2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Competition:	2022 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympiastadion
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	34
Nations:	16
Win Value:	8:21.80
Gold:	Topi Raitanen
Silver:	Ahmed Abdelwahed
Bronze:	Osama Zoghlami
Gold Nation:	FIN
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Previous:	2018
Next:	2024

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 16 and 19 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships
World record		7:53.63^[2]	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 2004
European record		8:00.09^[3]	Paris, France	6 July 2013
Championship record		8:07.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading		7:58.28^[4]	Rabat, Morocco	5 June 2022
Europe Leading		8:10.29^[5]	Rome, Italy	9 June 2022

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
16 August 2022	11:40	Heats
19 August 2022	21:00	Final

Results

Heats

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			8:30.67	Q
2	2			8:30.92	Q
3	2			8:31.03	Q
4	1			8:31.67	Q
5	2			8:32.00	Q
6	1			8:32.22	Q
7	1			8:32.26	Q
8	2			8:32.27	Q
9	1			8:32.48	Q
10	1			8:32.82	q
11	2			8:33.51	Q
12	2			8:33.89	q
13	1			8:34.19	q
14	1			8:35.22	q
15	2			8:35.57	q
16	2			8:38.04
17	2			8:38.23
18	1			8:38.42
19	1			8:39.22
20	1			8:40.47
21	1			8:41.43
22	2			8:42.38
23	1			8:43.76
24	2			8:46.74
25	2			8:50.30
26	1			8:56.46
27	1			8:57.27
28	2			9:01.93
29	2			9:05.26
30	2			9:05.47
31	2			9:21.85
32	1			9:37.74
	1
	2

Final

^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			8:21.80
	Ahmed Abdelwahed^[8]		8:22.35^[9]
			8:23.44
4			8:25.00
5			8:26.49
6			8:26.68
7			8:27.82
8			8:28.52
9			8:33.05
10			8:33.09
11			8:33.38
12			8:33.57
13			8:37.24
14			8:37.51
15			8:39.62

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATHLETICS TIMETABLE . european-athletics.org . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 16 August 2022 . World Athletics.
3. Web site: All Time European Best . 16 August 2022 . World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2022 Top List . 16 August 2022 . World Athletics.
5. Web site: 2022 Top European List . 16 August 2022 . World Athletics.
6. Web site: Round 1 SUMMARY . 16 August 2022 . 16 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816115852/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHM3000MST-----------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
7. Web site: Final results . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819210305/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73G_ATHM3000MST-----------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .
8. Doping
9. Web site: 2023-12-29. 2023-12-14. it-IT. Atletica, stangata per Abdelwahed: l'azzurro squalificato 4 anni per doping. La Gazzetta dello Sport.