1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 9 and 12 August 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy |
| - | - |
| Silver | Angelo Carosi Italy |
| Bronze | William Van Dijck Belgium |

## Results

### Final

12 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:22.40 | |
| | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 8:23.53 | |
| | William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8:24.86 | |
| 4 | Mark Rowland | United Kingdom | 8:26.00 | |
| 5 | Vladimir Pronin | Russia | 8:26.33 | PB |
| 6 | Martin Strege | Germany | 8:26.36 | |
| 7 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:28.12 | PB |
| 8 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8:28.25 | |
| 9 | Kim Bauermeister | Germany | 8:32.58 | |
| 10 | Tom Hanlon | United Kingdom | 8:36.06 | |
| 11 | Justin Chaston | United Kingdom | 8:36.83 | |
| 12 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 8:46.60 | |

### Heats

9 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 8:29.81 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Bauermeister | Germany | 8:29.90 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Rowland | United Kingdom | 8:30.24 | Q |
| 4 | William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8:30.93 | Q |
| 5 | Tom Hanlon | United Kingdom | 8:31.50 | q |
| 6 | Michael Buchleitner | Austria | 8:33.90 | |
| 7 | Ville Hautala | Finland | 8:35.87 | |
| 8 | Elisardo de la Torre | Spain | 8:38.16 | |
| 9 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 8:47.49 | |
| | Jon Azkueta | Spain | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:28.68 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Strege | Germany | 8:28.92 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Pronin | Russia | 8:29.35 | Q |
| 4 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 8:29.82 | Q |
| 5 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:30.14 | q |
| 6 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8:30.78 | q |
| 7 | Justin Chaston | United Kingdom | 8:31.08 | q |
| 8 | Vasiliy Omelyusik | Belarus | 8:33.92 | |
| 9 | Kåre Sørensen | Denmark | 8:35.20 | |
| 10 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 8:37.83 | |
| 11 | Antonio Peula | Spain | 8:44.21 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
