Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 31 August.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 8:25.83 |
| | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 8:27.91 |
| | Michael Buchleitner | Austria | 8:28.92 |
| 4 | Vladimir Pronin | Russia | 8:31.35 |
| 5 | Konstantin Tomskiy | Russia | 8:32.42 |
| 6 | Daniel Njenga | Kenya | 8:32.70 |
| 7 | Sammy Nyamongo | Kenya | 8:32.97 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Maffei | Italy | 8:34.98 |
| 9 | John Mortimer | United States | 8:35.83 |
| 10 | Simon Vroemen | Netherlands | 8:36.89 |
| 11 | Adam Dobrzyński | Poland | 8:37.01 |
| 12 | Serhiy Redko | Ukraine | 8:37.55 |
| 13 | Hamid Ibrahim Sadjadi | Iran | 8:37.75 |
| 14 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 8:37.78 |
| 15 | Elisardo de la Torre | Spain | 8:43.48 |
| 16 | Stéphane Desaulty | France | 8:47.39 |
| 17 | Janko Podgoršek | Slovenia | 8:51.52 |
| 18 | Cândido Maya | Portugal | 8:52.54 |
| 19 | Alberto Genovés | Spain | 8:54.96 |
| 20 | Mārtiņš Alksnis | Latvia | 8:59.09 |
| 21 | Iaroslav Mușinschi | Moldova | 9:06.48 |
| | Steffen Brandis | Germany | DNF |
| | Øyvind Fretheim | Norway | DNF |
| | Jan Erik Christiansen | Norway | DNF |
| | Brady Bonsall | United States | DNF |
