1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 31 July 1999. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Günther Weidlinger   Austria
Silver	Gaël Pencreach   France
Bronze	Antonio David Jiménez   Spain

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	8:30.34	CR
	Gaël Pencreach	France	8:35.60
	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	8:37.29
4	Roman Usov	Russia	8:39.25
5	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	8:40.66
6	Quentin Jarmuszewicz	France	8:41.04
7	Filmon Ghirmai	Germany	8:42.87
8	Yuriy Gichun	Ukraine	8:43.11
9	Ralf Assmus	Germany	8:47.59
10	Manuel Silva	Portugal	8:48.50
11	David Gerych	Czech Republic	8:50.95
12	Mikael Talasjoki	Finland	9:04.96

Heats

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gaël Pencreach	France	8:40.21	Q
2	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	8:41.26	Q
3	Manuel Silva	Portugal	8:41.42	Q
4	Ralf Assmus	Germany	8:41.60	Q
5	Mikael Talasjoki	Finland	8:42.40	q
6	David Gerych	Czech Republic	8:45.41	q
7	Josep Sansa	Andorra	8:48.44
8	António Martínez	Spain	8:48.49
9	Michał Kaczmarek	Poland	8:56.82
10	Andrew Hennessy	Great Britain	8:57.48
11	Sveinn Margeirsson	Iceland	9:00.21

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	8:39.06	Q
2	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	8:40.57	Q
3	Roman Usov	Russia	8:42.45	Q
4	Quentin Jarmuszewicz	France	8:43.19	Q
5	Filmon Ghirmai	Germany	8:43.54	q
6	Yuriy Gichun	Ukraine	8:43.70	q
7	Levente Timár	Hungary	8:48.27
8	Marcin Grzegorzewski	Poland	8:50.51
9	Tuomo Lehtinen	Finland	8:51.22
10	Damien Rouquet	France	8:.59.25
11	Mindaugas Pukštas	Lithuania	8:59.86
12	Ben Whitby	Great Britain	9:10.83

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•   Andorra (1)
•   Austria (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (3)
•   Germany (2)
•   Great Britain (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Iceland (1)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (3)
•   Ukraine (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014