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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1987-09-05.

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Gold	Francesco Panetta Italy (ITA)
Silver	Hagen Melzer East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	William Van Dijck Belgium (BEL)

World Record	Henry Rono (KEN)	8:05.4	Seattle, USA	May 13, 1978
Championship Record	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:15.06	Helsinki, Finland	August 12, 1983

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:08.57 CR
	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:10.32
	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:12.18
4.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:14.46
5.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:16.46
6.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:17.78
7.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:20.08
8.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:20.45
9.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:24.25
10.	Raymond Pannier (FRA)	8:26.50
11.	José Regalo (POR)	8:27.64
12.	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:38.46
13.	Franco Boffi (ITA)	8:43.60
14.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:48.86
—	Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN)	8:20.75
2.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:21.07
3.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:21.21
4.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:21.32
5.	Fethi Baccouche (TUN)	8:22.75
6.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:24.32
7.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:24.66
8.	Ricardo Vera (URU)	8:36.80
9.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:40.55
10.	Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)	8:41.41
11.	Espen Borge (NOR)	8:47.34
12.	Ramón López (PAR)	9:10.29
—	Flemming Jensen (DEN)	DNF

1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase