Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 20 and 22 August. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Karst   West Germany	Paul Copu Romania	Ron Addison   United States

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ron Addison	United States	8:33.1	Q
2	1	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:34.0	Q
3	1	Paul Copu	Romania	8:35.0	Q
4	1	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:35.3	Q
5	1	Roberto Volpi	Italy	8:35.6	Q [3]
6	1	Anatoliy Skripkin	Soviet Union	8:36.3	q
7	1	John Davies	United States	8:46.4
8	1	Stanimir Nenov	Bulgaria	8:47.8
9	1	Masanari Shintaku	Japan	8:48.3
10	1	Mohsen Ouerfelli	Tunisia	9:17.7
11	1	Samuel Nyariki	Kenya	9:32.8
1	2	Dan Betini	Romania	8:35.9	Q
2	2	Peter Larkins	Australia	8:36.5	Q [3]
3	2	George Malley	United States	8:37.0	Q
4	2	Eberhard Weyel	West Germany	8:38.6	Q
5	2	Peter Lindtner	Austria	8:39.7	Q
6	2	Imrich Rák	Czechoslovakia	8:40.6	q
7	2	Tony Staynings	Great Britain	8:43.8
8	2	Petko Yordanov	Bulgaria	8:47.9
9	2	Mauri Kontu	Finland	9:05.1
10	2	Dirk Geens	Belgium	9:15.5
11	2	Alfredo Guerrero	Mexico	9:25.6

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:25.9
	Paul Copu	Romania	8:28.8
	Ron Addison	United States	8:29.4
4	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:30.8
5	Dan Betini	Romania	8:37.4
6	Eberhard Weyel	West Germany	8:44.1
7	Imrich Rák	Czechoslovakia	8:50.3
8	Anatoliy Skripkin	Soviet Union	8:55.9
9	Peter Larkins	Australia	8:56.5
10	Roberto Volpi	Italy	9:03.7
11	George Malley	United States	9:04.6
12	Peter Lindtner	Austria	9:21.9

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "Heats results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 22 August 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
3. Year list
4. "Final results". The Charlotte News. 23 August 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". The Tampa Times. 23 August 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.