The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 8–11 July.
The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase has been won at these games by less than a tenth of a second.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Ion Luchianov | Halil Akkaş | Steffen Uliczka |
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8:39.57 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 8:40.57 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 8:40.92 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 8:41.03 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 8:44.76 | q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 8:56.51 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 8:57.43 | q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 9:00.12 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 9:02.54 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 9:03.61 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 9:05.06 | q | |||
| 12 | 1 | 9:25.95 | q | |||
| 13 | 1 | 9:31.34 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 9:34.62 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | |||||
| 2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:25.79 | SB | ||||
| 8:25.80 | SB | ||||
| 8:26.18 | SB | ||||
| 8:27.53 | |||||
| 8:28.43 | |||||
| 8:29.86 | SB | ||||
| 8:35.43 | |||||
| 8:36.14 | SB | ||||
| 8:40.74 | PB | ||||
| 10 | 8:41.30 | ||||
| 11 | 8:51.45 | ||||
| 12 | 9:35.46 |