1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 and 11 March in Rotterdam.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Emiel Puttemans Belgium	Willy Polleunis Belgium	Pekka Päivärinta Finland

Results

Heats

Held on 10 March.

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	7:51.02	Q
2	1	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	7:52.54	Q
3	1	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	7:53.68	Q, NR
4	1	Hartmut Bräuer	West Germany	7:55.18	q
5	1	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	7:55.73	q, NR
6	1	Minivassik Abdulin	Soviet Union	7:56.82
7	1	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	7:59.02
8	2	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	7:59.69	Q
9	2	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	8:00.29	Q
10	2	Vladimir Zatonskiy	Soviet Union	8:00.74	Q
11	2	Mikko Ala-Leppilampi	Finland	8:02.04
12	1	Werner Meier	Switzerland	8:02.60
13	2	Hans-Dieter Schulten	West Germany	8:03.93
14	1	John van der Wansem	Netherlands	8:05.07
15	2	Antonio Burgos	Spain	8:05.82
16	2	Josef Jánský	Czechoslovakia	8:06.78
17	2	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:09.06
18	2	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	8:09.32
19	1	Willi Maier	West Germany	8:11.84
20	2	André Ornelis	Belgium	8:14.35
21	2	Michel Louette	France	8:27.41

Final

Held on 11 March.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	7:44.51
	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	7:51.86
	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	7:52.97	NR
4	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	7:54.60	NR
5	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	7:55.09
6	Vladimir Zatonskiy	Soviet Union	7:55.12
7	Hartmut Bräuer	West Germany	8:02.20
8	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:07.08