2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 and August 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The first three of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Schedule

 * All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

 * All results shown are in minutes

Heat 1

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Qatar.svg|20px]] Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar 8:11.79 Q
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya 8:11.90 Q
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] Simon Vroemen, Netherlands 8:13.08 Q (SB)
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|20px]] Günther Weidlinger, Austria 8:15.91 q
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] Luis Miguel Martín, Spain 8:17.47 q
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden 8:18.18 q
 * 7) [[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] Gaël Pencreach, France 8:23.96
 * 8) [[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] Radosław Popławski, Poland 8:29.85
 * 9) [[Image:Flag of Moldova.svg|20px]] Ion Luchianov, Moldova 8:32.09 (SB)
 * 10) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Steve Slattery, United States 8:36.01
 * 11) [[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px]] Alexander Greaux, Puerto Rico 8:39.91
 * 12) [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] Boštjan Buc, Slovenia 8:40.81
 * 13) [[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] Pieter Desmet, Belgium 8:48.05

Heat 2

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya 8:16.42 Q
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Qatar.svg|20px]] Musa Amer Obaid, Qatar 8:16.53 Q
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] Antonio David Jiménez, Spain 8:16.72 Q
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:18.31 q
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg|20px]] Tareq Mubarak Taher, Bahrain 8:21.68 q
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Anthony Famiglietti, United States 8:21.84
 * 7) [[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] Jukka Keskisalo, Finland 8:25.14 (SB)
 * 8) Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Tewodros Shiferaw, Ethiopia 8:27.06 (SB)
 * 9) [[Image:Flag of Morocco.svg|20px]] Hamid Ezzine, Morocco 8:27.07
 * 10) [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|20px]] Yoshitaka Iwamizu, Japan 8:28.73
 * 11) [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] Peter Nowill, Australia 8:35.35
 * 12) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Andrey Olshanskiy, Russia 8:54.04
 * [[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] Jakub Czaja, Poland DNF

Heat 3

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Morocco.svg|20px]] Brahim Boulami, Morocco 8:19.54 Q
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] Brimin Kipruto, Kenya 8:19.90 Q
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] José Luis Blanco, Spain 8:21.04 Q (SB)
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Daniel Lincoln, United States  8:21.39 q
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px]] Halil Akkaş, Turkey 8:26.35
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px]] Ruben Ramolefi, South Africa 8:28.12
 * 7) [[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] Krijn van Koolwijk, Belgium  8:28.92
 * 8) [[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] Vincent Le Dauphin, France 8:30.42
 * 9) [[Image:Flag of Qatar.svg|20px]] Moustafa Ahmed Shebto, Qatar 8:33.00 (SB)
 * 10) [[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|20px]] Martin Pröll, Austria 8:33.70
 * 11) [[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|20px]] Vadym Slobodenyuk, Ukraine 8:35.73
 * 12) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Roman Usov, Russia 8:36.30
 * 13) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] Andrew Lemoncello, Great Britain 8:40.29
 * 14) [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Matthew Kerr, Canada 8:41.20

Final

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Qatar.svg|20px]] Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar 8:13.31
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya 8:14.95
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] Brimin Kipruto, Kenya 8:15.30
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Morocco.svg|20px]] Brahim Boulami, Morocco 8:15.32
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] Simon Vroemen, Netherlands 8:16.76
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] Antonio David Jiménez, Spain 8:17.69
 * 7) [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|20px]] Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya 8:19.14
 * 8) [[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] Bouabdellah Tahri, France 8:19.96
 * 9) [[Image:Flag of Qatar.svg|20px]] Musa Amer Obaid, Qatar 8:20.22
 * 10) [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden 8:20.26
 * 11) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] Luis Miguel Martín, Spain 8:22.13
 * 12) [[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|20px]] Günther Weidlinger, Austria 8:22.84
 * 13) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Daniel Lincoln, United States 8:23.89
 * 14) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] José Luis Blanco, Spain 8:24.62
 * 15) [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg|20px]] Tareq Mubarak Taher, Bahrain 8:37.62