The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.
Medalists Gold Bronisław Malinowski Silver Patriz Ilg Bronze Ismo Toukonen
Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bronisław Malinowski 8:15.08 Patriz Ilg 8:16.92 Ismo Toukonen 8:18.29 4 Michael Karst 8:19.01 5 Paul Copu 8:20.41 6 Vasile Bichea 8:24.86 7 František Bartoš 8:38.0 8 Manfred Schoeneberg 8:40.1 9 Giuseppe Gerbi 8:42.8 10 Dennis Coates 8:44.0 11 Krzysztof Wesołowski 8:46.4 12 Vladimir Lisovskiy 9:00.5
Heats 1 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giuseppe Gerbi 8:29.10 Q 2 Ismo Toukonen 8:29.5 Q 3 Krzysztof Wesołowski 8:30.0 Q 4 František Bartoš 8:31.94 q 5 Manfred Schoeneberg 8:34.2 q 6 Dan Glans 8:34.5 7 Dan Betini 8:34.9 8 Vladimir Filonov 8:39.0 9 Paul Thys 8:43.8 10 Wolfgang Konrad 8:43.9
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Copu 8:33.29 Q 2 Michael Karst 8:33.7 Q 3 Dennis Coates 8:34.7 Q 4 Serhiy Olizarenko 8:36.7 5 Roberto Volpi 8:39.1 6 Dušan Moravčík 8:43.2 7 Kazimierz Maranda 8:48.4 8 Bruno Lafranchi 8:51.7 9 Christer Ström 8:53.8 10 Hans Koeleman 8:59.6 11 Domingo Ramón 9:07.8
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vasile Bichea 8:25.43 Q 2 Bronisław Malinowski 8:25.58 Q 3 Patriz Ilg 8:30.4 Q 4 Vladimir Lisovskiy 8:31.4 q 5 Gerhard Wetzig 8:36.1 6 Jean-Luc Lemire 8:38.0 7 Antonio Campos 8:38.2 8 Milan Slovák 8:41.4 9 Tapio Kantanen 8:46.0 10 John Davies 8:57.4 11 Jan Hagelbrandt 9:21.1
Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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