| Event: | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
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.
| Gold | Gaston Roelants | |
| Silver | Zoltan Vamoș | |
| Bronze | Nikolay Sokolov |
16 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 8:32.6 | CR NR | |||
| align=left | align=left | | 8:37.6 | NR | |||
| align=left | align=left | 8:40.6 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 8:47.2 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:49.4 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 8:50.8 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:51.4 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 8:52.6 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 8:57.2 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:59.6 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 9:13.8 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNS |
14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 8:48.2 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 8:48.8 | NR Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 8:49.2 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:49.8 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 8:57.6 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:59.8 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 9:05.8 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:14.4 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:30.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 8:42.0 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 8:46.8 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 8:46.8 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 8:50.0 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 8:51.6 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 8:54.2 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 8:55.8 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 8:57.0 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:16.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 8:43.4 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 8:44.6 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 8:45.0 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 8:46.4 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:47.2 | NR | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 8:50.4 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 8:54.0 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 9:00.4 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 9:01.8 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 9:04.6 |
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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