2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 9 August.^[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
A phase of heats.
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Berlin
Dates	August 7 (round 1) August 9 (final)
Competitors	29 from 18 nations
Winning time	8:31.66
Medalists
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad    France   Fernando Carro    Spain   Yohanes Chiappinelli    Italy
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	7:53.63	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2004
European record	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)	8:00.09	Paris, France	6 July 2013
Championship record	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)	8:07.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR)	7:58.15	Monaco	20 July 2018
European Leading	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)	8:16.97	Rome, Italy	31 May 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 August 2018	11:40	Round 1
9 August 2018	21:20	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 5 (q) advance to the Final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	8:28.41	Q
2	1	Topi Raitanen	Finland	8:28.48	Q, PB
3	2	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	8:28.61	Q
4	2	Yoann Kowal	France	8:28.75	Q
5	2	Ahmed Abdelwahed	Italy	8:28.80	Q
6	2	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	8:28.84	Q, NR
7	2	Napoleon Solomon	Sweden	8:29.10	q
8	1	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8:29.11	Q
9	1	Daniel Arce	Spain	8:29.25	Q
10	1	Fernando Carro	Spain	8:29.63	Q
11	2	Sebastián Martos	Spain	8:29.67	q
12	1	Djilali Bedrani	France	8:29.75	Q
13	1	Tom Erling Kårbø	Norway	8:29.90	q
14	1	Zak Seddon	Great Britain	8:30.00	q
15	2	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	8:30.44	q, SB
16	1	Jamaine Coleman	Great Britain	8:33.78
17	1	Martin Grau	Germany	8:33.81
18	2	Mitko Tsenov	Bulgaria	8:36.39
19	1	Justinas Beržanskis	Lithuania	8:36.88	PB
20	2	Ieuan Thomas	Great Britain	8:40.87
21	1	Osama Zoghlami	Italy	8:43.92
22	1	Luca Sinn	Austria	8:44.80	PB
23	2	Noah Schutte	Netherlands	8:45.81
24	2	Yervand Mkrtchyan	Armenia	8:50.35	PB
25	2	Ivo Balabanov	Bulgaria	8:51.52	PB
26	2	Johannes Motschmann	Germany	8:51.65
27	2	André Pereira	Portugal	8:54.63
	1	Tarık Langat Akdağ	Turkey	DNF
	1	Emil Blomberg	Sweden	DNF

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	8:31.66
	Fernando Carro	Spain	8:34.16
	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	8:35.81
4	Yoann Kowal	France	8:36.77
5	Zak Seddon	Great Britain	8:37.28
6	Daniel Arce	Spain	8:38.12
7	Krystian Zalewski	Poland	8:38.59
8	Topi Raitanen	Finland	8:40.11
9	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	8:40.32
10	Djilali Bedrani	France	8:41.83
11	Tom Erling Kårbø	Norway	8:42.91
12	Napoleon Solomon	Sweden	8:43.66
13	Ahmed Abdelwahed	Italy	8:44.77
14	Sebastián Martos	Spain	8:46.76
15	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	8:48.48