1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Held on 10 March.

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	7:51.02	Q
2	1	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	7:52.54	Q
3	1	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	7:53.68	Q, NR
4	1	Hartmut Bräuer	West Germany	7:55.18	q
5	1	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	7:55.73	q, NR
6	1	Minivassik Abdulin	Soviet Union	7:56.82
7	1	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	7:59.02
8	2	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	7:59.69	Q
9	2	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	8:00.29	Q
10	2	Vladimir Zatonskiy	Soviet Union	8:00.74	Q
11	2	Mikko Ala-Leppilampi	Finland	8:02.04
12	1	Werner Meier	Switzerland	8:02.60
13	2	Hans-Dieter Schulten	West Germany	8:03.93
14	1	John van der Wansem	Netherlands	8:05.07
15	2	Antonio Burgos	Spain	8:05.82
16	2	Josef Jánský	Czechoslovakia	8:06.78
17	2	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:09.06
18	2	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	8:09.32
19	1	Willi Maier	West Germany	8:11.84
20	2	André Ornelis	Belgium	8:14.35
21	2	Michel Louette	France	8:27.41

Held on 11 March.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	7:44.51
	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	7:51.86
	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	7:52.97	NR
4	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	7:54.60	NR
5	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	7:55.09
6	Vladimir Zatonskiy	Soviet Union	7:55.12
7	Hartmut Bräuer	West Germany	8:02.20
8	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	8:07.08