1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres explained

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 and 11 March in Rotterdam.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Emiel Puttemans	Willy Polleunis	Pekka Päivärinta

Results

Heats

Held on 10 March.

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7:51.02	Q
2	1			7:52.54	Q
3	1			7:53.68	Q, NR
4	1			7:55.18	q
5	1			7:55.73	q, NR
6	1			7:56.82
7	1			7:59.02
8	2			7:59.69	Q
9	2			8:00.29	Q
10	2			8:00.74	Q
11	2			8:02.04
12	1			8:02.60
13	2			8:03.93
14	1			8:05.07
15	2			8:05.82
16	2			8:06.78
17	2			8:09.06
18	2			8:09.32
19	1			8:11.84
20	2			8:14.35
21	2			8:27.41

Final

Held on 11 March.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7:44.51
			7:51.86
			7:52.97	NR
4			7:54.60	NR
5			7:55.09
6			7:55.12
7			8:02.20
8			8:07.08

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1973/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results