1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Jean-Paul Villain
  France
Silver Dušan Moravčík
  Czechoslovakia
Bronze Pavel Sysoev Yakovlevich
  Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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15 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jean-Paul Villain   France 8:25.12 NR
  Dušan Moravčík   Czechoslovakia 8:26.11 NR
  Pavel Sysoyev   Soviet Union 8:26.42
4 Romualdas Bitė   Soviet Union 8:26.97
5 Mikko Ala-Leppilampi   Finland 8:30.94
6 Georgi Tikhov   Bulgaria 8:32.15
7 Kazimierz Maranda   Poland 8:33.05
8 Józef Rębacz   Poland 8:35.12
9 Vladimiras Dudinas   Soviet Union 8:38.96
10 Anders Gärderud   Sweden 8:39.58
11 Pekka Päivärinta   Finland 8:55.34
Toni Feldmann    Switzerland DNF

Heats

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13 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pavel Sysoyev   Soviet Union 8:29.65 Q
2 Toni Feldmann    Switzerland 8:29.75 NR Q
3 Georgi Tikhov   Bulgaria 8:30.87 Q
4 Józef Rębacz   Poland 8:33.36 Q
5 Tapio Kantanen   Finland 8:35.88
6 Umberto Risi   Italy 8:37.15
7 Spyros Kontossoros   Greece 8:38.24 NR
8 Paul Thys   Belgium 8:41.11
9 Willi Wagner   West Germany 8:44.50
10 Ståle Engen   Norway 8:44.68
11 Gérard Delalandre   France 8:54.70
12 Ron McAndrew   Great Britain 9:02.11

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dušan Moravčík   Czechoslovakia 8:32.81 Q
2 Pekka Päivärinta   Finland 8:33.34 Q
3 Jean-Paul Villain   France 8:34.17 Q
4 Romualdas Bitė   Soviet Union 8:34.28 Q
5 Arne Risa   Norway 8:35.62
6 Henryk Lesiuk   Poland 8:40.34
7 Gheorghe Cefan   Romania 8:44.34
8 Hans-Dieter Schulten   West Germany 8:46.98
9 Carlos Lopes   Portugal 8:54.83
10 Francesco Valente   Italy 8:57.93
11 Hans Menet    Switzerland 8:58.27

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anders Gärderud   Sweden 8:28.32 NR Q
2 Mikko Ala-Leppilampi   Finland 8:28.96 Q
3 Vladimiras Dudinas   Soviet Union 8:30.30 Q
4 Kazimierz Maranda   Poland 8:31.85 Q
5 Sverre Sørnes   Norway 8:35.24
6 Andy Holden   Great Britain 8:36.11
7 Wigmar Petersen   Denmark 8:36.67 NR
8 Gérard Buchheit   France 8:40.07
9 Mikhail Zhelev   Bulgaria 8:50.64
10 Milan Tomić   Yugoslavia 8:53.31

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014