2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates	15 July (heats) 16 July (final)
Competitors	36 from 21 nations
Winning time	8:28.91
Medalists
Alejandro Quijada   Spain   Etson Barrios   Portugal   Baptiste Guyon   France

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 15 and 16 July.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Günther Weidlinger (AUT)	8:10.83	Sevilla, Spain	21 August 1999
Championship U23 record	Martin Pröll (AUT)	8:25.86	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 July 2003

Results

Heats

Qualification rules: First 5 in each heat (Q) will qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Valentin Bresc	France	8:44.52	Q
2	1	Florian Zittel	Germany	8:44.70	Q, PB
3	3	Etson Barros	Portugal	8:45.84	Q
4	3	Baptiste Guyon	France	8:46.01	Q
5	3	Cesare Caiani	Italy	8:48.99	Q, PB
6	1	Maciej Megier	Poland	8:50.10	Q
7	3	Alejandro Quijada	Spain	8:50.67	Q
8	2	Luc Le Baron	France	8:51.00	Q
9	1	Clément Labar	Belgium	8:51.12	Q
10	2	Tomáš Habarta	Czech Republic	8:51.27	Q
11	2	Carlos Ángel	Spain	8:51.44	Q
12	2	Eduardo Pestana	Portugal	8:51.90	Q, PB
13	1	Pedro Garcia Paciencia	Spain	8:52.01	Q
14	2	Adam Kołodziej	Poland	8:52.23	Q
15	3	Luca Minale	Greece	8:52.26	Q
16	2	Maxim Wyss	Switzerland	8:53.12	PB
17	1	Gil Weicherding	Luxembourg	8:58.34
18	1	João Pais	Portugal	8:58.93
19	3	Adam Ochnik	Poland	9:01.32
20	1	Martin Kováčech	Czech Republic	9:03.27
21	2	Baran Ergüven	Turkey	9:03.85
22	1	Didrik Røssum Jensen	Denmark	9:05.09	PB
23	3	Damian Didier Mititelu	Romania	9:05.81
24	3	Tomer Mualem	Israel	9:06.73	SB
25	2	Thomas Bridger	Great Britain	9:10.39
26	1	Carmelo Cannizzaro	Italy	9:10.79
27	2	Nestoras Kolios	Greece	9:12.01
28	2	Jesper Andreas Matsson	Norway	9:12.02
29	2	Robin Müller	Germany	9:13.46
30	3	Samuel Auvinen	Finland	9:16.41
31	1	Nils Bredin	Sweden	9:16.68
32	3	James Dunne	Ireland	9:26.25
33	3	Jonas Schaub	Switzerland	9:34.70
34	2	Ruslan Naumov	Ukraine	10:07.80
	3	Vebjørn Hovdejord	Norway	DNF
	1	Sean McGinley	Ireland

Final

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Alejandro Quijada	Spain	8:28.91	PB
	Etson Barros	Portugal	8:32.08
	Baptiste Guyon	France	8:33.64
4	Valentin Bresc	France	8:42.48
5	Tomáš Habarta	Czech Republic	8:42.80	PB
6	Cesare Caiani	Italy	8:43.74	PB
7	Luc Le Baron	France	8:45.45
8	Clément Labar	Belgium	8:47.38
9	Carlos Ángel	Spain	8:51.27
10	Eduardo Pestana	Portugal	8:51.83	PB
11	Maciej Megier	Poland	8:53.70
12	Adam Kołodziej	Poland	8:57.38
13	Luca Minale	Greece	9:02.18
14	Florian Zittel	Germany	9:08.31
	Pedro Garcia Paciencia	Spain	DQ