# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.
Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July. Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA) |
| Silver | Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Ion Luchianov Moldova (MDA) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| European record | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) | 8:01.18 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Francesco Panetta (ITA) | 8:12.66 | Split, Yugoslavia | 30 August 1990 |
| World Leading | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) | 8:00.90 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) | 8:03.72 | Metz, France | 29 June 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:07.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2010 | 11:40 | Round 1 |
| 1 August 2010 | 20:15 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France (FRA) | 8:30.11 | Q |
| DQ | Ildar Minshin | Russia (RUS) | 8:30.14 | Q, Doping |
| DQ | José Luis Blanco | Spain (ESP) | 8:30.53 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany (GER) | 8:30.61 | Q |
| 3 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Norway (NOR) | 8:30.91 | q |
| 4 | Hubert Pokrop | Poland (POL) | 8:32.77 | |
| 5 | Krijn van Koolwyk | Belgium (BEL) | 8:33.00 | |
| 6 | Ángel Mullera | Spain (ESP) | 8:37.38 | |
| 7 | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux | France (FRA) | 8:38.33 | |
| 8 | Pedro Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 8:45.18 | |
| 9 | Joonas Harjamäki | Finland (FIN) | 8:47.25 | |
| 10 | Pep Sansa Bullich | Andorra (AND) | 9:24.39 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France (FRA) | 8:27.32 | Q |
| 2 | Ion Luchianov | Moldova (MDA) | 8:29.49 | Q |
| 3 | Tomasz Szymkowiak | Poland (POL) | 8:30.02 | Q |
| 4 | Alberto Paulo | Portugal (POR) | 8:30.26 | Q |
| 5 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia (SLO) | 8:31.08 | q, SB |
| 6 | Eliseo Martín | Spain (ESP) | 8:31.71 | q |
| 7 | Andrey Farnosov | Russia (RUS) | 8:31.88 | q |
| 8 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden (SWE) | 8:32.05 | |
| 9 | Janne Ukonmaanaho | Finland (FIN) | 8:33.48 | PB |
| 10 | Martin Pröll | Austria (AUT) | 8:41.63 | |
| 11 | Mário Teixeira | Portugal (POR) | 8:42.53 | |
| | Pieter Desmet | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France (FRA) | 8:27.32 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ion Luchianov | Moldova (MDA) | 8:29.49 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tomasz Szymkowiak | Poland (POL) | 8:30.02 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France (FRA) | 8:30.11 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | Ildar Minshin | Russia (RUS) | 8:30.14 | Q, Doping |
| 5 | 2 | Alberto Paulo | Portugal (POR) | 8:30.26 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | José Luis Blanco | Spain (ESP) | 8:30.53 | Q, Doping |
| 6 | 1 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany (GER) | 8:30.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Norway (NOR) | 8:30.91 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia (SLO) | 8:31.08 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Eliseo Martín | Spain (ESP) | 8:31.71 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Andrey Farnosov | Russia (RUS) | 8:31.88 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden (SWE) | 8:32.05 | |
| 12 | 1 | Hubert Pokrop | Poland (POL) | 8:32.77 | |
| 13 | 1 | Krijn van Koolwyk | Belgium (BEL) | 8:33.00 | |
| 14 | 2 | Janne Ukonmaanaho | Finland (FIN) | 8:33.48 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | Ángel Mullera | Spain (ESP) | 8:37.38 | |
| 16 | 1 | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux | France (FRA) | 8:38.33 | |
| 17 | 2 | Martin Pröll | Austria (AUT) | 8:41.63 | |
| 18 | 2 | Mário Teixeira | Portugal (POR) | 8:42.53 | |
| 19 | 1 | Pedro Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 8:45.18 | |
| 20 | 1 | Joonas Harjamäki | Finland (FIN) | 8:47.25 | |
| 21 | 1 | Pep Sansa Bullich | Andorra (AND) | 9:24.39 | |
| | 2 | Pieter Desmet | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France (FRA) | 8:07.87 | CR |
| | Bouabdellah Tahri | France (FRA) | 8:09.28 | |
| DQ | José Luis Blanco | Spain (ESP) | 8:19.15 | Doping |
| | Ion Luchianov | Moldova (MDA) | 8:19.64 | SB |
| 4 | Tomasz Szymkowiak | Poland (POL) | 8:23.37 | |
| DQ | Ildar Minshin | Russia (RUS) | 8:24.87 | Doping |
| 5 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany (GER) | 8:25.39 | PB |
| 6 | Eliseo Martín | Spain (ESP) | 8:27.49 | |
| 7 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Norway (NOR) | 8:27.89 | SB |
| 8 | Alberto Paulo | Portugal (POR) | 8:28.08 | |
| 9 | Andrey Farnosov | Russia (RUS) | 8:37.52 | |
| 10 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia (SLO) | 8:48.83 | |