3,000m Steeplechase Final - World Athletics Championships, Rome 1987

Francesco Panetta taking the pace from 800m out to win the World Title in front of a partisan crowd in Rome.
Commentators - David Coleman & Brendan Foster
BBC Coverage

[@cegtown]

Thank you for posting this. I had it recorded on VHS. My father recorded over it. The wy the crowd adored Panetta was very moving. A great moment in track & field.

[@kirklarson5739]

I have always loved this race. How exhilarating Panetta winning before the Italian crowd after "only" getting the silver to Kipkoech in the 10,000. The crowd serenading him afterwards is wonderful.

[@DavidGarcia-h5l]

Have you ever run it?

[@Ruda-n4h]

The turning point in establishing the current Kenyan dominance in the steeplechase. It was already a great Kenyan tradition but they were terrible that night; one of them even fell over trying to hurdle, and you never saw that in the early days of Biwott/Keino/Jipcho. This embarrassed the Kenyans so much that they were determined it would never happen again, and from 1988 onwards it never has.

[@APBCTechnique]

A great strong man’s race

[@fishflake1209]

This is the last time to date that a non-Kenyan-born athlete won a major championship final in the men's steeplechase.

[@jamiegriggs9398]

One of my favorite races ever. Panetta winning in front of a home crowd, singing his name throughout the race.

[@mattchoge686]

That was awful time or Kenya!