2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 7–10.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Antonio Jiménez	Simon Vroemen	Luis Miguel Martín

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			8:27.61	Q
	1			8:27.66	Q
	1			8:28.16	Q
	1			8:28.71	Q
	1			8:28.93	q
	2			8:29.64	Q
	2			8:30.03	Q
	2			8:30.52	Q
	2			8:31.08	Q
10	2			8:32.36	q
11	2			8:32.47	q
12	2			8:33.25	q
13	2			8:36.32
14	1			8:36.44
15	1			8:37.82
16	2			8:38.19
17	2			8:38.85
18	1			8:40.97
19	1			8:42.25
20	2			8:42.85
21	2			8:44.55
22	1			8:51.39
23	1			8:52.45
	1

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:24.34
			8:24.45
			8:24.72	SB
			8:26.86
			8:28.63
			8:30.16
			8:33.24
			8:35.41
			8:40.39
10			8:42.62
11			8:46.13
12			9:00.82

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813031431/http://athletix.org/?page_id=81