1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February. The race was stopped one lap short, so the actual distance run was 2820 metres.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Alexandre Gonzalez | France | 9:01 |
| | Evgeni Ignatov | Bulgaria | 9:02 |
| | Valeriy Abramov | Soviet Union | 9:03 |
| 4 | Francis Gonzalez | France | 9:04 |
| 5 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 9:05 |
| 6 | Robert Nemeth | Austria | 9:06 |
| 7 | Lubomír Tesáček | Czechoslovakia | 9:07 |
| 8 | Didier Chauvelier | France | 9:08 |
| 9 | Jef Gees | Belgium | 9:09 |
| 10 | Ken Newton | Great Britain | 9:10 |
| 11 | Nikolaos Chalatzis | Greece | 9:11 |
