# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 9 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
| European record | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:00.09 | Paris, France | 6 July 2013 |
| Championship record | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:07.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading | Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) | 7:58.15 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:16.97 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 August 2018 | 11:40 | Round 1 |
| 9 August 2018 | 21:20 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 5 (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Yohanes Chiappinelli | Italy | 8:28.41 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Topi Raitanen | Finland | 8:28.48 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 8:28.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Yoann Kowal | France | 8:28.75 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Italy | 8:28.80 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8:28.84 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 2 | Napoleon Solomon | Sweden | 8:29.10 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:29.11 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Daniel Arce | Spain | 8:29.25 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Fernando Carro | Spain | 8:29.63 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:29.67 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Djilali Bedrani | France | 8:29.75 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Tom Erling Kårbø | Norway | 8:29.90 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Zak Seddon | Great Britain | 8:30.00 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Denmark | 8:30.44 | q, SB |
| 16 | 1 | Jamaine Coleman | Great Britain | 8:33.78 | |
| 17 | 1 | Martin Grau | Germany | 8:33.81 | |
| 18 | 2 | Mitko Tsenov | Bulgaria | 8:36.39 | |
| 19 | 1 | Justinas Beržanskis | Lithuania | 8:36.88 | PB |
| 20 | 2 | Ieuan Thomas | Great Britain | 8:40.87 | |
| 21 | 1 | Osama Zoghlami | Italy | 8:43.92 | |
| 22 | 1 | Luca Sinn | Austria | 8:44.80 | PB |
| 23 | 2 | Noah Schutte | Netherlands | 8:45.81 | |
| 24 | 2 | Yervand Mkrtchyan | Armenia | 8:50.35 | PB |
| 25 | 2 | Ivo Balabanov | Bulgaria | 8:51.52 | PB |
| 26 | 2 | Johannes Motschmann | Germany | 8:51.65 | |
| 27 | 2 | André Pereira | Portugal | 8:54.63 | |
| | 1 | Tarık Langat Akdağ | Turkey | DNF | |
| | 1 | Emil Blomberg | Sweden | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 8:31.66 |
| | Fernando Carro | Spain | 8:34.16 |
| | Yohanes Chiappinelli | Italy | 8:35.81 |
| 4 | Yoann Kowal | France | 8:36.77 |
| 5 | Zak Seddon | Great Britain | 8:37.28 |
| 6 | Daniel Arce | Spain | 8:38.12 |
| 7 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:38.59 |
| 8 | Topi Raitanen | Finland | 8:40.11 |
| 9 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 8:40.32 |
| 10 | Djilali Bedrani | France | 8:41.83 |
| 11 | Tom Erling Kårbø | Norway | 8:42.91 |
| 12 | Napoleon Solomon | Sweden | 8:43.66 |
| 13 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Italy | 8:44.77 |
| 14 | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:46.76 |
| 15 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Denmark | 8:48.48 |