Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 4 and 5 September 1970.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mikhail Zhelev Bulgaria	Andy Holden Great Britain	Takaharu Koyama Japan

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:46.4	Q^[2]
2	1	Takaharu Koyama	Japan	8:47.2	Q
3	1	Grant McLaren	Canada	8:58.6	Q
4	1	Ryszard Krzysztofik	Poland	9:00.6	Q
5	1	Andy Holden	Great Britain	9:05.6	Q
6	1	Frank Sonntag	West Germany	9:08.2	Q
7	1	Dennis Bayham	United States	9:12.8
8	1	John Stanley	Australia	9:22.4	^[3]
1	2	Boualem Rahoui	Algeria	8:57.2	Q
2	2	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	9:04.0	Q
3	2	John Rix	Great Britain	9:05.0	Q
4	2	Karl-Heinz Betz	West Germany	9:07.4	Q
5	2	Ramón Montero	Chile	9:09.0	Q
6	2	Amor Lassoued	Tunisia	9:23.4	Q
7	2	Sid Sink	United States	9:26.8
	2	Şahin Turhan	Turkey	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:32.6
	Andy Holden	Great Britain	8:36.6
	Takaharu Koyama	Japan	8:38.0
4	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	8:38.4
5	Boualem Rahoui	Algeria	8:42.0
6	Grant McLaren	Canada	8:45.2
7	John Rix	Great Britain	8:53.8
8	Ryszard Krzysztofik	Poland	8:59.6
9	Karl-Heinz Betz	West Germany	9:06.0
10	Frank Sonntag	West Germany	9:07.6
11	Amor Lassoued	Tunisia	9:31.8
12	Ramón Montero	Chile	9:56.8

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "U.S. increases lead over USSR". Star-Phoenix. 5 September 1970. p. 23. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ Australian results
^ "Glanzleistungen an der Universiade" (in German). Zurich Die Tat. 7 September 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "Three British victories in Universiade". Athletics Weekly. 24 (37). Athletics Weekly Ltd: 4, 38. 4 September 1970. ISSN 0004-6671.