The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23 and 24 July 1981.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJohn GregorekTommy EkblomMariano Scartezzini
Results Heats
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Tommy Ekblom 8:35.16 Q 2 1 Giuseppe Gerbi 8:35.16 Q 3 1 Dan Betini 8:35.75 Q 4 2 Filippos Filippou 8:36.05 Q 5 1 Valeriy Gryaznov 8:36.22 Q 6 1 John Gregorek 8:37.52 Q 7 1 Panayot Kachanov 8:38.02 Q 8 1 Tadasu Kawano 8:38.45 q 9 2 Masami Otsuka 8:39.44 Q 10 2 Nicolae Voicu 8:39.49 Q 11 2 Ivan Danu 8:39.52 Q 12 2 Roger Hackney 8:40.05 Q 13 2 Mariano Scartezzini 8:40.31 Q 14 2 Francisco Silva 8:46.64 q 15 2 Yehuda Tzadok 8:52.55 q 16 1 Sefa Het 8:53.07 17 1 Jorge Pitayo 9:10.66 18 1 Emmanuel Mpioh 9:12.09 19 2 Nabil Chouéri 9:20.00
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes John Gregorek 8:21.26 UR Tommy Ekblom 8:21.93 Mariano Scartezzini 8:28.03 Giuseppe Gerbi 8:29.07 Valeriy Gryaznov 8:29.61 Ivan Danu 8:29.63 Nicolae Voicu 8:30.14 Panayot Kachanov 8:35.10 Year list Filippos Filippou 8:37.57 10 Masami Otsuka 8:39.11 11 Tadasu Kawano 8:39.24 12 Dan Betini 8:41.46 13 Roger Hackney 8:57.68 14 Yehuda Tzadok 8:58.27 15 Francisco Silva 9:04.88
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