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
01 !	Sándor Rozsnyói	Hungary	8:49.6	CR NR
02 !	Olavi Rinteenpää	Finland	8:52.4
03 !	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