The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July.IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 . IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25. Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.

Medalists Gold Mahiedine Mekhissi-BenabbadFrance (FRA)Silver Bouabdellah TahriFrance (FRA)Bronze Ion LuchianovMoldova (MDA)

Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record7:53.63Brussels, Belgium3 September 2004European record8:01.18Berlin, Germany18 August 2009Championship record8:12.66Split, Yugoslavia30 August 1990World Leading8:00.90Saint-Denis, France16 July 2010European Leading8:03.72Metz, France29 June 2010Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsChampionship record8:07.87Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010

Schedule Date Time Round 30 July 2010 11:40 Round 1 1 August 2010 20:15 Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:30.11 Q Ildar Minshin 8:30.14 Q, Doping José Luis Blanco 8:30.53 Q, Doping 2 Steffen Uliczka 8:30.61 Q 3 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 8:30.91 q 4 Hubert Pokrop 8:32.77 5 Krijn van Koolwyk 8:33.00 6 Ángel Mullera 8:37.38 7 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux 8:38.33 8 Pedro Ribeiro 8:45.18 9 Joonas Harjamäki 8:47.25 10 Pep Sansa Bullich 9:24.39

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:27.32 Q 2 Ion Luchianov 8:29.49 Q 3 Tomasz Szymkowiak 8:30.02 Q 4 Alberto Paulo 8:30.26 Q 5 Boštjan Buč 8:31.08 q, SB 6 Eliseo Martín 8:31.71 q 7 Andrey Farnosov 8:31.88 q 8 Mustafa Mohamed 8:32.05 9 Janne Ukonmaanaho 8:33.48 PB 10 Martin Pröll 8:41.63 11 Mário Teixeira 8:42.53 Pieter Desmet

Summary Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:27.32 Q 2 2 Ion Luchianov 8:29.49 Q 3 2 Tomasz Szymkowiak 8:30.02 Q 4 1 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:30.11 Q 1 Ildar Minshin 8:30.14 Q, Doping 5 2 Alberto Paulo 8:30.26 Q 1 José Luis Blanco 8:30.53 Q, Doping 6 1 Steffen Uliczka 8:30.61 Q 7 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 8:30.91 q 8 2 Boštjan Buč 8:31.08 q, SB 9 2 Eliseo Martín 8:31.71 q 10 2 Andrey Farnosov 8:31.88 q 11 2 Mustafa Mohamed 8:32.05 12 1 Hubert Pokrop 8:32.77 13 1 Krijn van Koolwyk 8:33.00 14 2 Janne Ukonmaanaho 8:33.48 PB 15 1 Ángel Mullera 8:37.38 16 1 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux 8:38.33 17 2 Martin Pröll 8:41.63 18 2 Mário Teixeira 8:42.53 19 1 Pedro Ribeiro 8:45.18 20 1 Joonas Harjamäki 8:47.25 21 1 Pep Sansa Bullich 9:24.39 2 Pieter Desmet

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:07.87 CR Bouabdellah Tahri 8:09.28 José Luis Blanco 8:19.15 Doping Ion Luchianov 8:19.64 SB Tomasz Szymkowiak 8:23.37 Ildar Minshin 8:24.87 Doping Steffen Uliczka 8:25.39 PB Eliseo Martín 8:27.49 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 8:27.89 SB Alberto Paulo 8:28.08 Andrey Farnosov 8:37.52 10 Boštjan Buč 8:48.83

References Round 1 Results Final Results Full results