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Sports > Other Sports > International Sports > 1997-98 Season > Track and Field > World, Olympic and American Records > Men

Steeplechase

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
3000 meters:	World	7:55.72	Bernard Barmasai, Kenya	Aug. 24, 1997	Cologne
	Olympic	8:05.51	Julius Kariuki, Kenya	Sept. 30, 1988	Seoul
	American	8:09.17	Henry Marsh	Aug. 28, 1985	Koblenz

Note: A steeplechase course consists of 28 hurdles (3 feet high) and seven water jumps (12 feet long).

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