European Athletics Championships 1994/3000 m obstacle men

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	21 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 9th (preliminary) August 12th (final)
Medalist Alessandro Lambruschini ( ITA )   Angelo Carosi ( ITA )   William Van Dijck ( BEL )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held on August 9th and 12th, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

In this competition there was an Italian double victory. The European champion was Alessandro Lambruschini , bronze medalist at the European Championships in 1990 and the World Championships in 1993 . The silver medal went to Angelo Carosi . The Belgian William Van Dijck came in third place.

Existing records

World record	8: 02.08 min	Moses Kiptanui	Zurich , Switzerland	19th August 1992
European record	8: 07.62 min	Joseph Mahmoud	Brussels , Belgium	August 24, 1984
EM record	8: 12.66 min	Francesco Panetta	EM Split , Yugoslavia	August 30, 1990

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 9, 1994

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

Michael Buchleitner (left) missed the final by one place

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 29.81
2	Kim Farmer	Germany	8: 29.90
3	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	8: 30.24
4th	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 30.93
5	Tom Hanlon	Great Britain	8: 31.50
6th	Michael Buchleitner	Austria	8: 33.90
7th	Ville Hautala	Finland	8: 35.87
8th	Elisardo de la Torre	Spain	8: 38.16
9	Vítor Almeida	Portugal	8: 47.49
DNF	Jon Azkueta	Spain

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	8: 28.68
2	Martin Strege	Germany	8: 28.98
3	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8: 29.35
4th	Markus Hacksteiner	Switzerland	8: 29.82
5	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8: 30.14
6th	Francesco Panetta	Italy	8: 30.78
7th	Justin Chaston	Great Britain	8: 31.08
8th	Vasiliy Omelyusik	Belarus	8: 33.92
9	Kåre Sørensen	Denmark	8: 35.20
10	Marcel Laros	Netherlands	8: 37.83
11	Antonio Peula	Spain	8: 44.21

final

Jim Svenøy reached number seven

August 12, 1994

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	8: 22.40
2	Angelo Carosi	Italy	8: 23.53
3	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 24.86
4th	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	8: 26.00
5	Vladimir Pronin	Russia	8: 26.33
6th	Martin Strege	Germany	8: 26.36
7th	Jim Svenøy	Norway	8: 28.12 NU23R
8th	Francesco Panetta	Italy	8: 28.25
9	Kim Farmer	Germany	8: 32.58
10	Tom Hanlon	Great Britain	8: 36.06
11	Justin Chaston	Great Britain	8: 36.83
12	Markus Hacksteiner	Switzerland	8: 46.60

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 at european-athletics.org, accessed September 24, 2019
• Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 24, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed September 24, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 462 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 24, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 3000 m obstacle men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 24, 2019
• 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 24, 2019

Video

• Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 24, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on September 24, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 3000m Steeplechase Men , Spanish / English, p. 19 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on September 24, 2019