1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

1958 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20 and 22 August 1958.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Jerzy Chromik  Poland
Silver	Semyon Rzhishchin  Soviet Union
Bronze	Hans Hüneke  West Germany

Results[]

Final[]

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	8:38.2	CR
	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:38.8
	Hans Hüneke	West Germany	8:43.6
4		Soviet Union	8:44.0
5	Vlastimil Brlica	Czechoslovakia	8:46.6
6		Hungary	8:48.4
7		Sweden	8:50.2
8		Greece	8:51.2	NR
9	Olavi Rinteenpää	Finland	8:52.6
10		Norway	8:54.6
11		East Germany	9:03.0
12	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	9:24.4

Heats[]

20 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Semyon Rzhishchin	Soviet Union	8:47.6	CR Q
2	Vlastimil Brlica	Czechoslovakia	8:47.6	CR Q
3	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	8:49.2	Q
4	Hans Hüneke	West Germany	8:50.6	Q
5	Olavi Rinteenpää	Finland	8:53.0	Q
6		Norway	8:53.6	Q
7		Spain	8:56.2	NR
8	Hedwig Leenaert	Belgium	9:09.6
9	Eric Shirley	Great Britain	9:17.2

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Greece	8:55.4	Q
2		Soviet Union	8:56.2	Q
3		Hungary	8:59.8	Q
4		East Germany	9:01.8	Q
5		Sweden	9:04.8	Q
6	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	9:09.4	Q
7	Walter Kammermann	Switzerland	9:17.2

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[]