# 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 9 and 11 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
### Round 1

Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Simão Bastos | Portugal | 8:43.71 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Leon Berthold | Switzerland | 8:44.19 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Alejandro Quijada | Spain | 8:44.53 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Baptiste Guyon | France | 8:45.00 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Giovanni Gatto | Italy | 8:45.56 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Eemil Helander | Finland | 8:46.02 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Etson Barros | Portugal | 8:46.91 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | István Palkovits | Hungary | 8:48.69 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Rayan Vanderpoorten | Belgium | 8:48.80 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Nahuel Carabaña | Andorra | 8:49.10 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Estanislao Nicolas Ruiz Ullate | Spain | 8:49.83 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Rémi Schyns | Belgium | 8:49.94 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Nick Jäger | Germany | 8:50.10 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Baptiste Coudert | France | 8:51.07 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | David Foller | Czech Republic | 8:51.63 | q, PB |
| 16 | 2 | Wilho Hautala | Finland | 8:51.94 | |
| 17 | 3 | Levente Szemerei | Hungary | 8:52.03 | |
| 18 | 2 | Axel Djurberg | Sweden | 8:52.43 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | Martin Kováčech | Czech Republic | 8:53.54 | PB |
| 20 | 3 | Mikołaj Czeronek | Poland | 8:53.65 | |
| 21 | 1 | Velten Schneider | Germany | 8:54.17 | |
| 22 | 3 | Miloš Malešević | Serbia | 8:56.23 | PB |
| 23 | 3 | Zemenu Muchie | Israel | 9:01.34 | |
| 24 | 2 | Loris Pellaz | Switzerland | 9:08.42 | |
| 25 | 1 | Omar Nuur | Sweden | 9:08.46 | |
| 26 | 2 | Vasyl Sabunyak | Ukraine | 9:09.26 | |
| 27 | 1 | Finley Daly | Ireland | 9:09.58 | |
| 28 | 1 | Aliaksandr Shustik | Belarus | 9:10.23 | |
| 29 | 3 | Vladyslav Martynyuk | Ukraine | 9:17.87 | |
| 30 | 2 | Abdullah Tuğluk | Turkey | 9:18.33 | |
| 31 | 1 | Lovro Nedeljković | Croatia | 9:23.25 | |
| 32 | 1 | Yunus Emre Akkuş | Turkey | 9:30.04 | |
| 33 | 2 | Leonid Vandevski | North Macedonia | 9:48.69 | |
| | 2 | Carlos Muñoz | Spain | DNF | DNF |
| | 2 | Bruno Belčić | Croatia | DNF | DNF |
| | 1 | Giedrius Valinčius | Lithuania | DNF | DNF |
| | 1 | Olof Silvander | Sweden | DNF | DNF |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | István Palkovits | Hungary | 8:34.05 | |
| | Etson Barros | Portugal | 8:38.00 | PB |
| | Nahuel Carabaña | Andorra | 8:39.17 | |
| 4 | Eemil Helander | Finland | 8:39.75 | PB |
| 5 | Alejandro Quijada | Spain | 8:44.48 | |
| 6 | Rayan Vanderpoorten | Belgium | 8:44.93 | PB |
| 7 | Baptiste Guyon | France | 8:45.78 | |
| 8 | Leon Berthold | Switzerland | 8:46.62 | |
| 9 | Simão Bastos | Portugal | 8:48.38 | |
| 10 | David Foller | Czech Republic | 8:50.43 | PB |
| 11 | Nick Jäger | Germany | 8:50.77 | |
| 12 | Giovanni Gatto | Italy | 8:54.00 | |
| 13 | Estanislao Nicolas Ruiz Ullate | Spain | 8:58.11 | |
| 14 | Rémi Schyns | Belgium | 9:05.48 |
| 15 | Baptiste Coudert | France | 9:10.19 |