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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mikhail Zhelev  Bulgaria 8:25.02 CR NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Morozov  Soviet Union 8:25.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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