Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	13 April
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	8:10.08 GR
Medalists
Conseslus Kipruto    Kenya   Abraham Kibiwott    Kenya   Amos Kirui    Kenya

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 April 2018.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[2]

World record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	7:53.63	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2003
Games record	Jonathan Ndiku (KEN)	8:10.44	Glasgow, Scotland	1 August 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 13 April 2018	19:30	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With eleven entrants, the event was held as a straight final.[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	4	Conseslus Kipruto (KEN)	8:10.08	GR
	8	Abraham Kibiwott (KEN)	8:10.62	=SB
	10	Amos Kirui (KEN)	8:12.24
4	7	Matthew Hughes (CAN)	8:12.33	SB
5	2	Albert Chemutai (UGA)	8:19.89	PB
6	5	Jonathan Hopkins (WAL)	8:34.12
7	3	Ieuan Thomas (WAL)	8:40.02
8	1	Adam Kirk-Smith (NIR)	8:48.40
9	6	James Nipperess (AUS)	8:58.16
10	9	Nikolas Fragkou (CYP)	9:03.12
11	11	Simon Charley (VAN)	10:03.08

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's 3000 metres steeplechase". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
2. Athletics | Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.