The men's 3000 metres event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.Results (p. 461) The race was stopped one lap short, so the actual distance run was 2820 metres.

Results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Alexandre Gonzalez 9:01 Evgeni Ignatov 9:02 Valeriy Abramov 9:03 Francis Gonzalez 9:04 Christoph Herle 9:05 Robert Nemeth 9:06 Lubomír Tesáček 9:07 Didier Chauvelier 9:08 Jef Gees 9:09 10 Ken Newton 9:10 11 Nikolaos Chalatzis 9:11

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