1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1962 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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Gaston Roelants
 Belgium
Silver Zoltán Vamos
 Romania
Bronze Nikolay Sokolov
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Gaston Roelants  Belgium 8:32.6 CR NR
2nd Zoltán Vamos  Romania 8:37.6 NR
3rd 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
12 Maurice Herriott  United Kingdom 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
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  United Kingdom 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 Zoltán Vamos  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  United Kingdom 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.

References

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