2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 11.

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships

Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jukka Keskisalo  Finland	José Luis Blanco  Spain	Bouabdellah Tahri  France

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 9, 2006	10:10	Semifinals
August 11, 2006	19:25	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	8:24.12	Q
2	2	Bouabdellah Tahri	France	8:24.38	Q
3	2	Itai Maggidi	Israel	8:25.04	Q, NR
4	2	Radosław Popławski	Poland	8:25.54	Q
5	2	Mustafa Mohamed	Sweden	8:26.66	q
6	2	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	8:27.53	q
7	2	Jukka Keskisalo	Finland	8:29.06	q
8	1	Simon Vroemen	Netherlands	8:29.62	Q
9	1	José Luis Blanco	Spain	8:30.26	Q
10	1	César Pérez	Spain	8:30.52	Q
11	1	Martin Pröll	Austria	8:31.34	Q
12	1	Pavel Potapovich	Russia	8:32.78	q
13	2	Pieter Desmet	Belgium	8:32.93
14	2	Andrey Kozhevnikov	Russia	8:33.00
15	1	Ion Luchianov	Moldova	8:34.86
16	2	Adam Bowden	United Kingdom	8:35.79
17	2	Andrey Farnosov	Russia	8:36.94
18	1	Tomasz Szymkowiak	Poland	8:37.00
19	1	Matteo Villani	Italy	8:39.66
20	1	Jermaine Mays	United Kingdom	8:41.70
21	2	Vadym Slobodenyuk	Ukraine	8:42.55
22	1	Mário Teixeira	Portugal	8:43.14
23	1	Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen	Norway	8:53.93
24	1	Mohamed-Khaled Belabbas	France	9:01.62
25	2	Boštjan Buč	Slovenia	9:13.90
	1	Vincent Le Dauphin	France	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jukka Keskisalo	Finland	8:24.89
	José Luis Blanco	Spain	8:26.22
	Bouabdellah Tahri	France	8:27.15
4	Mustafa Mohamed	Sweden	8:27.79
5	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	8:28.78
6	Radosław Popławski	Poland	8:29.33
7	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	8:29.54
8	César Pérez	Spain	8:30.40
9	Martin Pröll	Austria	8:35.69
10	Pavel Potapovich	Russia	8:38.19
11	Itai Maggidi	Israel	8:52.69
	Simon Vroemen	Netherlands		DNS