# 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 15 and 16 July.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| 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

Qualification rules: First 5 in each heat (Q) will qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Valentin Bresc | France | 8:44.52 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Florian Zittel | Germany | 8:44.70 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Etson Barros | Portugal | 8:45.84 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Baptiste Guyon | France | 8:46.01 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Cesare Caiani | Italy | 8:48.99 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Maciej Megier | Poland | 8:50.10 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Alejandro Quijada | Spain | 8:50.67 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Luc Le Baron | France | 8:51.00 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Clément Labar | Belgium | 8:51.12 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Tomáš Habarta | Czech Republic | 8:51.27 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Carlos Ángel | Spain | 8:51.44 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Eduardo Pestana | Portugal | 8:51.90 | Q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Pedro Garcia Paciencia | Spain | 8:52.01 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Adam Kołodziej | Poland | 8:52.23 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Luca Minale | Greece | 8:52.26 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Maxim Wyss | Switzerland | 8:53.12 | PB |
| 17 | 1 | Gil Weicherding | Luxembourg | 8:58.34 | |
| 18 | 1 | João Pais | Portugal | 8:58.93 | |
| 19 | 3 | Adam Ochnik | Poland | 9:01.32 | |
| 20 | 1 | Martin Kováčech | Czech Republic | 9:03.27 | |
| 21 | 2 | Baran Ergüven | Turkey | 9:03.85 | |
| 22 | 1 | Didrik Røssum Jensen | Denmark | 9:05.09 | PB |
| 23 | 3 | Damian Didier Mititelu | Romania | 9:05.81 | |
| 24 | 3 | Tomer Mualem | Israel | 9:06.73 | SB |
| 25 | 2 | Thomas Bridger | Great Britain | 9:10.39 | |
| 26 | 1 | Carmelo Cannizzaro | Italy | 9:10.79 | |
| 27 | 2 | Nestoras Kolios | Greece | 9:12.01 | |
| 28 | 2 | Jesper Andreas Matsson | Norway | 9:12.02 | |
| 29 | 2 | Robin Müller | Germany | 9:13.46 | |
| 30 | 3 | Samuel Auvinen | Finland | 9:16.41 | |
| 31 | 1 | Nils Bredin | Sweden | 9:16.68 | |
| 32 | 3 | James Dunne | Ireland | 9:26.25 | |
| 33 | 3 | Jonas Schaub | Switzerland | 9:34.70 | |
| 34 | 2 | Ruslan Naumov | Ukraine | 10:07.80 | |
| | 3 | Vebjørn Hovdejord | Norway | DNF | DNF |
| | 1 | Sean McGinley | Ireland | DNF | DNF |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Alejandro Quijada | Spain | 8:28.91 | PB |
| | Etson Barros | Portugal | 8:32.08 | |
| | Baptiste Guyon | France | 8:33.64 | |
| 4 | Valentin Bresc | France | 8:42.48 | |
| 5 | Tomáš Habarta | Czech Republic | 8:42.80 | PB |
| 6 | Cesare Caiani | Italy | 8:43.74 | PB |
| 7 | Luc Le Baron | France | 8:45.45 | |
| 8 | Clément Labar | Belgium | 8:47.38 | |
| 9 | Carlos Ángel | Spain | 8:51.27 | |
| 10 | Eduardo Pestana | Portugal | 8:51.83 | PB |
| 11 | Maciej Megier | Poland | 8:53.70 | |
| 12 | Adam Kołodziej | Poland | 8:57.38 | |
| 13 | Luca Minale | Greece | 9:02.18 | |
| 14 | Florian Zittel | Germany | 9:08.31 | |
| | Pedro Garcia Paciencia | Spain | DQ | DQ |