2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 September (heats) 14 September (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:33.88 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 13 and 15 September 2025.[1]
Summary
Soufiane El Bakkali came in as the two time world champion looking for the threepeat. With the two Olympic golds, he has essentially dominated this event since 2020. He set the world leading time at home in May. World record holder Lamecha Girma was back, regaining race confidence after his concussion in the 2024 Olympics. He was the silver medalist behind El Bakkali in all those races and beat El Bakkali back to bronze in 2019, a race won by Conselus Kipruto, the last major championship won by a Kenyan. Abraham Kibiwot had two consecutive bronze medals in the last two major championships.
In the second qualifying heat Geordie Beamish tripped over the barrier and fell to the track. Jean-Simon Desgagnés tripped over him and also fell. Beamish got up immediately and managed to overtake most of those in front of him to finish second. Desgagnés finished a non-qualifying tenth place but was advanced to the final by the referee.
The final started very slowly with El Bakkali dropping to the back of the pack. With just over two laps to go, all 16 finalists were still in contention. Daniel Michalski took the lead as El Bakkali moved towards the front. Girma passed Michelski as they started the final lap, and with 200 metres to go El Bakkali also passed Michalski to move into second place. Local runner Ryuji Miura passed Michalski at the water jump. El Bakkali, passed Girma out of the water jump and started to open up a gap. After the final barrier El Bakkali started to ease up with an apparently safe margin. 20 metres before the finish, he sensed a challenge and tried to speed up again but was passed by Geordie Beamish a little over 10 metres from the finish. Beamish, who had been 11th at the Bell and eighth with 200 metres left, won .07 in 8:33.88. After the final barrier 17 year old Edmund Serem sprinted through Miura, Girma, Salaheddine Ben Yazide and Samuel Firewu for the bronze.[2][3][4] After the race, an upset El Bakkali was seen hitting himself in the head for not winning.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[5]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Lamecha Girma (ETH)
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7:52.11 | Paris, France | 9 June 2023 |
| Championship record |  Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)
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8:00.43 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 |
| World Leading |  Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR)
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8:00.70 | Rabat, Morocco | 25 May 2025 |
| African Record | Lamecha Girma (ETH)
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7:52.11 | Paris, France | 9 June 2023 |
| Asian Record |  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)
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7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| European Record |  Mahiedine Mekhissi (FRA)
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8:00.09 | Paris, France | 6 July 2013 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record |  Evan Jager (USA)
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8:00.45 | 4 July 2015 | |
| Oceanian record |  George Beamish (NZL)
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8:09.64 | 7 July 2024 | |
| South American Record |  Wander do Prado Moura (BRA)
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8:14.41 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 22 March 1995 |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8:15.00.[6]
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 13 September | 18:05 | Heats |
| 15 September | 21:55 | Final |
Results
Heats
The heats took place on 13 September. The first five athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edmund Serem | Kenya
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8:29.97 | Q |
| 2 | Getnet Wale | Ethiopia
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8:30.14 | Q |
| 3 | Ryuji Miura |  Japan
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8:30.43 | Q |
| 4 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | France
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8:30.64 | Q |
| 5 | Ahmed Jaziri |  Tunisia
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8:31.41 | Q |
| 6 | Karl Bebendorf |  Germany
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8:32.27 | |
| 7 | Ala Zoghlami |  Italy
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8:32.65 | |
| 8 | Isaac Updike | United States
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8:33.46 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Tindouft | Morocco
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8:35.73 | |
| 10 | Alejandro Quijada |  Spain
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8:42.30 | |
| 11 | Faid El Mostafa | Morocco
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8:44.10 | |
| 12 | Edward Trippas |  Australia
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8:46.51 | |
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Heat 2
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Morocco
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8:27.21 | Q |
| 2 | Geordie Beamish | New Zealand
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8:27.23 | Q |
| 3 | Samuel Firewu | Ethiopia
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8:27.54 | Q |
| 4 | Frederik Ruppert | Germany
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8:27.83 | Q |
| 5 | Abraham Kibiwot | Kenya
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8:27.84 | Q |
| 6 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | Tunisia
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8:27.89 | |
| 7 | Louis Gilavert | France
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8:28.90 | |
| 8 | Leo Magnusson |  Sweden
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8:31.66 | |
| 9 | Leonard Chemutai |  Uganda
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8:33.24 | |
| 10 | Jean-Simon Desgagnés | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada
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8:36.58 | qR |
| 11 | Kenneth Rooks | United States
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8:45.57 | |
| 12 | Nahuel Carabaña |  Andorra
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8:49.01 | |
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Heat 3
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soufiane El Bakkali | Morocco
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8:26.99 | Q |
| 2 | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia
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8:27.79 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Michalski | United States
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8:28.76 | Q |
| 4 | Ruben Querinjean |  Luxembourg
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8:29.42 | Q |
| 5 | Niklas Buchholz | Germany
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8:29.53 | Q |
| 6 | Vidar Johansson | Sweden
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8:31.31 | |
| 7 | Simon Koech | Kenya
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8:31.80 | |
| 8 | Djilali Bedrani | France
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8:35.50 | |
| 9 | Etson Barros | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal
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8:38.58 | |
| 10 | Carlos San Martín |  Colombia
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9:02.20 | |
| 11 | Tim Van de Velde | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium
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9:02.21 | |
| — | Daniel Arce | Spain
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DNF | |
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Final
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Geordie Beamish | New Zealand
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8:33.88 | |
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Soufiane El Bakkali | Morocco
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8:33.95 | |
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Edmund Serem | Kenya
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8:34.56 | |
| 4 | Samuel Firewu | Ethiopia
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8:34.68 | |
| 5 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Morocco
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8:35.16 | |
| 6 | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia
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8:35.60 | |
| 7 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | France
|
8:35.77 | |
| 8 | Ryuji Miura | Japan
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8:35.90 | |
| 9 | Daniel Michalski | United States
|
8:37.12 | |
| 10 | Ruben Querinjean | Luxembourg
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8:37.49 | |
| 11 | Ahmed Jaziri | Tunisia
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8:39.30 | |
| 12 | Frederik Ruppert | Germany
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8:39.83 | |
| 13 | Jean-Simon Desgagnés | Canada
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8:39.96 | |
| 14 | Getnet Wale | Ethiopia
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8:41.23 | |
| 15 | Niklas Buchholz | Germany
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8:42.81 | |
| — | Abraham Kibiwot | Kenya
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DNF | |
| [8] | ||||
References
- ^ a b "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Schedule". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Perelman, Rich (15 September 2025). "Unbelievable World Championships wins for Beamish and Kambundji, as Duplantis's WR takes fifth straight global vault title!". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "George Beamish wins 3000m steeplechase gold at World Athletics Championships". The New Zealand Herald. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Beamish ends El Bakkali's steeplechase streak in Tokyo". World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ a b c "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
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