# 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 15 and 17 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sebastián Martos Spain |
| Silver | Abdelaziz Merzougui Spain |
| Bronze | Alexandru Ghinea Romania |

## Results
### Final

17 July 2011 / 17:40
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:35.35 | |
| | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:36.21 | |
| | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:38.51 | |
| 4 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | 8:41.82 | |
| 5 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:42.37 | PB |
| 6 | Tanguy Pepiot | France | 8:43.48 | |
| 7 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:45.33 | |
| 8 | Tom Erling Kårbø | Norway | 8:46.96 | |
| 9 | Eric Senorski | Sweden | 8:50.02 | |
| 10 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 8:52.38 | |
| 11 | Benedikt Karus | Germany | 8:56.80 | |
| 12 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 9:05.66 | |
Intermediate times: 1000m: 2:55.80 Patrick Nasti Italy 2000m: 5:49.20 Eric Senorski Sweden

### Heats

Qualified: First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 8:38.28 | Q PB |
| 2 | Tanguy Pepiot | France | 8:41.04 | Q |
| 3 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:41.90 | Q |
| 4 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | 8:41.94 | Q |
| 5 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:42.16 | q PB |
| 6 | Tom Erling Kårbø | Norway | 8:42.40 | Q PB |
| 7 | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:42.48 | Q |
| 8 | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:42.71 | Q |
| 9 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:42.72 | Q |
| 10 | Benedikt Karus | Germany | 8:42.97 | q |
| 11 | Eric Senorski | Sweden | 8:45.78 | q |
| 12 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 8:49.35 | q |
| 13 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8:53.15 | NR |
| 14 | Benjamin André | France | 8:54.85 | |
| 15 | Jacek Żądło | Poland | 8:55.90 | |
| 16 | Andrea Scoleri | Italy | 8:56.75 | |
| 17 | Daniel Gregório | Portugal | 8:57.66 | |
| 18 | Andreas Åhwall | Sweden | 9:01.06 | |
| 19 | David Flynn | Ireland | 9:04.60 | |
| 20 | Sait Özdemir | Turkey | 9:07.47 | |
| 21 | Yuriy Kishchenko | Ukraine | 9:10.53 | |
| 22 | Paulo Lopes | Portugal | 9:11.26 | |
| 23 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Denmark | 9:16.81 | |
| | Abdelatif Hadjam | France | DNF | |

#### Details
##### Heat 1

15 July 2011 / 11:45
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Erling Kårbø | Norway | 8:42.40 | Q PB |
| 2 | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:42.48 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:42.71 | Q |
| 4 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:42.72 | Q |
| 5 | Benedikt Karus | Germany | 8:42.97 | q |
| 6 | Hakan Duvar | Turkey | 8:49.35 | q |
| 7 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8:53.15 | NR |
| 8 | Benjamin André | France | 8:54.85 | |
| 9 | Andrea Scoleri | Italy | 8:56.75 | |
| 10 | Andreas Åhwall | Sweden | 9:01.06 | |
| 11 | Yuriy Kishchenko | Ukraine | 9:10.53 | |
| 12 | Paulo Lopes | Portugal | 9:11.26 | |
Intermediate times: 1000m: 2:56.17 Alexandru Ghinea Romania 2000m: 5:57.95 Alexandru Ghinea Romania

##### Heat 2

15 July 2011 / 12:00
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 8:38.28 | Q PB |
| 2 | Tanguy Pepiot | France | 8:41.04 | Q |
| 3 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:41.90 | Q |
| 4 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | 8:41.94 | Q |
| 5 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 8:42.16 | q PB |
| 6 | Eric Senorski | Sweden | 8:45.78 | q |
| 7 | Jacek Żądło | Poland | 8:55.90 | |
| 8 | Daniel Gregório | Portugal | 8:57.66 | |
| 9 | David Flynn | Ireland | 9:04.60 | |
| 10 | Sait Özdemir | Turkey | 9:07.47 | |
| 11 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Denmark | 9:16.81 | |
| | Abdelatif Hadjam | France | DNF | |
Intermediate times: 1000m: 2:53.13 Eric Senorski Sweden 2000m: 5:49.02 Eric Senorski Sweden

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (1)