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1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the European Athletics Championships

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.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Sándor Rozsnyói
 Hungary
Silver Olavi Rinteenpää
 Finland
Bronze Ernst Larsen
 Norway

Results

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Final

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28 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sándor Rozsnyói  Hungary 8:49.6 CR NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 8:52.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ernst Larsen  Norway 8:53.2 NR
4 Pentti Karvonen  Finland 8:55.2
5 László Jeszenszky  Hungary 8:59.4
6 Viktor Kurchavov  Soviet Union 9:00.2
7 Vlastimil Brlica  Czechoslovakia 9:03.6 NR
8 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin  Soviet Union 9:07.4
9 Helmut Thumm  West Germany 9:07.6
10 John Disley  Great Britain 9:07.6
11 Karl-Heinz Schmalz  West Germany 9:15.6
Jerzy Chromik  Poland DNS

Heats

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26 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ernst Larsen  Norway 9:00.0 CR Q
2 Sándor Rozsnyói  Hungary 9:01.0 Q
3 Pentti Karvonen  Finland 9:01.2 Q
4 Karl-Heinz Schmalz  West Germany 9:01.8 Q
5 Yevgeniy Kodyaykin  Soviet Union 9:02.2 Q
6 Vlastimil Brlica  Czechoslovakia 9:05.6 NR Q
7 Curt Söderberg  Sweden 9:12.8
8 Kenneth Johnson  Great Britain 9:17.6
9 Roger Deweer  Belgium 9:30.2
10 Grigore Cojocaru  Romania 9:31.6
11 Gottfried Stäubli   Switzerland 9:32.0

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Viktor Kurchavov  Soviet Union 9:06.2 Q
2 László Jeszenszky  Hungary 9:06.2 Q
3 Jerzy Chromik  Poland 9:06.4 Q
4 Olavi Rinteenpää  Finland 9:06.8 Q
5 John Disley  Great Britain 9:13.6 Q
6 Helmut Thumm  West Germany 9:14.4 Q
7 Abdullah Kökpinar  Turkey 9:32.8
8 Gunnar Tjörnebo  Sweden 9:36.2
9 Arthur Huber   Switzerland 9:45.4
10 Augusto Silva  Portugal 9:56.4

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014