1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 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
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

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20 and 22 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold Jerzy Chromik
 Poland
Silver Semyon Rzhishchin
 Soviet Union
Bronze Hans Hüneke
 West Germany

Results

Final

22 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Jerzy Chromik  Poland 8:38.2 CR
2nd Semyon Rzhishchin  Soviet Union 8:38.8
3rd Hans Hüneke  West Germany 8:43.6
4 Sergey Ponomaryev  Soviet Union 8:44.0
5 Vlastimil Brlica  Czechoslovakia 8:46.6
6 Gyula Varga  Hungary 8:48.4
7 Lars Helander  Sweden 8:50.2
8 Georgios Papavasiliou  Greece 8:51.2 NR
9 Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 8:52.6
10 Reidar Næss  Norway 8:54.6
11 Hermann Bühl  East Germany 9:03.0
12 Bohumír Zháňal  Czechoslovakia 9:24.4

Heats

20 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Semyon Rzhishchin  Soviet Union 8:47.6 CR Q
2 Vlastimil Brlica  Czechoslovakia 8:47.6 CR Q
3 Jerzy Chromik  Poland 8:49.2 Q
4 Hans Hüneke  West Germany 8:50.6 Q
5 Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 8:53.0 Q
6 Reidar Næss  Norway 8:53.6 Q
7 Manuel Alonso  Spain 8:56.2 NR
8 Hedwig Leenaert  Belgium 9:09.6
9 Eric Shirley  United Kingdom 9:17.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Georgios Papavasiliou  Greece 8:55.4 Q
2 Sergey Ponomaryev  Soviet Union 8:56.2 Q
3 Gyula Varga  Hungary 8:59.8 Q
4 Hermann Bühl  East Germany 9:01.8 Q
5 Lars Helander  Sweden 9:04.8 Q
6 Bohumír Zháňal  Czechoslovakia 9:09.4 Q
7 Walter Kammermann   Switzerland 9:17.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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