| Event: | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Games: | 1960 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | September 1 (heats) September 3 (final) |
| Competitors: | 32 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 8:34.30 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak |
| Goldnoc: | POL |
| Silver: | Nikolay Sokolov |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Semyon Rzhishchin |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Prev: | 1956 |
| Next: | 1964 |
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3.[1]
The fastest three steeplechasers in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Sokolov | 8:43.56 | ||
| 2 | Gunnar Tjörnebo | 8:48.77 | ||
| 3 | Hans Hüneke | 8:50.59 | ||
| 4 | Georgios Papavasileiou | 8:51.46 | ||
| 5 | Phil Coleman | 8:56.72 | ||
| 6 | Vlastimil Brlica | 9:00.07 | ||
| 7 | Attila Simon | 9:02.79 | ||
| 8 | Guy Texereau | 9:04.23 | ||
| 9 | Walter Kammermann | 9:11.8 | ||
| 10 | Eric Shirley | 9:14.8 | ||
| 11 | Joaquim Ferreira | 9:30.2 | ||
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | 8:49.92 | ||
| 2 | Ludwig Müller | 8:49.86 | ||
| 3 | Aleksey Konov | 8:50.19 | ||
| 4 | George Young | 8:50.93 | ||
| 5 | Bohumír Zháňal | 8:53.01 | ||
| 6 | Dave Chapman | 8:53.24 | ||
| 7 | Pentti Karvonen | 9:04.91 | ||
| 8 | José Fernández | 9:12.8 | ||
| 9 | Mubarak Shah | 9:20.0 | ||
| 10 | Alfredo Tinoco | 9:38.0 | ||
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semyon Rzhishchin | 8:48.11 | ||
| 2 | Deacon Jones | 8:49.32 | ||
| 3 | Gaston Roelants | 8:49.52 | ||
| 4 | Hermann Buhl | 8:49.56 | ||
| 5 | Lage Tedenby | 8:52.94 | ||
| 6 | Franc Hafner | 8:55.68 | ||
| 7 | Jerzy Chromik | 9:06.68 | ||
| 8 | Michael Palmer | 9:10.68 | ||
| 9 | Gerhart Hecker | 9:12.4 | ||
| 10 | Cahit Önel | 9:14.6 | ||
| 11 | Mohamed Lahcen | 9:29.4 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:34.30 | OR | |||
| 8:36.55 | ||||
| 8:42.34 | ||||
| 4 | 8:47.45 | |||
| 5 | 8:58.87 | |||
| 6 | 9:01.57 | |||
| 7 | 9:18.22 | |||
| 8 | 9:18.23 | |||
| - | DNF | |||
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish