1954 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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954. 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 377–384 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Sándor Rozsnyói HUN 1949Silver Olavi Rinteenpää FINBronze Ernst Larsen NOR Results Final 28 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sándor Rozsnyói HUN 1949 8:49.6 CR NR Olavi Rinteenpää FIN 8:52.4 Ernst Larsen NOR 8:53.2 NR 4 Pentti Karvonen FIN 8:55.2 5 László Jeszenszky HUN 1949 8:59.4 6 Viktor Kurchavov URS 1936 9:00.2 7 Vlastimil Brlica TCH 9:03.6 NR 8 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin URS 1936 9:07.4 9 Helmut Thumm FRG 9:07.6 10 John Disley GBR 9:07.6 11 Karl-Heinz Schmalz FRG 9:15.6 12 Jerzy Chromik POL DNS Heats 26 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ernst Larsen NOR 9:00.0 CR Q 2 Sándor Rozsnyói HUN 1949 9:01.0 Q 3 Pentti Karvonen FIN 9:01.2 Q 4 Karl-Heinz Schmalz FRG 9:01.8 Q 5 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin URS 1936 9:02.2 Q 6 Vlastimil Brlica TCH 9:05.6 NR Q 7 Curt Söderberg SWE 9:12.8 8 Kenneth Johnson GBR 9:17.6 9 Roger Deweer BEL 9:30.2 10 Grigore Cojocaru ROU 1952 9:31.6 11 Gottfried Stäubli SUI 9:32.0 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Viktor Kurchavov URS 1936 9:06.2 Q 2 László Jeszenszky HUN 1949 9:06.2 Q 3 Jerzy Chromik POL 9:06.4 Q 4 Olavi Rinteenpää FIN 9:06.8 Q 5 John Disley GBR 9:13.6 Q 6 Helmut Thumm FRG 9:14.4 Q 7 Abdullah Kökpinar TUR 9:32.8 8 Gunnar Tjörnebo SWE 9:36.2 9 Arthur Huber SUI 9:45.4 10 Augusto Silva POR 9:56.4 Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (1) FIN (2) HUN 1949 (2) NOR (1) POL (1) POR (1) ROU 1952 (1) URS 1936 (2) SWE (2) SUI (2) TUR (1) GBR (2) FRG (2) References Category:Steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships