1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

None Men's 3000 metres steeplechase European Athletics Championships The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 427–435 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Bronisław Malinowski POLSilver Patriz Ilg FRGBronze Ismo Toukonen FIN Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bronisław Malinowski POL 8:15.08 Patriz Ilg FRG 8:16.92 Ismo Toukonen FIN 8:18.29 4 Michael Karst FRG 8:19.01 5 Paul Copu ROU 1965 8:20.41 6 Vasile Bichea ROU 1965 8:24.86 7 František Bartoš TCH 8:38.0 8 Manfred Schoeneberg FRG 8:40.1 9 Giuseppe Gerbi ITA 8:42.8 10 Dennis Coates GBR 8:44.0 11 Krzysztof Wesołowski POL 8:46.4 12 Vladimir Lisovskiy URS 1955 9:00.5 Heats 1 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giuseppe Gerbi ITA 8:29.10 Q 2 Ismo Toukonen FIN 8:29.5 Q 3 Krzysztof Wesołowski POL 8:30.0 Q 4 František Bartoš TCH 8:31.94 q 5 Manfred Schoeneberg FRG 8:34.2 q 6 Dan Glans SWE 8:34.5 7 Dan Betini ROU 1965 8:34.9 8 Vladimir Filonov URS 1955 8:39.0 9 Paul Thys BEL 8:43.8 10 Wolfgang Konrad AUT 8:43.9 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Copu ROU 1965 8:33.29 Q 2 Michael Karst FRG 8:33.7 Q 3 Dennis Coates GBR 8:34.7 Q 4 Serhiy Olizarenko URS 1955 8:36.7 5 Roberto Volpi ITA 8:39.1 6 Dušan Moravčík TCH 8:43.2 7 Kazimierz Maranda POL 8:48.4 8 Bruno Lafranchi SUI 8:51.7 9 Christer Ström SWE 8:53.8 10 Hans Koeleman NED 8:59.6 11 Domingo Ramón ESP 1977 9:07.8 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vasile Bichea ROU 1965 8:25.43 Q 2 Bronisław Malinowski POL 8:25.58 Q 3 Patriz Ilg FRG 8:30.4 Q 4 Vladimir Lisovskiy URS 1955 8:31.4 q 5 Gerhard Wetzig GDR 8:36.1 6 Jean-Luc Lemire FRA 8:38.0 7 Antonio Campos ESP 1977 8:38.2 8 Milan Slovák TCH 8:41.4 9 Tapio Kantanen FIN 8:46.0 10 John Davies GBR 8:57.4 11 Jan Hagelbrandt SWE 9:21.1 Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BEL (1) TCH (3) GDR (1) FIN (2) FRA (1) ITA (2) NED (1) POL (3) ROU 1965 (3) URS 1955 (3) ESP 1977 (2) SWE (3) SUI (1) GBR (2) FRG (3) References Category:Steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships