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on 15 and 18 July 2022.

Summary

From the start, the field deferred to

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, marked by

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, in turn marked by his teammate

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. After a slow 2 and a half laps,

Lamecha Girma Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Champion ...

moved up to the point. He too did not push the pace, so defending champion

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came forward. Still nobody wanted too push, the pack was packed together at points 5 abreast across the track, waiting for the pace to increase. As they entered the penultimate lap the pace did increase, Leonard Bett tripping and falling out the back of the pack.

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took over the lead heading into the bell. At the start of the final lap Getnet Wale took the lead,

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came up to join him but fell over the first barrier on the backstretch, where so many runs to victory have been launched. After biding his time for 7 laps, world leader

Soufiane El Bakkali Soufiane El Bakkali (; born 7 January 1996) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is a two-time Olympic champion, having won gold in the event at both the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics. H ...

went from third place to a two meter lead over Kipruto through the final water jump. Kipruto couldn't accelerate with El Bakkali, Girma went around him to try to chase, but El Bakkali was gone, expanding his lead a couple more meters to the finish. Kipruto was slowing to the finish but was able to hold off a streaking finish by Wale for bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8:22.00.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the final.

Final

The final was started on 18 July at 19:22.Final results
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References

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