2025 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Fana Stadion
Location	Bergen, Norway
Dates	19 July (heats) 20 July (final)
Competitors	26 from 13 nations
Winning time	8:20.17 CR , PB
Medalists
Maciej Megier    Poland   Stefan Nillessen    Netherlands   Lourenço Rodrigues    Portugal
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bergen, Norway, at Fana Stadion on 19 and 20 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
European U23 record	Günther Weidlinger  (AUT)	8:10.83	Sevilla, Spain	21 August 1999
Championship U23 record	Martin Pröll  (AUT)	8:25.86	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 July 2003

Results

Heats

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[3]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Youssef Boutayeb	France	8:41.60	Q
2	Cuma Özcan	Turkey	8:42.00	Q, PB
3	Stefan Nillessen	Netherlands	8:42.05	Q
4	Robin Müller  [ d ]	Germany	8:42.10	Q
5	Aarno Liebl	Switzerland	8:42.16 [.157]	Q
6	Tomáš Habarta  [ cs; de; no ]	Czech Republic	8:42.16 [.158]	q
7	Adam Bajorski	Poland	8:48.07 [.066]
8	Manex Civico	Spain	8:48.07 [.067]
9	Ármin Lesták	Hungary	8:52.44	SB
10	Diogo Ávila	Portugal	8:54.11
11	Ayoub Taissir	Italy	8:54.16
12	Leandro Monteiro	Portugal	8:54.55
13	Vebjørn Hovdejord	Norway	8:56.33	SB
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maciej Megier	Poland	8:39.09	Q
2	Lourenço Rodrigues	Portugal	8:39.50	Q, SB
3	Carlos Ángel	Spain	8:40.00	Q
4	Rubén Leonardo	Spain	8:40.07	Q
5	Silas Zahlten	Germany	8:40.32	Q, PB
6	Pierre Boudy	France	8:41.25	q
7	Kurt Lauer	Germany	8:41.48	q, PB
8	Francesco Mazza	Italy	8:41.72	q, PB
9	Oscar Thebaud	France	8:41.77	q
10	Marián Dražan	Czech Republic	8:50.21
11	Clément Labar  [ nl ]	Belgium	8:54.12
12	Diyar Ergüven	Turkey	9:15.07
13	Camilo Irarragorri	Switzerland	9:15.46
[5]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Maciej Megier	Poland	8:20.17	CR , PB
	Stefan Nillessen	Netherlands	8:20.48	NU23R
	Lourenço Rodrigues	Portugal	8:21.99	NU23R
4	Rubén Leonardo	Spain	8:25.07	PB
5	Carlos Ángel	Spain	8:26.65	PB
6	Robin Müller  [ d ]	Germany	8:29.38
7	Pierre Boudy	France	8:30.03
8	Tomáš Habarta  [ cs; de; no ]	Czech Republic	8:30.45
9	Silas Zahlten	Germany	8:32.76	PB
10	Aarno Liebl	Switzerland	8:42.22
11	Cuma Özcan	Turkey	8:43.97
12	Kurt Lauer	Germany	8:44.40
13	Oscar Thebaud	France	8:51.47
14	Youssef Boutayeb	France	8:55.84
15	Francesco Mazza	Italy	9:01.56
[6]

References

1. "2025 U23 European Athletics Championships Bergen schedule". Etusuora. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. "European Athletics U23 Championships 2025 - Results & Schedule". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
3. "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
4. "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Round 1 - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
5. "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Round 1 - Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
6. "Men's 3000 metres steeplechase - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.