| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships |
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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.
Medalists
| Gold | Jerzy Chromik Poland
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| Silver | Semyon Rzhishchin Soviet Union
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| Bronze | Hans Hüneke West Germany
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Results
Final
22 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jerzy Chromik | Poland |
8:38.2 | CR |
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Semyon Rzhishchin | Soviet Union |
8:38.8 | |
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Hans Hüneke | West Germany |
8:43.6 | |
| 4 | Sergey Ponomaryev | Soviet Union |
8:44.0 | |
| 5 | Vlastimil Brlica |  Czechoslovakia |
8:46.6 | |
| 6 | Gyula Varga |  Hungary |
8:48.4 | |
| 7 | Lars Helander |  Sweden |
8:50.2 | |
| 8 | Georgios Papavasiliou |  Greece |
8:51.2 | NR |
| 9 | Olavi Rinteenpää |  Finland |
8:52.6 | |
| 10 | Reidar Næss |  Norway |
8:54.6 | |
| 11 | Hermann Bühl | 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 | Reidar Næss | Norway |
8:53.6 | Q |
| 7 | Manuel Alonso |  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 |
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| 1 | Georgios Papavasiliou | Greece |
8:55.4 | Q |
| 2 | Sergey Ponomaryev | Soviet Union |
8:56.2 | Q |
| 3 | Gyula Varga | Hungary |
8:59.8 | Q |
| 4 | Hermann Bühl | East Germany |
9:01.8 | Q |
| 5 | Lars Helander | 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.
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- East Germany (1)
- Finland (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- Great Britain (1)
- West Germany (1)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
| 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships | |
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