2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 11.

Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Jukka Keskisalo
 Finland
José Luis Blanco
 Spain
Bouabdellah Tahri
 France

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 9, 200610:10Semifinals
August 11, 200619:25Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Antonio David Jiménez Spain8:24.12Q
22Bouabdellah Tahri France8:24.38Q
32Itai Maggidi Israel8:25.04Q, NR
42Radosław Popławski Poland8:25.54Q
52Mustafa Mohamed Sweden8:26.66q
62Günther Weidlinger Austria8:27.53q
72Jukka Keskisalo Finland8:29.06q
81Simon Vroemen Netherlands8:29.62Q
91José Luis Blanco Spain8:30.26Q
101César Pérez Spain8:30.52Q
111Martin Pröll Austria8:31.34Q
121Pavel Potapovich Russia8:32.78q
132Pieter Desmet Belgium8:32.93
142Andrey Kozhevnikov Russia8:33.00
151Ion Luchianov Moldova8:34.86
162Adam Bowden United Kingdom8:35.79
172Andrey Farnosov Russia8:36.94
181Tomasz Szymkowiak Poland8:37.00
191Matteo Villani Italy8:39.66
201Jermaine Mays United Kingdom8:41.70
212Vadym Slobodenyuk Ukraine8:42.55
221Mário Teixeira Portugal8:43.14
231Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Norway8:53.93
241Mohamed-Khaled Belabbas France9:01.62
252Boštjan Buč Slovenia9:13.90
1Vincent Le Dauphin FranceDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jukka Keskisalo Finland8:24.89
José Luis Blanco Spain8:26.22
Bouabdellah Tahri France8:27.15
4Mustafa Mohamed Sweden8:27.79
5Antonio David Jiménez Spain8:28.78
6Radosław Popławski Poland8:29.33
7Günther Weidlinger Austria8:29.54
8César Pérez Spain8:30.40
9Martin Pröll Austria8:35.69
10Pavel Potapovich Russia8:38.19
11Itai Maggidi Israel8:52.69
Simon Vroemen NetherlandsDNS
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