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

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 |

## Records

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

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 | |

Intermediate times:

| 1000m | 2:57.57 | Jorge Luis Arias (ECU) |
| - | - | - |
| 2000m | 6:09.94 | Jean Machado (BRA) |
