1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 and 11 March in Rotterdam.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Emiel Puttemans Belgium | Willy Polleunis Belgium | Pekka Päivärinta Finland |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 10 March.

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 7:51.02 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Gert Eisenberg | East Germany | 7:52.54 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 7:53.68 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Hartmut Bräuer | West Germany | 7:55.18 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland | 7:55.73 | q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | Minivassik Abdulin | Soviet Union | 7:56.82 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jos Hermens | Netherlands | 7:59.02 | |
| 8 | 2 | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | 7:59.69 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Egbert Nijstadt | Netherlands | 8:00.29 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Vladimir Zatonskiy | Soviet Union | 8:00.74 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | Finland | 8:02.04 | |
| 12 | 1 | Werner Meier | Switzerland | 8:02.60 | |
| 13 | 2 | Hans-Dieter Schulten | West Germany | 8:03.93 | |
| 14 | 1 | John van der Wansem | Netherlands | 8:05.07 | |
| 15 | 2 | Antonio Burgos | Spain | 8:05.82 | |
| 16 | 2 | Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 8:06.78 | |
| 17 | 2 | Mikhail Zhelev | Bulgaria | 8:09.06 | |
| 18 | 2 | Jürgen Haase | East Germany | 8:09.32 | |
| 19 | 1 | Willi Maier | West Germany | 8:11.84 | |
| 20 | 2 | André Ornelis | Belgium | 8:14.35 | |
| 21 | 2 | Michel Louette | France | 8:27.41 | |

### Final

Held on 11 March.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 7:44.51 | |
| | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | 7:51.86 | |
| | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 7:52.97 | NR |
| 4 | Egbert Nijstadt | Netherlands | 7:54.60 | NR |
| 5 | Gert Eisenberg | East Germany | 7:55.09 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Zatonskiy | Soviet Union | 7:55.12 | |
| 7 | Hartmut Bräuer | West Germany | 8:02.20 | |
| 8 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland | 8:07.08 | |
