3000 metres steeplechase

The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as 3000mSC) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase.

It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and it is also an event recognized by World Athletics.^[1] The obstacles for men are 91.4 centimetres (36 in) high, and for women, they are 76.2 centimetres (30 in) high.

The water jump consists of a barrier followed by a pit of water with a landing area defined as follows: The pit is 3.66 m (12 feet) square. The pit's forward-direction measurement starts from the approach edge of the barrier and ends at the point where the water jump slope reaches the flat surface of the steeple pathway. The rulebook simply but clearly states, "The water jump, including the hurdle, shall be 3.66 m in length." Pits have an upward slope; the water is deeper near the barrier and is within 2 cm of ground level at the departure end. That slope begins approximately 30 cm (12 in) forward of the barrier, at which point the water is 70 cm (28 in) deep.

The length of the race is usually 3,000 metres (1.86 miles); junior and some masters events are 2,000 metres (1.24 miles), as women's events used to be. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. During the race, each runner must clear a total of 28 ordinary barriers and seven water jumps. This entails seven complete laps after starting with a fraction of a lap run without barriers. The water jump is located on the back turn, either inside the inner lane or outside the outer lane. If it is on the outside, then each of the seven laps is longer than the standard 400 m, and the starting point is on the home straight. If the water jump is on the inside, each lap is shorter than 400 m, and the starting point is on the back straight, so the water jump and barrier in the home straight are bypassed in the first half lap at the start.

A diferencia de las vallas utilizadas en las carreras de obstáculos , las barreras de la carrera de obstáculos no se caen al ser golpeadas, y las reglas permiten que el atleta las supere por cualquier medio, por lo que muchos corredores las pisan. Cuatro barreras están espaciadas alrededor de la pista en terreno llano, y una quinta barrera en la parte superior de la segunda curva (la cuarta barrera en una vuelta completa desde la línea de meta) es el salto de agua. La pendiente del salto de agua beneficia a los corredores con mayor capacidad de salto, ya que un salto más largo resulta en un aterrizaje menos profundo en el agua.

• Actualizado el 22 de junio de 2026. ^{[ 2 ] [ 3 ]}

• Récords nacionales en la carrera de obstáculos de 3000 metros
• carrera de obstáculos de 2000 metros

• Lista de récords de la IAAF en la prueba de 3000 metros con obstáculos en formato XML. Archivada el 20 de octubre de 2021 en Wayback Machine.
• Carrera de obstáculos en los Juegos Olímpicos en Sports Reference