1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

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
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Mikhail Zhelev
 Bulgaria
Silver Aleksandr Morozov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Vladimiras Dudinas
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

20 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Mikhail Zhelev  Bulgaria 8:25.02 CR NR
2nd Aleksandr Morozov  Soviet Union 8:25.57
3rd Vladimiras Dudinas  Soviet Union 8:26.6
4 Georgi Tikhov  Bulgaria 8:27.2
5 Jean-Paul Villain  France 8:33.4
6 Arne Risa  Norway 8:34.4
7 Kazimierz Maranda  Poland 8:34.6
8 Gerry Stevens  United Kingdom 8:36.6
9 Jean-Pierre Ouine  France 8:39.6
10 Wolfgang Luers  Poland 8:46.6
11 Bengt Persson  Sweden 8:56.1
12 Hans Menet  Switzerland 9:02.6

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vladimiras Dudinas  Soviet Union 8:43.8 Q
2 Arne Risa  Norway 8:44.0 Q
3 Georgi Tikhov  Bulgaria 8:44.4 Q
4 Jean-Pierre Ouine  France 8:44.5 Q
5 Wolfgang Luers  Poland 8:45.6 Q
6 Hans Menet  Switzerland 8:47.2 Q
7 John Jackson  United Kingdom 8:48.4
8 Pavel Sysoyev  Soviet Union 8:54.8
9 Eddy Van Butsele  Belgium 9:04.6
10 Stanisław Śmitkowski  Poland 9:07.4

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Morozov  Soviet Union 8:44.4 Q
2 Gerry Stevens  United Kingdom 8:45.4 Q
3 Mikhail Zhelev  Bulgaria 8:45.6 Q
4 Kazimierz Maranda  Poland 8:48.0 Q
5 Jean-Paul Villain  France 8:50.0 Q
6 Bengt Persson  Sweden 8:51.0 Q
7 Gheorghe Cefan  Romania 8:58.2
8 Toni Feldmann  Switzerland 9:01.2
9 Umberto Risi  Italy 9:03.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References