These are the official results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

William Mutwol continued, breaking away to as much as a 10-metre lead, with Elarbi Khattabi the only one to bridge the gap.

By the time they reached the same spot on the track where Birir fell, he was in third place as the tail of the three man Kenyan breakaway.

Just after two laps to go, Patrick Sang edged ahead of Mutwol with Lambruschini gaining a little ground between barriers and losing the same amount each time he went over one.

With a lap to go, Birir moved into the lead and the Kenyan sweep simply pulled away from Lambruschini, with the rest of the field already disappeared behind.