2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Competition:	European Athletics Championships
Dates:	6 July (round 1) 8 July (final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	15
Win Value:	8:25.63
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silvernoc:	TUR
Bronzenoc:	FRA

The men's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	7:53.63	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2004
European record	8:00.09	Paris, France	6 July 2013
Championship record	8:07.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	8:00.12	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5 June 2016
European Leading	8:17.83	Rome, Italy	2 June 2016

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	17:55	Round 1
8 July 2016	21:25	Final

First 5 in each heat (Q) and 5 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Time	Note
1	1	8:31.42	Q
2	1	8:31.50	Q
3	1	8:31.98	Q, SB
4	1	8:32.06	Q
5	1	8:32.17	Q
6	1	8:32.54	q, PB
7	2	8:33.11	Q
8	1	8:33.13	q, SB
	2	8:33.25	Q
10	2	8:33.51	Q
11	2	8:33.69	Q, SB
12	2	8:33.94	Q, SB
13	1	8:34.34	q
14	1	8:34.81	q, PB
15	2	8:34.82	q
16	1	8:42.72
17	2	8:42.75
18	1	8:43.81
19	2	8:45.55
20	2	8:54.73
21	2	8:55.21
22	2	8:57.27
23	1	9:08.82
24	1	9:15.80
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Web site: Programme - European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
Web site: Heats results . 2016-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161120074326/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM033900_C74A.pdf . 2016-11-20 . dead .
http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM033101_C73G.pdf Final results