1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Mikhail Zhelev  Bulgaria
Silver	Aleksandr Morozov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Vladimiras Dudinas  Soviet Union

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:25.02	CR NR
	Aleksandr Morozov	Soviet Union	8:25.57
	Vladimiras Dudinas	Soviet Union	8:26.6
4	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	8:27.2
5	Jean-Paul Villain	France	8:33.4
6	Arne Risa	Norway	8:34.4
7	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:34.6
8	Gerry Stevens	Great Britain	8:36.6
9	Jean-Pierre Ouine	France	8:39.6
10	Wolfgang Luers	Poland	8:46.6
11	Bengt Persson	Sweden	8:56.1
12	Hans Menet	Switzerland	9:02.6

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimiras Dudinas	Soviet Union	8:43.8	Q
2	Arne Risa	Norway	8:44.0	Q
3	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	8:44.4	Q
4	Jean-Pierre Ouine	France	8:44.5	Q
5	Wolfgang Luers	Poland	8:45.6	Q
6	Hans Menet	Switzerland	8:47.2	Q
7	John Jackson	Great Britain	8:48.4
8	Pavel Sysoyev	Soviet Union	8:54.8
9	Eddy Van Butsele	Belgium	9:04.6
10	Stanisław Śmitkowski	Poland	9:07.4

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Morozov	Soviet Union	8:44.4	Q
2	Gerry Stevens	Great Britain	8:45.4	Q
3	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:45.6	Q
4	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:48.0	Q
5	Jean-Paul Villain	France	8:50.0	Q
6	Bengt Persson	Sweden	8:51.0	Q
7	Gheorghe Cefan	Romania	8:58.2
8	Toni Feldmann	Switzerland	9:01.2
9	Umberto Risi	Italy	9:03.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References