1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Dragan Zdravković | Yugoslavia | 7:54.73 |
| | Valeriy Abramov | Soviet Union | 7:57.79 |
| | Uwe Mönkemeyer | West Germany | 7:58.11 |
| 4 | Lubomír Tesáček | Czechoslovakia | 7:58.72 |
| 5 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 7:59.53 |
| 6 | Khristos Papakhristos | Greece | 8:00.10 |
| 7 | László Szász | Hungary | 8:00.20 |
| 8 | Hagen Melzer | East Germany | 8:00.74 |
| 9 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 8:01.83 |
| 10 | Axel Krippschock | East Germany | 8:05.80 |
| 11 | Gerhard Hartmann | Austria | 8:13.90 |
