Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 17 and 19 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Leonid Savelyev Soviet Union | Michael Karst West Germany | Jan Kondzior Poland |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 8:40.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kazimierz Maranda | Poland | 8:43.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Leonid Savelyev | Soviet Union | 8:45.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Doug Brown | United States | 8:46.6 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | František Tempír | Czechoslovakia | 8:46.8 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Elek Sári | Hungary | 8:59.0 | q |
| 7 | 1 | David Bitarinsaah | Uganda | 9:22.6 | |
| 8 | 1 | Alfredo Palomares | Mexico | 9:25.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Nikolay Mayorov | Soviet Union | 8:44.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jan Kondzior | Poland | 8:44.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Karst | West Germany | 8:47.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Bill Lucas | United States | 8:47.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Mihály Tóth | Hungary | 8:48.6 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 9:11.0 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Emmanuel Mpioh | Congo | 10:01.6 | |
| 8 | 2 | Manuel Izaguirre | Honduras | 10:20.0 | |
| | 2 | Franco Fava | Italy | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Leonid Savelyev | Soviet Union | 8:26.49 |
| | Michael Karst | West Germany | 8:28.32 |
| | Jan Kondzior | Poland | 8:28.66 |
| 4 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 8:29.46 |
| 5 | Kazimierz Maranda | Poland | 8:29.58 |
| 6 | Nikolay Mayorov | Soviet Union | 8:31.85 |
| 7 | Doug Brown | United States | 8:38.2 |
| 8 | Bill Lucas | United States | 8:43.2 |
| 9 | František Tempír | Czechoslovakia | 8:44.0 |
| 10 | Elek Sári | Hungary | 8:51.4 |
| 11 | Mihály Tóth | Hungary | 9:03.0 |
| 12 | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 9:16.4 |
