1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 23 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Damian Kallabis Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy |
| Bronze | Jim Svenøy Norway |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 8:26.52 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 8:26.92 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:26.92 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:27.05 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Luis Martín | Spain | 8:27.31 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Eliseo Martín | Spain | 8:27.35 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Ramiro Morán | Spain | 8:27.46 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Damian Kallabis | Germany | 8:27.54 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Rafał Wójcik | Poland | 8:27.79 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | André Green | Germany | 8:27.98 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France | 8:28.30 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 8:28.77 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Georgios Giannelis | Greece | 8:28.81 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Vincent Le Dauphin | France | 8:29.08 | |
| 15 | 2 | Michael Buchleitner | Austria | 8:31.54 | |
| 16 | 1 | João Junqueira | Portugal | 8:32.02 | |
| 17 | 2 | Mohamed Belabbes | France | 8:33.64 | |
| 18 | 2 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 8:35.05 | |
| 19 | 1 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 8:38.89 | |
| 20 | 1 | Jan Zakrzewski | Poland | 8:40.94 | |
| 21 | 2 | Panagiotis Papoulias | Greece | 8:45.01 | |
| 22 | 1 | Michał Bartoszak | Poland | 8:45.70 | |
| 23 | 2 | Yaroslav Mushinskiy | Moldova | 8:47.27 | |
| 24 | 1 | Konstantin Tomskiy | Russia | 8:49.53 | |
| 25 | 2 | Ville-Veikko Sainio | Finland | 8:52.23 | |
| 26 | 2 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 8:52.65 | SB |
| | 1 | Günther Weidlinger | Austria | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Damian Kallabis | Germany | 8:13.10 | PB |
| | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:16.70 | SB |
| | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:18.97 | |
| 4 | Luis Martín | Spain | 8:20.54 | PB |
| 5 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 8:20.96 | |
| 6 | Ramiro Morán | Spain | 8:24.06 | PB |
| 7 | Eliseo Martín | Spain | 8:26.60 | |
| 8 | Rafał Wójcik | Poland | 8:27.74 | |
| 9 | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 8:31.72 | |
| 10 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France | 8:41.45 | |
| 11 | André Green | Germany | 9:03.17 | |
| 12 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | DNF | |
