1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1978 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
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
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 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Bronisław Malinowski
 Poland
Silver Patriz Ilg
 West Germany
Bronze Ismo Toukonen
 Finland

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 8:15.08
2nd, silver medalist(s) Patriz Ilg  West Germany 8:16.92
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ismo Toukonen  Finland 8:18.29
4 Michael Karst  West Germany 8:19.01
5 Paul Copu  Romania 8:20.41
6 Vasile Bichea  Romania 8:24.86
7 František Bartoš  Czechoslovakia 8:38.0
8 Manfred Schoeneberg  West Germany 8:40.1
9 Giuseppe Gerbi  Italy 8:42.8
10 Dennis Coates  United Kingdom 8:44.0
11 Krzysztof Wesołowski  Poland 8:46.4
12 Vladimir Lisovskiy  Soviet Union 9:00.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Giuseppe Gerbi  Italy 8:29.10 Q
2 Ismo Toukonen  Finland 8:29.5 Q
3 Krzysztof Wesołowski  Poland 8:30.0 Q
4 František Bartoš  Czechoslovakia 8:31.94 q
5 Manfred Schoeneberg  West Germany 8:34.2 q
6 Dan Glans  Sweden 8:34.5
7 Dan Betini  Romania 8:34.9
8 Vladimir Filonov  Soviet Union 8:39.0
9 Paul Thys  Belgium 8:43.8
10 Wolfgang Konrad  Austria 8:43.9

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul Copu  Romania 8:33.29 Q
2 Michael Karst  West Germany 8:33.7 Q
3 Dennis Coates  United Kingdom 8:34.7 Q
4 Serhiy Olizarenko  Soviet Union 8:36.7
5 Roberto Volpi  Italy 8:39.1
6 Dušan Moravčík  Czechoslovakia 8:43.2
7 Kazimierz Maranda  Poland 8:48.4
8 Bruno Lafranchi   Switzerland 8:51.7
9 Christer Ström  Sweden 8:53.8
10 Hans Koeleman  Netherlands 8:59.6
11 Domingo Ramón  Spain 9:07.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vasile Bichea  Romania 8:25.43 Q
2 Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 8:25.58 Q
3 Patriz Ilg  West Germany 8:30.4 Q
4 Vladimir Lisovskiy  Soviet Union 8:31.4 q
5 Gerhard Wetzig  East Germany 8:36.1
6 Jean-Luc Lemire  France 8:38.0
7 José Antonio Campos  Spain 8:38.2
8 Milan Slovák  Czechoslovakia 8:41.4
9 Tapio Kantanen  Finland 8:46.0
10 John Davies  United Kingdom 8:57.4
11 Jan Hagelbrandt  Sweden 9:21.1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

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