Competition began at 09:00 with the last event at 18:25. Feature events included Day 1 of the Decathlon and Finals of the Women's Pole Vault, Javelin and 100m; the Finals of the Men's Triple Jump and 400m.
The history of the steeplechase event is somewhat unclear but it's fun to watch. The top 6 in each of two heats and the next 3 fastest finishers (15 runners total) qualify for the final on Day 6, August 8.
| Men's 3000m Steeplechase | Day 4 - Official Results |
 682 Kosgei Reuben of Kenya KEN  763 Ezzine Ali of Morocco MAR  671 Barmasai Bernard of Kenya KEN | |
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Heat 1: runners plant a foot on the hurdle to try and clear the water. From front to back: 759 Brahim Boulami MAR 682 Reuben Kosgei KEN 306 Luis Miguel Martín of Spain ESP 305 Eliseo Martín ESP 763 Ali Ezzine MAR 158 Joël Bourgeois of Grand-Digue, NB, CAN 1144 Tim Broe USA |
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Heat 1: the steeplechase hurdle is much more formidable than the sprint hurdle. Nevertheless, the runners do hurdle this obstacle as well. 759 Brahim Boulami MAR 682 Reuben Kosgei KEN |
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Heat 2: "on your marks". From left to right: 1038 Christian Belz of Switzerland SUI 671 Bernard Barmasai KEN 928 Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin of Qatar QAT 861 Jim Svenøy of Norway NOR 1162 Anthony Famiglietti USA 303 Antonio Jiménez ESP 399 Bouabdallah Tahri of France FRA 688 Raymond Yator KEN 839 Madan Raj Giri of Nepal NEP 455 Ralf Assmus GER 793 José Salvador Miranda of Mexico MEX 8 Laïd Bessou of Algeria ALG 768 Elarbi Khattabi MAR |
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Heat 2: 688 Raymond Yator KEN lost his right shoe but finished 2nd in this heat. From right to left: 671 Bernard Barmasai KEN 303 Antonio Jiménez ESP 688 Raymond Yator KEN 928 Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin QAT 399 Tahri Bouabdallah FRA |
