29.40 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:29.65 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Hicham Bouaouiche | Morocco | 8:29.67 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 8:29.92 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Ramiro Morán | Spain | 8:29.98 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 8:30.24 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Wander Moura | Brazil | 8:30.70 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Adam Dobrzyński | Poland | 8:31.69 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Christopher Unthank | Australia | 8:32.03 | |
| 24 | 2 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 8:32.53 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | Tom Nohilly | United States | 8:32.70 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 8:32.77 | |
| 27 | 2 | Abderrahmane Daas | Algeria | 8:33.35 | |
| 28 | 3 | Antonios Vouzis | Greece | 8:33.51 | |
| 29 | 3 | Stephane Desaulty | France | 8:33.56 | |
| 30 | 2 | Giuseppe Maffei | Italy | 8:37.12 | |
| 31 | 2 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 8:40.75 | |
| 32 | 2 | Michał Bartoszak | Poland | 8:47.01 | |
| 33 | 2 | Hector Begeo | Philippines | 9:17.82 | |

### Semifinals

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Bernard Barmasai | Kenya | 8:17.95 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | Kenya | 8:18.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Croghan | United States | 8:19.98 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari | Saudi Arabia | 8:20.18 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 8:20.40 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya | 8:20.76 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 8:20.82 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Hicham Bouaouiche | Morocco | 8:20.88 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 8:20.94 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 1 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:21.16 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 8:21.99 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Florin Ionescu | Romania | 8:22.35 | q, SB |
| 13 | 2 | Michael Buchleitner | Austria | 8:26.22 | |
| 14 | 1 | Vladimir Pronin | Russia | 8:29.39 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ramiro Morán | Spain | 8:31.73 | |
| 16 | 1 | Rafał Wójcik | Poland | 8:33.28 | |
| 17 | 2 | Wander Moura | Brazil | 8:35.01 | |
| 18 | 2 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 8:35.73 | |
| 19 | 2 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 8:36.12 | |
| 20 | 2 | Adam Dobrzyński | Poland | 8:38.58 | |
| 21 | 1 | Simon Vroemen | Netherlands | 8:48.66 | |
| 22 | 2 | Robert Hough | Great Britain | 8:59.24 | |
| | 1 | Tom Nohilly | United States | DNF | |
| | 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Wilson Boit Kipketer | Kenya | 8:05.84 | |
| | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya | 8:06.04 | |
| | Bernard Barmasai | Kenya | 8:06.04 | |
| 4 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari | Saudi Arabia | 8:13.87 | |
| 5 | Hicham Bouaouiche | Morocco | 8:14.04 | |
| 6 | Mark Croghan | United States | 8:14.09 | |
| 7 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:14.80 | NR |
| 8 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 8:16.01 | SB |
| 9 | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 8:18.49 | PB |
| 10 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 8:23.34 | |
| 11 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 8:29.43 | |
| 12 | Florin Ionescu | Romania | 8:39.67 | |