2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 17 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aleksandr Pavelyev Russia |
| - | - |
| Silver | José Luis Galván Spain |
| Bronze | Krystian Zalewski Poland |

## Results

### Final

19 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Aleksandr Pavelyev | Russia | 8:40.55 |
| | José Luis Galván | Spain | 8:41.53 |
| | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:42.06 |
| 4 | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:42.69 |
| 5 | Stephen Lisgo | United Kingdom | 8:45.77 |
| 6 | Christian Steinhammer | Austria | 8:56.21 |
| 7 | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:56.84 |
| 8 | Eric Senorski | Sweden | 8:58.17 |
| 9 | Osman Baş | Turkey | 8:59.28 |
| 10 | Valentin Pfeil | Austria | 8:59.34 |
| 11 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 9:09.13 |
| 12 | Konstantīns Savčuks | Latvia | 9:24.14 |

### Heats

17 July Qualified: first 4 each heat and 4 best to Final

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexandru Ghinea | Romania | 8:48.59 | Q |
| 2 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 8:48.69 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastián Martos | Spain | 8:49.02 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Pavelyev | Russia | 8:50.73 | Q |
| 5 | Christian Steinhammer | Austria | 8:56.58 | q |
| 6 | Eric Senorski | Sweden | 8:57.21 | q |
| 7 | Osman Baş | Turkey | 8:57.39 | q |
| 8 | Younes El Haddad | France | 9:03.09 | |
| 9 | Noam Ne'eman | Israel | 9:05.73 | |
| 10 | Tahar Semlali | France | 9:11.75 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | José Luis Galván | Spain | 8:57.53 | Q |
| 2 | Stephen Lisgo | United Kingdom | 8:59.45 | Q |
| 3 | Łukasz Oślizło | Poland | 9:00.29 | Q |
| 4 | Valentin Pfeil | Austria | 9:00.93 | Q |
| 5 | Konstantīns Savčuks | Latvia | 9:01.80 | q |
| 6 | Artur Olejarz | Poland | 9:02.43 | |
| 7 | Milan Kocourek | Czech Republic | 9:04.12 | |
| 8 | Sebastien Hours | France | 9:05.99 | |
| 9 | Sedat Günen | Turkey | 9:12.70 | |
| 10 | Andrej Jegorov | Lithuania | 9:16.37 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (3)
* Israel (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
