2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
| Events at the 2012 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 | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 European Athletics Championships will held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.
Medalists
| Gold | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France |
| Silver | Tarık Langat Akdağ Turkey |
| Bronze | Víctor García Spain |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) |
7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| European record | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) |
8:01.18 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) |
8:07.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading |  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) |
7:54.31 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
| European Leading | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) |
8:10.90 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | 9 June 2012 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2012 | 18:30 | Round 1 |
| 29 June 2012 | 19:05 | Final |
Results
Round 1
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 7 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Tarık Langat Akdağ | Turkey | 8:27.31 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Ion Luchianov |  Moldova | 8:29.28 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Víctor García | Spain | 8:29.44 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Łukasz Oślizło |  Poland | 8:29.46 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:29.51 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Steffen Uliczka |  Germany | 8:29.55 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 8:31.05 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Nordine Gezzar | France | 8:31.33 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Yuri Floriani |  Italy | 8:32.63 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:34.08 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Łukasz Parszczyński | Poland | 8:35.05 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | 8:35.44 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Kaur Kivistik |  Estonia | 8:36.10 | q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 8:37.40 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:37.82 | q |
| 16 | 1 | James Wilkinson |  Great Britain | 8:39.19 | |
| 17 | 2 | Noureddine Smaïl | France | 8:41.11 | |
| 18 | 1 | Alberto Paulo |  Portugal | 8:41.63 | SB |
| 19 | 2 | Itai Maggidi |  Israel | 8:47.29 | |
| 20 | 1 | Rob Mullett | Great Britain | 8:48.38 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ildar Minshin |  Russia | 8:52.84 | |
| 22 | 1 | Alexandru Ghinea |  Romania | 8:55.88 | |
| 23 | 1 | Jukka Keskisalo |  Finland | DNS | |
| 23 | 1 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | DNF | |
| 23 | 2 | Luke Gunn | Great Britain | DNF |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 8:33.23 | |
 | Tarık Langat Akdağ | Turkey | 8:35.24 | |
 | Víctor García | Spain | 8:35.87 | |
| 4 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:38.58 | |
| 5 | Łukasz Parszczyński | Poland | 8:38.76 | |
| 6 | Yuri Floriani | Italy | 8:39.22 | |
| 7 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:39.35 | |
| 8 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 8:40.05 | |
| 9 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany | 8:41.53 | |
| 10 | Ion Luchianov | Moldova | 8:42.06 | |
| 11 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 8:44.51 | |
| 12 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:48.37 | |
| 13 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | 8:53.30 | |
| 14 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8:58.02 | |
| (4) | Nordine Gezzar | France | DSQ | Doping |
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