1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships

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
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	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
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)