2006 IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships
Day 2

MEN'S 3K STEEPLECHASE HEATS
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 @ At Beijing, China

2006 IAAF World Junior
Track & Field Championships
Wednesday August 16th, 2006 @ At Beijing, China

MEN'S 3K STEEPLECHASE HEATS
Summary by Mike Kennedy
Photos by Doug Speck

 
Alexander Mason and Cory Thorne USA Steeplechase

  
Race leaders heat 1-2 Men's Steeplechase - Willy Komen Kenya 8:33.36 to win Heat 1 (left)
Taher Tareq heat 2 winner 8:34.43

First Round

First Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify For Final

HEAT ONE—Willy Komen of Kenya, Thamer Ali of Qatar, Abdelghani Ait Bahmad of Morocco, Nahom Tariku of Ethiopia and Benjamin Kiplagat of Uganda broke away for the rest of the field at 1,000 meters passed in 2:50.93 and remained as a group until the final lap when Koman prevailed in 8:33.36. Ali was second at 8:33.66, Ait Bahmad third at 8:34.64 and Tariku in fourth at 8:35.05 to make up the automatic qualifiers. Alexander Mason of the U.S. and Georgetown was 17th in a field of 17 with a time of 9:51.16.

HEAT TWO—Passing 1,000 in 2:49.35 a pack of seven had separated itself from the field. Then with two laps remaining Tareq Taher of Berundi, Bisluke Kiplagat of Kenya and Xiangquan Lin of China pulled away to capture the first three automatic qualifying spots, with world junior leader Taher prevailing in 8:34.43. Kiplagat second at 8:36.34 and Lin third at 8:41.10. With one lap remaining Vincent Chapuis of France pulled away to claim the final automatic qualifying spot in a personal best of 8:45.80. Cory Thorne of the U.S. was 17th of 17 after two laps but moved up to finish 14th in 9:24.10.

Men's 3000M Steeplechase heats
Official Results - 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:40
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 462 Komen Willy Rutto KEN 8:33.36 Q
2 586 Ali Thamer Kamal QAT 8:33.66 Q
3 500 Aït Bahmad Abdelghani MAR 8:34.64 Q
4 239 Tariku Nahom Mesfin ETH 8:35.05 Q
5 738 Kiplagat Benjamin UGA 8:35.77 q (PB)
6 372 Tóth László HUN 8:49.15 q (PB)
7 447 Takeda Tsuyoshi JPN 8:51.75
8 810 Peña José VEN 8:52.36 (NJ)
9 273 Kowal Yoann FRA 8:58.74
10 620 Chernobay Igor RUS 8:58.81 (PB)
11 147 Yang Le CHN 9:05.38
12 547 Salad Shafat NZL 9:11.16
13 732 Belir Adem TUR 9:12.28
14 513 Arias Aroon MEX 9:13.84
15 208 Cardó Jesús Manuel ESP 9:42.32
16 606 Molepo Edwin RSA 9:46.06
17 780 Mason Alexander USA 9:51.61

Heat 2 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:58
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 88 Taher Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:34.43 Q
2 460 Kiplagat Bisluke Kipkorir KEN 8:36.34 Q
3 136 Lin Xiangqian CHN 8:41.10 Q
4 259 Chapuis Vincent FRA 8:45.80 Q (PB)
5 588 Malek Salem Saeed QAT 8:47.59 q (PB)
6 473 Al-Amri Ali Ahmed KSA 8:49.53 q
7 680 Yahya Osman SUD 8:59.92 (SB)
8 557 Bazán Mario PER 9:02.33
9 808 Blanco Marvin VEN 9:02.56 (PB)
10 102 Dillon Marcus CAN 9:10.12
11 437 Kikuchi Atsuro JPN 9:12.11
12 731 Bas Osman TUR 9:14.52
13 406 Salsi Alessandro ITA 9:23.10
14 797 Thorne Cory USA 9:24.10
15 212 Galván José Luis ESP 9:24.19
16 729 Hamed Messaoud TUN 9:31.69
17 12 Ashkettle Ben AUS 9:33.86