Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 3,000 metre steeplechase

Athletics at the 2010 South American Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Men's 3,000m Steeplechase event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 18:20.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marvin Blanco Venezuela	Luis Orta Venezuela	Mauricio Valdivia Chile

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	7:53.63	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2004
World Leading	Ruben Ramolefi	South Africa	8:25.50	Durban, South Africa	26 February 2010
South American record	Wander do Prado Moura	Brazil	8:14.41	Mar del Plata, Argentina	22 March 1995
South American U23 record	Mario Bazán	Perú	8:28.67	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009

Results were published.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marvin Blanco	Venezuela	9:11.63
	Luis Orta	Venezuela	9:13.54	SB
	Mauricio Valdivia	Chile	9:20.58
4	Jorge Luis Arias	Ecuador	9:22.47
5	Jean Machado	Brazil	9:29.28
6	Duvilson Amesquita	Colombia	9:29.30
7	Javier Contreras	Chile	9:38.52
8	Valdison das Neves Silva	Brazil	9:43.85
9	Matías Schiel	Argentina	10:16.82
	Eduardo Gregorio	Uruguay	DNS