1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Bronisław Malinowski Poland
Silver	Patriz Ilg West Germany
Bronze	Ismo Toukonen Finland

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:15.08
	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:16.92
	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8:18.29
4	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:19.01
5	Paul Copu	Romania	8:20.41
6	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8:24.86
7	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8:38.0
8	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	8:40.1
9	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:42.8
10	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8:44.0
11	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:46.4
12	Vladimir Lisovskiy	Soviet Union	9:00.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:29.10	Q
2	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8:29.5	Q
3	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:30.0	Q
4	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8:31.94	q
5	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	8:34.2	q
6	Dan Glans	Sweden	8:34.5
7	Dan Betini	Romania	8:34.9
8	Vladimir Filonov	Soviet Union	8:39.0
9	Paul Thys	Belgium	8:43.8
10	Wolfgang Konrad	Austria	8:43.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paul Copu	Romania	8:33.29	Q
2	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:33.7	Q
3	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8:34.7	Q
4	Serhiy Olizarenko	Soviet Union	8:36.7
5	Roberto Volpi	Italy	8:39.1
6	Dušan Moravčík	Czechoslovakia	8:43.2
7	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:48.4
8	Bruno Lafranchi	Switzerland	8:51.7
9	Christer Ström	Sweden	8:53.8
10	Hans Koeleman	Netherlands	8:59.6
11	Domingo Ramón	Spain	9:07.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8:25.43	Q
2	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:25.58	Q
3	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:30.4	Q
4	Vladimir Lisovskiy	Soviet Union	8:31.4	q
5	Gerhard Wetzig	East Germany	8:36.1
6	Jean-Luc Lemire	France	8:38.0
7	Antonio Campos	Spain	8:38.2
8	Milan Slovák	Czechoslovakia	8:41.4
9	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	8:46.0
10	John Davies	Great Britain	8:57.4
11	Jan Hagelbrandt	Sweden	9:21.1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Italy (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (3)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)