The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 11.
Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJukka KeskisaloJosé Luis BlancoBouabdellah Tahri
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 9, 2006 10:10 SemifinalsAugust 11, 2006 19:25 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Antonio David Jiménez 8:24.12 Q 2 2 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:24.38 Q 3 2 Itai Maggidi 8:25.04 Q, NR 4 2 Radosław Popławski 8:25.54 Q 5 2 Mustafa Mohamed 8:26.66 q 6 2 Günther Weidlinger 8:27.53 q 7 2 Jukka Keskisalo 8:29.06 q 8 1 Simon Vroemen 8:29.62 Q 9 1 José Luis Blanco 8:30.26 Q 10 1 César Pérez 8:30.52 Q 11 1 Martin Pröll 8:31.34 Q 12 1 Pavel Potapovich 8:32.78 q 13 2 Pieter Desmet 8:32.93 14 2 Andrey Kozhevnikov 8:33.00 15 1 Ion Luchianov 8:34.86 16 2 Adam Bowden 8:35.79 17 2 Andrey Farnosov 8:36.94 18 1 Tomasz Szymkowiak 8:37.00 19 1 Matteo Villani 8:39.66 20 1 Jermaine Mays 8:41.70 21 2 Vadym Slobodenyuk 8:42.55 22 1 Mário Teixeira 8:43.14 23 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 8:53.93 24 1 Mohamed-Khaled Belabbas 9:01.62 25 2 Boštjan Buč 9:13.90 1 Vincent Le Dauphin
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jukka Keskisalo 8:24.89 José Luis Blanco 8:26.22 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:27.15 Mustafa Mohamed 8:27.79 Antonio David Jiménez 8:28.78 Radosław Popławski 8:29.33 Günther Weidlinger 8:29.54 César Pérez 8:30.40 Martin Pröll 8:35.69 10 Pavel Potapovich 8:38.19 11 Itai Maggidi 8:52.69 Simon Vroemen DNS
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