1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February in Munich.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ingo Sensburg West Germany | Józef Ziubrak Poland | Ray Smedley Great Britain |

## Results

### Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Ray Smedley | Great Britain | 8:02.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ingo Sensburg | West Germany | 8:02.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Józef Ziubrak | Poland | 8:02.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 8:02.8 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dan Glans | Sweden | 8:02.8 | |
| 6 | 1 | Spilios Zacharopoulos | Greece | 8:10.0 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Štefan Polák | Czechoslovakia | 8:10.0 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Fernando Cerrada | Spain | 8:10.2 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Peter Weigt | West Germany | 8:10.2 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Paul Copu | Romania | 8:10.6 | |
| 11 | 1 | Günther Hasler | Liechtenstein | 8:28.4 | |
| | 1 | Ruben Sørensen | Denmark | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ingo Sensburg | West Germany | 8:01.6 |
| | Józef Ziubrak | Poland | 8:02.0 |
| | Ray Smedley | Great Britain | 8:02.2 |
| 4 | Fernando Cerrada | Spain | 8:02.8 |
| 5 | Štefan Polák | Czechoslovakia | 8:03.2 |
| 6 | Peter Weigt | West Germany | 8:03.2 |
| 7 | Spilios Zacharopoulos | Greece | 8:05.2 |
| 8 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 8:10.4 |
