3000 Metres Steeplechase men

Athína (Olympic Stadium), GREECE 01 AUG 1997 - 10 AUG 1997

First 05 in each heat (Q) and the next 02 fastest (q)

POS	Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	2	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	8:17.95 Q
2	2	2	Wilson Boit Kipketer	KEN	8:18.92 Q
3	3	2	Mark Croghan	USA	8:19.98 Q
4	1	1	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	KSA	8:20.18 Q
5	2	1	Mark Ostendarp	GER	8:20.40 Q PB
6	3	1	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	8:20.76 Q
7	4	2	Angelo Carosi	ITA	8:20.82 Q
8	4	1	Hicham Bouaouiche	MAR	8:20.88 Q
9	5	1	Elarbi Khattabi	MAR	8:20.94 Q SB
10	6	1	Jim Svenøy	NOR	8:21.16 q
11	5	2	Brahim Boulami	MAR	8:21.99 Q
12	6	2	Florin Ionescu	ROU	8:22.35 q SB
13	7	2	Michael Buchleitner	AUT	8:26.22
14	7	1	Vladimir Pronin	RUS	8:29.39
15	8	1	Ramiro Morán	ESP	8:31.73
16	9	1	Rafal Wójcik	POL	8:33.28
17	8	2	Wander do Prado Moura	BRA	8:35.01
18	9	2	Stathis Stasi	CYP	8:35.73
19	10	2	Marcel Laros	NED	8:36.12
20	11	2	Adam Dobrzynski	POL	8:38.58
21	10	1	Simon Vroemen	NED	8:48.66
22	12	2	Robert Hough	GBR	8:59.24
23		1	Thomas Nohilly	USA	DNF
24		1	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	DNF