1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The men's 3000 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bob Verbeeck  Belgium	Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany	Vitaliy Tyshchenko  Soviet Union

Results[]

Heats[]

First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	7:58.12	Q
1	2	Bob Verbeeck	Belgium	7:58.12	Q
3	1	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	7:58.13	Q
4	2	Vitaliy Tyshchenko	Soviet Union	7:58.16	Q
5	2	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	7:58.20	Q
6	1		Yugoslavia	7:58.26	Q
7	2	Ivan Uvizl	Czechoslovakia	7:58.31	Q
8	2	Robert Nemeth	Austria	7:58.40	q
9	1	Walter Merlo	Italy	7:58.71	Q
10	1		Czechoslovakia	7:58.81	q
11	1	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	7:59.20	q
12	2	Stig Roar Husby	Norway	8:00.49	q
13	1		Spain	8:00.75
14	1		Hungary	8:00.85
15	1		Bulgaria	8:01.65
16	2		West Germany	8:03.50
17	2		Ireland	8:15.28
18	1	Karl Fleschen	West Germany	8:15.50
	2	Stefano Mei	Italy	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bob Verbeeck	Belgium	8:10.84
	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	8:10.88
	Vitaliy Tyshchenko	Soviet Union	8:10.91
4	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	8:11.11
5	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	8:11.21
6	Robert Nemeth	Austria	8:11.24
7		Yugoslavia	8:13.98
8	Stig Roar Husby	Norway	8:14.70
9	Ivan Uvizl	Czechoslovakia	8:15.11
10	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	8:15.11
11		Czechoslovakia	8:17.48
12	Walter Merlo	Italy	8:20.54

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