1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
José Luis González Spain	Markus Hacksteiner Switzerland	Mikhail Dasko Soviet Union

Results

Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Markus Hacksteiner	Switzerland	8:07.51	Q
2	2	Mário Silva	Portugal	8:07.54	Q
3	2	Mikhail Dasko	Soviet Union	8:07.57	Q
4	2	Mogens Guldberg	Denmark	8:07.69	Q
5	2	Nick O'Brien	Ireland	8:07.75	q
6	2	Radim Kunčický	Czechoslovakia	8:10.83	q
7	2	Anacleto Jiménez	Spain	8:11.41	q
8	2	Béla Vágó	Hungary	8:11.69	q
9	1	Ranieri Carenza	Italy	8:18.31	Q
10	1	José Luis González	Spain	8:18.67	Q
11	1	Gábor Markó	Hungary	8:19.39	Q
12	1	Mike Hawkins	Great Britain	8:20.32	Q
13	1	Panagiotis Fotiou	Greece	8:26.42
14	1	Peter Van de Kerkhove	Belgium	8:32.49
	1	Jacky Carlier	France	DNF
	1	Branko Zorko	Yugoslavia	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Luis González	Spain	7:55.29
	Markus Hacksteiner	Switzerland	7:56.04
	Mikhail Dasko	Soviet Union	7:56.51
4	Mogens Guldberg	Denmark	7:57.68
5	Mike Hawkins	Great Britain	7:58.42
6	Mário Silva	Portugal	7:58.95
7	Anacleto Jiménez	Spain	7:59.25
8	Ranieri Carenza	Italy	8:03.18
9	Nick O'Brien	Ireland	8:13.73
10	Gábor Markó	Hungary	8:15.34
11	Béla Vágó	Hungary	8:17.72
	Radim Kunčický	Czechoslovakia	DQ