The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12 and 14 July.
| Gold | Pavel Potapovich | |
| Silver | Vadim Slobodenyuk | |
| Bronze | Henrik Skoog |
14 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 8:35.85 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 8:37.09 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 8:38.27 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:38.91 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:39.85 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:41.42 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 8:41.82 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:45.07 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:46.40 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:48.34 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 8:49.49 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF |
12 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 8:44.61 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 8:44.79 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 8:44.99 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 8:45.60 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 8:45.64 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 8:46.38 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:52.30 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 8:57.23 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 8:59.12 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:01.00 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 9:01.65 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:05.31 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 9:06.59 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 8:36.74 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 8:40.75 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 8:42.55 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 8:43.11 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 9:43.80 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 8:44.55 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 8:45.05 | q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 8:49.31 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 8:54.39 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 8:54.70 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 8:59.86 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:09.96 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 9:24.73 |
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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