The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.
Medalists Gold Sándor Rozsnyói Silver Olavi Rinteenpää Bronze Ernst Larsen
Results Final 28 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sándor Rozsnyói 8:49.6 CR NR Olavi Rinteenpää 8:52.4 Ernst Larsen 8:53.2 NR 4 Pentti Karvonen 8:55.2 5 László Jeszenszky 8:59.4 6 Viktor Kurchavov 9:00.2 7 Vlastimil Brlica 9:03.6 NR 8 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin 9:07.4 9 Helmut Thumm 9:07.6 10 John Disley 9:07.6 11 Karl-Heinz Schmalz 9:15.6 Jerzy Chromik DNS
Heats 26 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ernst Larsen 9:00.0 CR Q 2 Sándor Rozsnyói 9:01.0 Q 3 Pentti Karvonen 9:01.2 Q 4 Karl-Heinz Schmalz 9:01.8 Q 5 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin 9:02.2 Q 6 Vlastimil Brlica 9:05.6 NR Q 7 Curt Söderberg 9:12.8 8 Kenneth Johnson 9:17.6 9 Roger Deweer 9:30.2 10 Grigore Cojocaru 9:31.6 11 Gottfried Stäubli 9:32.0
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Viktor Kurchavov 9:06.2 Q 2 László Jeszenszky 9:06.2 Q 3 Jerzy Chromik 9:06.4 Q 4 Olavi Rinteenpää 9:06.8 Q 5 John Disley 9:13.6 Q 6 Helmut Thumm 9:14.4 Q 7 Abdullah Kökpinar 9:32.8 8 Gunnar Tjörnebo 9:36.2 9 Arthur Huber 9:45.4 10 Augusto Silva 9:56.4
Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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