Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The event was won by Matt Hughes of Canada in a time of 8:32.18.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record7:53.63Brussels, BelgiumSeptember 3, 2004Pan American Games record8:14.41Mar del Plata, ArgentinaMarch 22, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (9.00.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

Schedule Date Time RoundJuly 21, 2015 19:10 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Matt Hughes 8:32.18 Alex Genest 8:33.83 Cory Leslie 8:36.83 Donald Cowart 8:49.00 Mauricio Valdivia 8:52.72 Luis Enrique Ibarra 8:57.70 Jose Peña 8:59.40 Jean Carlos Machado 9:04.21 Enzo Yañez 9:07.75 10 Alvaro Abreu 9:10.47 11 Erick Rodríguez 9:25.90 Gerard Giraldo Marvin Blanco

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