| Event: | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.
Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July.[1] Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.
| Gold |  Mahiedine Mekhissi-BenabbadFrance (FRA) | |
| Silver | Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA) | |
| Bronze |  Ion LuchianovMoldova (MDA) |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 | ||
| European record | 8:01.18 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 | ||
| Championship record | 8:12.66 | Split, Yugoslavia | 30 August 1990 | ||
| World Leading | 8:00.90 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 | ||
| European Leading | 8:03.72 | Metz, France | 29 June 2010 | ||
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships | |||||
| Championship record | 8:07.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 | ||
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2010 | 11:40 | Round 1 | |
| 1 August 2010 | 20:15 | Final |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:30.11 | Q | |||
| Q, Doping | |||||
| Q, Doping | |||||
| 2 | 8:30.61 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8:30.91 | q | |||
| 4 | 8:32.77 | ||||
| 5 | 8:33.00 | ||||
| 6 | 8:37.38 | ||||
| 7 | 8:38.33 | ||||
| 8 | 8:45.18 | ||||
| 9 | 8:47.25 | ||||
| 10 | 9:24.39 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:27.32 | Q | |||
| 2 | 8:29.49 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8:30.02 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8:30.26 | Q | |||
| 5 | 8:31.08 | q, SB | |||
| 6 | 8:31.71 | q | |||
| 7 | 8:31.88 | q | |||
| 8 | 8:32.05 | ||||
| 9 | 8:33.48 | PB | |||
| 10 | 8:41.63 | ||||
| 11 | 8:42.53 | ||||
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 8:27.32 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 8:29.49 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 8:30.02 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 8:30.11 | Q | |||
| 1 | Q, Doping | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 8:30.26 | Q | |||
| 1 | Q, Doping | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 8:30.61 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 8:30.91 | q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 8:31.08 | q, SB | |||
| 9 | 2 | 8:31.71 | q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 8:31.88 | q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 8:32.05 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 8:32.77 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 8:33.00 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 8:33.48 | PB | |||
| 15 | 1 | 8:37.38 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 8:38.33 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 8:41.63 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 8:42.53 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | 8:45.18 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | 8:47.25 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 9:24.39 | ||||
| 2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:07.87 | CR | ||||
| 8:09.28 | |||||
| Doping | |||||
| 8:19.64 | SB | ||||
| 8:23.37 | |||||
| Doping | |||||
| 8:25.39 | PB | ||||
| 8:27.49 | |||||
| 8:27.89 | SB | ||||
| 8:28.08 | |||||
| 8:37.52 | |||||
| 10 | 8:48.83 |