2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
2006 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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

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

GoldSilverBronze
Jukka Keskisalo
 Finland
José Luis Blanco
 Spain
Bouabdellah Tahri
 France

Schedule

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

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Semifinals

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Jukka Keskisalo  Finland 8:24.89
2nd, silver medalist(s) José Luis Blanco  Spain 8:26.22
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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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