The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.
Medalists Gold Gaston Roelants Silver Zoltan Vamoș Bronze Nikolay Sokolov
Results Final 16 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gaston Roelants 8:32.6 CR NR Zoltan Vamoș 8:37.6 NR Nikolay Sokolov 8:40.6 4 Hermann Bühl 8:47.2 5 Attila Simon 8:49.4 6 Vladimir Yevdokimov 8:50.8 7 Guy Texereau 8:51.4 8 Aleksey Konov 8:52.6 9 Slavko Špan 8:57.2 10 Esko Siren 8:59.6 11 Rainer Dörner 9:13.8 Maurice Herriott DNS
Heats 14 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hermann Bühl 8:48.2 Q 2 Guy Texereau 8:48.8 NR Q 3 Vladimir Yevdokimov 8:49.2 Q 4 Maurice Herriott Q 5 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak 8:49.8 6 Miklos Fazekas 8:57.6 7 Ole Ellefsæter 8:59.8 8 Georgios Papavasiliou 9:05.8 9 Horst Gansel 9:14.4 10 Kristleifur Guðbjörnsson 9:30.8
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gaston Roelants 8:42.0 Q 2 Nikolay Sokolov 8:46.8 Q 3 Rainer Dörner 8:46.8 Q 4 Attila Simon 8:50.0 Q 5 Bohumír Zháňal 8:51.6 6 Franc Hafner 8:54.2 7 Edward Motyl 8:55.8 8 Brian Hall 8:57.0 9 Gianfranco Sommaggio 9:16.8
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksey Konov 8:43.4 Q 2 Zoltan Vamoș 8:44.6 Q 3 Slavko Špan 8:45.0 Q 4 Esko Siren 8:46.4 Q 5 Cahit Önel 8:47.2 NR 6 David Chapman 8:50.4 7 Jerzy Chromik 8:54.0 8 Ludwig Müller 9:00.4 9 Joaquim Ferreira 9:01.8 10 Jozsef Macsar 9:04.6
Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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