The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 15 August 1971.
Medalists Gold Jean-Paul Villain Silver Dušan Moravčík Bronze Pavel Sysoev Yakovlevich
Results Final 15 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jean-Paul Villain 8:25.12 NR Dušan Moravčík 8:26.11 NR Pavel Sysoyev 8:26.42 4 Romualdas Bitė 8:26.97 5 Mikko Ala-Leppilampi 8:30.94 6 Georgi Tikhov 8:32.15 7 Kazimierz Maranda 8:33.05 8 Józef Rębacz 8:35.12 9 Vladimiras Dudinas 8:38.96 10 Anders Gärderud 8:39.58 11 Pekka Päivärinta 8:55.34 Toni Feldmann DNF
Heats 13 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pavel Sysoyev 8:29.65 Q 2 Toni Feldmann 8:29.75 NR Q 3 Georgi Tikhov 8:30.87 Q 4 Józef Rębacz 8:33.36 Q 5 Tapio Kantanen 8:35.88 6 Umberto Risi 8:37.15 7 Spyros Kontossoros 8:38.24 NR 8 Paul Thys 8:41.11 9 Willi Wagner 8:44.50 10 Ståle Engen 8:44.68 11 Gérard Delalandre 8:54.70 12 Ron McAndrew 9:02.11
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dušan Moravčík 8:32.81 Q 2 Pekka Päivärinta 8:33.34 Q 3 Jean-Paul Villain 8:34.17 Q 4 Romualdas Bitė 8:34.28 Q 5 Arne Risa 8:35.62 6 Henryk Lesiuk 8:40.34 7 Gheorghe Cefan 8:44.34 8 Hans-Dieter Schulten 8:46.98 9 Carlos Lopes 8:54.83 10 Francesco Valente 8:57.93 11 Hans Menet 8:58.27
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anders Gärderud 8:28.32 NR Q 2 Mikko Ala-Leppilampi 8:28.96 Q 3 Vladimiras Dudinas 8:30.30 Q 4 Kazimierz Maranda 8:31.85 Q 5 Sverre Sørnes 8:35.24 6 Andy Holden 8:36.11 7 Wigmar Petersen 8:36.67 NR 8 Gérard Buchheit 8:40.07 9 Mikhail Zhelev 8:50.64 10 Milan Tomić 8:53.31
Participation According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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