1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Gaston Roelants Belgium
Silver	Zoltan Vamoș Romania
Bronze	Nikolay Sokolov Soviet Union

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:32.6	CR NR
	Zoltan Vamoș	Romania	8:37.6	NR
	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:40.6
4	Hermann Bühl	East Germany	8:47.2
5	Attila Simon	Hungary	8:49.4
6	Vladimir Yevdokimov	Soviet Union	8:50.8
7	Guy Texereau	France	8:51.4
8	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	8:52.6
9	Slavko Špan	Yugoslavia	8:57.2
10	Esko Siren	Finland	8:59.6
11	Rainer Dörner	East Germany	9:13.8
	Maurice Herriott	Great Britain	DNS

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hermann Bühl	East Germany	8:48.2	Q
2	Guy Texereau	France	8:48.8	NR Q
3	Vladimir Yevdokimov	Soviet Union	8:49.2	Q
4	Maurice Herriott	Great Britain		Q
5	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8:49.8
6	Miklos Fazekas	Hungary	8:57.6
7	Ole Ellefsæter	Norway	8:59.8
8	Georgios Papavasiliou	Greece	9:05.8
9	Horst Gansel	Austria	9:14.4
10	Kristleifur Guðbjörnsson	Iceland	9:30.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8:42.0	Q
2	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union	8:46.8	Q
3	Rainer Dörner	East Germany	8:46.8	Q
4	Attila Simon	Hungary	8:50.0	Q
5	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	8:51.6
6	Franc Hafner	Yugoslavia	8:54.2
7	Edward Motyl	Poland	8:55.8
8	Brian Hall	Great Britain	8:57.0
9	Gianfranco Sommaggio	Italy	9:16.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksey Konov	Soviet Union	8:43.4	Q
2	Zoltan Vamoș	Romania	8:44.6	Q
3	Slavko Špan	Yugoslavia	8:45.0	Q
4	Esko Siren	Finland	8:46.4	Q
5	Cahit Önel	Turkey	8:47.2	NR
6	David Chapman	Great Britain	8:50.4
7	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	8:54.0
8	Ludwig Müller	West Germany	9:00.4
9	Joaquim Ferreira	Portugal	9:01.8
10	Jozsef Macsar	Hungary	9:04.6

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.