| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.
Medalists
| Gold | Gaston Roelants Belgium
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| Silver | Zoltan Vamoș Romania
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| Bronze | Nikolay Sokolov Soviet Union
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Results
Final
16 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gaston Roelants | Belgium |
8:32.6 | CR NR |
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Zoltan Vamoș | Romania |
8:37.6 | NR |
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Nikolay Sokolov | Soviet Union |
8:40.6 | |
| 4 | Hermann Bühl |  East Germany |
8:47.2 | |
| 5 | Attila Simon |  Hungary |
8:49.4 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Yevdokimov | Soviet Union |
8:50.8 | |
| 7 | Guy Texereau |  France |
8:51.4 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Konov | Soviet Union |
8:52.6 | |
| 9 | Slavko Špan |  Yugoslavia |
8:57.2 | |
| 10 | Esko Siren |  Finland |
8:59.6 | |
| 11 | Rainer Dörner | East Germany |
9:13.8 | |
| Maurice Herriott |  Great Britain |
DNS |
Heats
14 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Bühl | East Germany |
8:48.2 | Q |
| 2 | Guy Texereau | France |
8:48.8 | NR Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Yevdokimov | Soviet Union |
8:49.2 | Q |
| 4 | Maurice Herriott | Great Britain |
Q | |
| 5 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak |  Poland |
8:49.8 | |
| 6 | Miklos Fazekas | Hungary |
8:57.6 | |
| 7 | Ole Ellefsæter |  Norway |
8:59.8 | |
| 8 | Georgios Papavasiliou |  Greece |
9:05.8 | |
| 9 | Horst Gansel |  Austria |
9:14.4 | |
| 10 | Kristleifur Guðbjörnsson |  Iceland |
9:30.8 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium |
8:42.0 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Sokolov | Soviet Union |
8:46.8 | Q |
| 3 | Rainer Dörner | East Germany |
8:46.8 | Q |
| 4 | Attila Simon | Hungary |
8:50.0 | Q |
| 5 | Bohumír Zháňal |  Czechoslovakia |
8:51.6 | |
| 6 | Franc Hafner | Yugoslavia |
8:54.2 | |
| 7 | Edward Motyl | Poland |
8:55.8 | |
| 8 | Brian Hall | Great Britain |
8:57.0 | |
| 9 | Gianfranco Sommaggio |  Italy |
9:16.8 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Konov | Soviet Union |
8:43.4 | Q |
| 2 | Zoltan Vamoș | Romania |
8:44.6 | Q |
| 3 | Slavko Špan | Yugoslavia |
8:45.0 | Q |
| 4 | Esko Siren | Finland |
8:46.4 | Q |
| 5 | Cahit Önel |  Turkey |
8:47.2 | NR |
| 6 | David Chapman | Great Britain |
8:50.4 | |
| 7 | Jerzy Chromik | Poland |
8:54.0 | |
| 8 | Ludwig Müller |  West Germany |
9:00.4 | |
| 9 | Joaquim Ferreira |  Portugal |
9:01.8 | |
| 10 | Jozsef Macsar | Hungary |
9:04.6 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- East Germany (2)
- Finland (1)
- France (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (3)
- Iceland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (1)
- Yugoslavia (2)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014
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