The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 European Athletics Championships will held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 European Athletics Championships will held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.
| Gold | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France |
| Silver | Tarık Langat Akdağ  Turkey |
| Bronze | Víctor García  Spain |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| European record | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) | 8:01.18 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:07.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading |  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) | 7:54.31 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
| European Leading | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:10.90 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | 9 June 2012 |
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2012 | 18:30 | Round 1 |
| 29 June 2012 | 19:05 | Final |
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 7 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Tarık Langat Akdağ | Turkey | 8:27.31 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Ion Luchianov |  Moldova | 8:29.28 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Víctor García | Spain | 8:29.44 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Łukasz Oślizło |  Poland | 8:29.46 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:29.51 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Steffen Uliczka |  Germany | 8:29.55 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 8:31.05 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | Nordine Gezzar | France | Q, Doping | |
| 8 | 2 | Yuri Floriani |  Italy | 8:32.63 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:34.08 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Łukasz Parszczyński | Poland | 8:35.05 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | 8:35.44 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Kaur Kivistik |  Estonia | 8:36.10 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 8:37.40 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:37.82 | q |
| 15 | 1 | James Wilkinson |  Great Britain | 8:39.19 | |
| 16 | 2 | Noureddine Smaïl | France | 8:41.11 | |
| 17 | 1 | Alberto Paulo |  Portugal | 8:41.63 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Itai Maggidi |  Israel | 8:47.29 | |
| 19 | 1 | Rob Mullett | Great Britain | 8:48.38 | |
| DQ | 2 | Ildar Minshin |  Russia | Doping | |
| 20 | 1 | Alexandru Ghinea |  Romania | 8:55.88 | |
| 1 | Jukka Keskisalo |  Finland | DNS | ||
| 1 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey | DNF | ||
| 2 | Luke Gunn | Great Britain | DNF |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 8:33.23 | |
 | Tarık Langat Akdağ | Turkey | 8:35.24 | |
 | Víctor García | Spain | 8:35.87 | |
| DQ | Nordine Gezzar | France | Doping | |
| 4 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:38.58 | |
| 5 | Łukasz Parszczyński | Poland | 8:38.76 | |
| 6 | Yuri Floriani | Italy | 8:39.22 | |
| 7 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:39.35 | |
| 8 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 8:40.05 | |
| 9 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany | 8:41.53 | |
| 10 | Ion Luchianov | Moldova | 8:42.06 | |
| 11 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 8:44.51 | |
| 12 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:48.37 | |
| 13 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | 8:53.30 | |
| 14 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8:58.02 |
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