The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20 and 22 August 1958.
Medalists Gold Jerzy Chromik Silver Semyon Rzhishchin Bronze Hans Hüneke
Results Final 22 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jerzy Chromik 8:38.2 CR Semyon Rzhishchin 8:38.8 Hans Hüneke 8:43.6 4 Sergey Ponomaryev 8:44.0 5 Vlastimil Brlica 8:46.6 6 Gyula Varga 8:48.4 7 Lars Helander 8:50.2 8 Georgios Papavasiliou 8:51.2 NR 9 Olavi Rinteenpää 8:52.6 10 Reidar Næss 8:54.6 11 Hermann Bühl 9:03.0 12 Bohumír Zháňal 9:24.4
Heats 20 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Semyon Rzhishchin 8:47.6 CR Q 2 Vlastimil Brlica 8:47.6 CR Q 3 Jerzy Chromik 8:49.2 Q 4 Hans Hüneke 8:50.6 Q 5 Olavi Rinteenpää 8:53.0 Q 6 Reidar Næss 8:53.6 Q 7 Manuel Alonso 8:56.2 NR 8 Hedwig Leenaert 9:09.6 9 Eric Shirley 9:17.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Georgios Papavasiliou 8:55.4 Q 2 Sergey Ponomaryev 8:56.2 Q 3 Gyula Varga 8:59.8 Q 4 Hermann Bühl 9:01.8 Q 5 Lars Helander 9:04.8 Q 6 Bohumír Zháňal 9:09.4 Q 7 Walter Kammermann 9:17.2
Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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