European Athletics Championships 1962/3000 m obstacle men

7th European Athletics Championships
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course for men
city	Belgrade
Stadion	Partizan Stadium
Attendees	29 athletes from 18 countries
Competition phase	September 14th (preliminary) September 16th (final)
Medalist
gold	Gaston Roelants ( BEL )
silver	Zoltan Vamoș ( ROM )
bronze	Nikolai Sokolov ( URS )

Panoramic view of the Partizan Stadium 2014 - 52nd years after the European Championships there

The men's 3000-meter obstacle course at the European Athletics Championships in 1962 was held on September 14 and 16, 1962 in Belgrade's Partizan Stadium .

The Belgian Olympic champion in 1960 Gaston Roelants became European champion . He won from the Romanian Zoltan Vamoş . Bronze went to the Soviet Olympic runner-up in 1960 Nikolai Sokolow .

Records

Existing records

World record	8: 30.4 min	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Wałcz , Poland	August 10, 1961
European record
Championship record	8: 38.2 min	Jerzy Chromik	EM Stockholm , Sweden	August 22, 1958

Record improvements

European champion Gaston Roelants improved the EM record in the final on September 16 by 5.6 seconds to 8: 32.6 minutes.  

Preliminary round

September 14, 1962, 6:00 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

Ole Ellefsæter, who also made a name for himself as a cross-country skier, was eliminated as seventh in his run

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Hermann Buhl	Germany	8: 48.2
2	Guy Texereau	France	8: 48.8 NO
3	Vladimir Evdokimov	Soviet Union	8: 49.2
4th	Maurice Herriott	Great Britain	NT
5	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	8: 49.8 SB
6th	Miklos Fazekas	Hungary	8: 57.6
7th	Ole Ellefsæter	Norway	8: 59.8
8th	Georgios Papavasiliou	Greece	9: 05.8 SB
9	Horst Gansel	Austria	9: 14.4 SB
10	Kristleifur Guðbjörnsson	Iceland	9: 30.8 PB

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8: 42.0
2	Nikolai Sokolov	Soviet Union	8: 46.8
3	Rainer Dörner	Germany	8: 46.8
4th	Attila Simon	Hungary	8: 50.0
5	Bohumír Zháňal	Czechoslovakia	8: 51.6 SB
6th	Franc Hafner	Yugoslavia	8: 54.2 PB
7th	Edward Motyl	Poland	8: 55.8 SB
8th	Brian Hall	Great Britain	8: 57.0 PB
9	Gianfranco Sommaggio	Italy	9: 16.8 PB

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Alexei Konow	Soviet Union	8: 43.4
2	Zoltan Vamoş	Romania	8: 44.6
3	Slavko Špan	Yugoslavia	8: 45.0 SB
4th	Esko siren	Finland	8: 46.4
5	Cahit oil	Turkey	8: 47.2 NO
6th	Dave Chapman	Great Britain	8: 50.4 PB
7th	Jerzy Chromik	Poland	8: 54.0 SB
8th	Ludwig Muller	Germany	9: 00.4 PB
9	Joaquim Ferreira	Portugal	9: 01.8 PB
10	Jozsef Macsar	Hungary	9: 04.6 SB

final

European champion Gaston Roelants - two years later also Olympic champion

September 16, 1962, 5:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	8: 32.6 CR / NO
2	Zoltan Vamoş	Romania	8: 37.6 NO
3	Nikolai Sokolov	Soviet Union	8: 40.6 SB
4th	Hermann Buhl	Germany	8: 47.2 SB
5	Attila Simon	Hungary	8: 49.4 SB
6th	Vladimir Evdokimov	Soviet Union	8: 50.8
7th	Guy Texereau	France	8: 51.4
8th	Alexei Konow	Soviet Union	8: 52.6
9	Slavko Špan	Yugoslavia	8: 57.2
10	Esko siren	Finland	8: 59.6
11	Rainer Dörner	Germany	9: 13.8
DNS	Maurice Herriott	Great Britain

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  Hermann Buhl - here in the leading position at the GDR championships in 1962 - reached fourth place, behind him Rainer Dörner, who came eleventh here in Belgrade

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  Slavko Špan finished ninth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 10, 2019
• Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 10, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 10, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, 3000 m obstacle men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 10, 2019
• 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 10, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on May 10, 2019