The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 7 September 1974.
Medalists Gold Bronisław Malinowski Silver Anders Gärderud Bronze Michael Karst
Results Final 7 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bronisław Malinowski 8:15.04 CR NR Anders Gärderud 8:15.41 Michael Karst 8:17.91 NR 4 Franco Fava 8:18.85 NR 5 Hanspeter Wehrli 8:26.13 6 Gheorghe Cefan 8:26.19 7 Gerd Frähmcke 8:26.53 8 Gérard Buchheit 8:30.2 9 Dan Glans 8:31.4 10 Dušan Moravčík 8:34.4 11 Tapio Kantanen 8:43.2 12 František Bartoš 8:49.6
Heats 4 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Franco Fava 8:25.07 Q 2 Michael Karst 8:26.4 Q 3 Dan Glans 8:28.0 Q 4 Paul Thys 8:34.2 5 Jean-Paul Villain 8:45.0 6 John Bicourt 8:52.4 7 Arne Risa 8:58.8 Karl-Åge Søltoft DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bronisław Malinowski 8:23.60 CR Q 2 Tapio Kantanen 8:23.6 Q 3 František Bartoš 8:32.0 Q 4 John Davies 8:36.0 5 Sverre Sørnes 8:44.2 6 Herbert Leyens 8:45.4 7 Patrick Martin 8:46.8 8 Eddy Leddy 9:04.6
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anders Gärderud 8:23.62 CR Q 2 Gheorghe Cefan 8:25.80 NR Q 3 Hanspeter Wehrli 8:26.00 NR Q 4 Gerd Frähmcke 8:26.80 q 5 Dušan Moravčík 8:28.00 q 6 Gérard Buchheit 8:31.00 q 7 Antonio Campos 8:38.20 8 David Camp 8:44.40
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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