1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
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
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon 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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Sándor Rozsnyói
 Hungary
Silver Olavi Rinteenpää
 Finland
Bronze Ernst Larsen
 Norway

Results

Final

28 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Sándor Rozsnyói  Hungary 8:49.6 CR NR
2nd Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 8:52.4
3rd Ernst Larsen  Norway 8:53.2 NR
4 Pentti Karvonen  Finland 8:55.2
5 László Jeszenszky  Hungary 8:59.4
6 Viktor Kurchavov  Soviet Union 9:00.2
7 Vlastimil Brlica  Czechoslovakia 9:03.6 NR
8 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin  Soviet Union 9:07.4
9 Helmut Thumm  West Germany 9:07.6
10 John Disley  United Kingdom 9:07.6
11 Karl-Heinz Schmalz  West Germany 9:15.6
12 Jerzy Chromik  Poland DNS

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ernst Larsen  Norway 9:00.0 CR Q
2 Sándor Rozsnyói  Hungary 9:01.0 Q
3 Pentti Karvonen  Finland 9:01.2 Q
4 Karl-Heinz Schmalz  West Germany 9:01.8 Q
5 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin  Soviet Union 9:02.2 Q
6 Vlastimil Brlica  Czechoslovakia 9:05.6 NR Q
7 Curt Söderberg  Sweden 9:12.8
8 Kenneth Johnson  United Kingdom 9:17.6
9 Roger Deweer  Belgium 9:30.2
10 Grigore Cojocaru  Romania 9:31.6
11 Gottfried Stäubli   Switzerland 9:32.0

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Viktor Kurchavov  Soviet Union 9:06.2 Q
2 László Jeszenszky  Hungary 9:06.2 Q
3 Jerzy Chromik  Poland 9:06.4 Q
4 Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 9:06.8 Q
5 John Disley  United Kingdom 9:13.6 Q
6 Helmut Thumm  West Germany 9:14.4 Q
7 Abdullah Kökpinar  Turkey 9:32.8
8 Gunnar Tjörnebo  Sweden 9:36.2
9 Arthur Huber   Switzerland 9:45.4
10 Augusto Silva  Portugal 9:56.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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