2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 European Athletics Championships will held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.

Medalists

GoldMahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
 France
SilverTarık Langat Akdağ
 Turkey
BronzeVíctor García
 Spain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)7:53.63Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004
European record  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA)8:01.18Berlin, Germany18 August 2009
Championship record  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)8:07.87Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010
World Leading  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)7:54.31Rome, Italy31 May 2012
European Leading  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)8:10.90Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France9 June 2012

Schedule

DateTimeRound
27 June 201218:30Round 1
29 June 201219:05Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 7 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNote
12Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey8:27.31Q, SB
22Ion Luchianov  Moldova8:29.28Q
32Víctor García  Spain8:29.44Q
42Łukasz Oślizło  Poland8:29.46Q
52Abdelaziz Merzougui  Spain8:29.51q
62Steffen Uliczka  Germany8:29.55q
71Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France8:31.05Q
DQ1Nordine Gezzar  France8:31.33Q, Doping
82Yuri Floriani  Italy8:32.63q
91Patrick Nasti  Italy8:34.08Q
101Łukasz Parszczyński  Poland8:35.05Q
111Antonio David Jiménez  Spain8:35.44q
122Kaur Kivistik  Estonia8:36.10q, PB
131Hakan Duvar  Turkey8:37.40q
141Krystian Zalewski  Poland8:37.82q
151James Wilkinson  Great Britain8:39.19
162Noureddine Smaïl  France8:41.11
171Alberto Paulo  Portugal8:41.63SB
182Itai Maggidi  Israel8:47.29
191Rob Mullett  Great Britain8:48.38
DQ2Ildar Minshin  Russia8:52.84Doping
201Alexandru Ghinea  Romania8:55.88
1Jukka Keskisalo  FinlandDNS
1Halil Akkaş  TurkeyDNF
2Luke Gunn  Great BritainDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France8:33.23
Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey8:35.24
Víctor García  Spain8:35.87
DQNordine Gezzar  France8:36.98Doping
4Abdelaziz Merzougui  Spain8:38.58
5Łukasz Parszczyński  Poland8:38.76
6Yuri Floriani  Italy8:39.22
7Krystian Zalewski  Poland8:39.35
8Hakan Duvar  Turkey8:40.05
9Steffen Uliczka  Germany8:41.53
10Ion Luchianov  Moldova8:42.06
11Łukasz Oślizło  Poland8:44.51
12Patrick Nasti  Italy8:48.37
13Antonio David Jiménez  Spain8:53.30
14Kaur Kivistik  Estonia8:58.02

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