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
Results
Heats
First 6 of each heat and the next 6 fastest qualified for the [|semifinals].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rafał Wójcik | | 8:24.93 | Q, PB |
| 1 | Brahim Boulami | | 8:24.95 | Q |
| 2 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari | | 8:25.23 | Q |
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui | | 8:25.80 | Q |
| 1 | Vladimir Pronin | | 8:25.95 | Q, SB |
| 1 | Mark Croghan | | 8:25.95 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Ostendarp | | 8:25.97 | Q |
| 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | | 8:26.35 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Bernard Barmasai | | 8:26.62 | Q |
10 | 1 | Michael Buchleitner | | 8:26.76 | q |
11 | 1 | Florin Ionescu | | 8:27.39 | q |
12 | 1 | Robert Hough | | 8:28.54 | q, SB |
13 | 1 | Stathis Stasi | | 8:28.85 | q |
14 | 2 | Simon Vroemen | | 8:28.96 | Q |
15 | 3 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | | 8:29.40 | Q |
16 | 3 | Jim Svenøy | | 8:29.65 | Q |
17 | 3 | Hicham Bouaouiche | | 8:29.67 | Q |
18 | 3 | Angelo Carosi | | 8:29.92 | Q |
19 | 3 | Ramiro Morán | | 8:29.98 | Q |
20 | 3 | Marcel Laros | | 8:30.24 | Q |
21 | 3 | Wander Moura | | 8:30.70 | Q |
22 | 3 | Adam Dobrzyński | | 8:31.69 | q |
23 | 1 | Christopher Unthank | | 8:32.03 | |
24 | 2 | Elarbi Khattabi | | 8:32.53 | Q |
25 | 2 | Tom Nohilly | | 8:32.70 | Q |
26 | 2 | Million Wolde | | 8:32.77 | |
27 | 2 | Abderrahmane Daas | | 8:33.35 | |
28 | 3 | Antonios Vouzis | | 8:33.51 | |
29 | 3 | Stephane Desaulty | | 8:33.56 | |
30 | 2 | Giuseppe Maffei | | 8:37.12 | |
31 | 2 | Vítor Almeida | | 8:40.75 | |
32 | 2 | Michał Bartoszak | | 8:47.01 | |
33 | 2 | Hector Begeo | | 9:17.82 | |
Semifinals
First 5 of each heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the [|final].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Bernard Barmasai | | 8:17.95 | Q |
| 2 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | | 8:18.92 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Croghan | | 8:19.98 | Q |
| 1 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari | | 8:20.18 | Q |
| 1 | Mark Ostendarp | | 8:20.40 | Q, PB |
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui | | 8:20.76 | Q |
| 2 | Angelo Carosi | | 8:20.82 | Q |
| 1 | Hicham Bouaouiche | | 8:20.88 | Q |
| 1 | Elarbi Khattabi | | 8:20.94 | Q, SB |
10 | 1 | Jim Svenøy | | 8:21.16 | q |
11 | 2 | Brahim Boulami | | 8:21.99 | Q |
12 | 2 | Florin Ionescu | | 8:22.35 | q, SB |
13 | 2 | Michael Buchleitner | | 8:26.22 | |
14 | 1 | Vladimir Pronin | | 8:29.39 | |
15 | 1 | Ramiro Morán | | 8:31.73 | |
16 | 1 | Rafał Wójcik | | 8:33.28 | |
17 | 2 | Wander Moura | | 8:35.01 | |
18 | 2 | Stathis Stasi | | 8:35.73 | |
19 | 2 | Marcel Laros | | 8:36.12 | |
20 | 2 | Adam Dobrzyński | | 8:38.58 | |
21 | 1 | Simon Vroemen | | 8:48.66 | |
22 | 2 | Robert Hough | | 8:59.24 | |
| 1 | Tom Nohilly | | | |
| 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | | | |
Final