1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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.

Medalists

Gold	Bronisław Malinowski Poland
Silver	Patriz Ilg West Germany
Bronze	Ismo Toukonen Finland

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:15.08
	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:16.92
	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8:18.29
4	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:19.01
5	Paul Copu	Romania	8:20.41
6	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8:24.86
7	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8:38.0
8	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	8:40.1
9	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:42.8
10	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8:44.0
11	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:46.4
12	Vladimir Lisovskiy	Soviet Union	9:00.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:29.10	Q
2	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8:29.5	Q
3	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:30.0	Q
4	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8:31.94	q
5	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	8:34.2	q
6	Dan Glans	Sweden	8:34.5
7	Dan Betini	Romania	8:34.9
8	Vladimir Filonov	Soviet Union	8:39.0
9	Paul Thys	Belgium	8:43.8
10	Wolfgang Konrad	Austria	8:43.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paul Copu	Romania	8:33.29	Q
2	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:33.7	Q
3	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8:34.7	Q
4	Serhiy Olizarenko	Soviet Union	8:36.7
5	Roberto Volpi	Italy	8:39.1
6	Dušan Moravčík	Czechoslovakia	8:43.2
7	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:48.4
8	Bruno Lafranchi	Switzerland	8:51.7
9	Christer Ström	Sweden	8:53.8
10	Hans Koeleman	Netherlands	8:59.6
11	Domingo Ramón	Spain	9:07.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8:25.43	Q
2	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:25.58	Q
3	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:30.4	Q
4	Vladimir Lisovskiy	Soviet Union	8:31.4	q
5	Gerhard Wetzig	East Germany	8:36.1
6	Jean-Luc Lemire	France	8:38.0
7	Antonio Campos	Spain	8:38.2
8	Milan Slovák	Czechoslovakia	8:41.4
9	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	8:46.0
10	John Davies	Great Britain	8:57.4
11	Jan Hagelbrandt	Sweden	9:21.1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Italy (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (3)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)