1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ricky Wilde Great Britain | Harald Norpoth West Germany | Javier Álvarez Spain |

## Results

### Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ricky Wilde | Great Britain | 8:01.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Harald Norpoth | West Germany | 8:02.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 8:02.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jørn Lauenborg | Denmark | 8:03.1 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Pavel Pěnkava | Czechoslovakia | 8:04.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Seppo Tuominen | Finland | 8:09.6 | |
| 1 | 2 | Nikolay Sviridov | Soviet Union | 8:11.8 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Werner Girke | West Germany | 8:13.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kazimierz Maranda | Poland | 8:13.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 8:13.8 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Umberto Risi | Italy | 8:17.0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Terje Schrøder-Nielsen | Norway | 8:18.0 | |
| 7 | 2 | Richard Fink | Austria | 8:26.6 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ricky Wilde | Great Britain | 7:46.85 | WB |
| | Harald Norpoth | West Germany | 7:49.50 | |
| | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 7:52.45 | |
| 4 | Nikolay Sviridov | Soviet Union | 7:54.6 | |
| 5 | Werner Girke | West Germany | 7:56.0 | |
| 6 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 7:57.0 | |
| 7 | Jørn Lauenborg | Denmark | 7:58.2 | |
| 8 | Kazimierz Maranda | Poland | 8:07.2 | |
