2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 11.

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Jukka Keskisalo
  Finland
José Luis Blanco
  Spain
Bouabdellah Tahri
  France

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 9, 2006 10:10 Semifinals
August 11, 2006 19:25 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Antonio David Jiménez   Spain 8:24.12 Q
2 2 Bouabdellah Tahri   France 8:24.38 Q
3 2 Itai Maggidi   Israel 8:25.04 Q, NR
4 2 Radosław Popławski   Poland 8:25.54 Q
5 2 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden 8:26.66 q
6 2 Günther Weidlinger   Austria 8:27.53 q
7 2 Jukka Keskisalo   Finland 8:29.06 q
8 1 Simon Vroemen   Netherlands 8:29.62 Q
9 1 José Luis Blanco   Spain 8:30.26 Q
10 1 César Pérez   Spain 8:30.52 Q
11 1 Martin Pröll   Austria 8:31.34 Q
12 1 Pavel Potapovich   Russia 8:32.78 q
13 2 Pieter Desmet   Belgium 8:32.93
14 2 Andrey Kozhevnikov   Russia 8:33.00
15 1 Ion Luchianov   Moldova 8:34.86
16 2 Adam Bowden   United Kingdom 8:35.79
17 2 Andrey Farnosov   Russia 8:36.94
18 1 Tomasz Szymkowiak   Poland 8:37.00
19 1 Matteo Villani   Italy 8:39.66
20 1 Jermaine Mays   United Kingdom 8:41.70
21 2 Vadym Slobodenyuk   Ukraine 8:42.55
22 1 Mário Teixeira   Portugal 8:43.14
23 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen   Norway 8:53.93
24 1 Mohamed-Khaled Belabbas   France 9:01.62
25 2 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia 9:13.90
1 Vincent Le Dauphin   France DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jukka Keskisalo   Finland 8:24.89
  José Luis Blanco   Spain 8:26.22
  Bouabdellah Tahri   France 8:27.15
4 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden 8:27.79
5 Antonio David Jiménez   Spain 8:28.78
6 Radosław Popławski   Poland 8:29.33
7 Günther Weidlinger   Austria 8:29.54
8 César Pérez   Spain 8:30.40
9 Martin Pröll   Austria 8:35.69
10 Pavel Potapovich   Russia 8:38.19
11 Itai Maggidi   Israel 8:52.69
Simon Vroemen   Netherlands DNS
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