1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the 1978 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
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
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 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Bronisław Malinowski  Poland
Silver	Patriz Ilg  West Germany
Bronze	Ismo Toukonen  Finland

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:15.08
02 !	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:16.92
03 !	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8:18.29
4	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:19.01
5	Paul Copu	Romania	8:20.41
6	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8:24.86
7	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8:38.0
8	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	8:40.1
9	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:42.8
10	Dennis Coates	United Kingdom	8:44.0
11	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:46.4
12	Vladimir Lisovskiy	Soviet Union	9:00.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:29.10	Q
2	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8:29.5	Q
3	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:30.0	Q
4	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8:31.94	q
5	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	8:34.2	q
6	Dan Glans	Sweden	8:34.5
7	Dan Betini	Romania	8:34.9
8	Vladimir Filonov	Soviet Union	8:39.0
9	Paul Thys	Belgium	8:43.8
10	Wolfgang Konrad	Austria	8:43.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paul Copu	Romania	8:33.29	Q
2	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:33.7	Q
3	Dennis Coates	United Kingdom	8:34.7	Q
4	Sergey Olizarenko	Soviet Union	8:36.7
5	Roberto Volpi	Italy	8:39.1
6	Dušan Moravčík	Czechoslovakia	8:43.2
7	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:48.4
8	Bruno Lafranchi	Switzerland	8:51.7
9	Christer Ström	Sweden	8:53.8
10	Hans Koeleman	Netherlands	8:59.6
11	Domingo Ramón	Spain	9:07.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8:25.43	Q
2	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:25.58	Q
3	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:30.4	Q
4	Vladimir Lisovskiy	Soviet Union	8:31.4	q
5	Gerhard Wetzig	East Germany	8:36.1
6	Jean-Luc Lemire	France	8:38.0
7	José Antonio Campos	Spain	8:38.2
8	Milan Slovák	Czechoslovakia	8:41.4
9	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	8:46.0
10	John Davies	United Kingdom	8:57.4
11	Jan Hagelbrandt	Sweden	9:21.1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References