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]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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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

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18 September

Heat 1

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014