title: 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
text: # 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.
  
  Frenchmen Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri took the gold and silver medals, respectively. The initial bronze medallist José Luis Blanco was later stripped of his medal as he had given a positive drugs test at the Spanish championships in July. Ion Luchianov of Moldova was elevated to the bronze medal.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA) |
  | Bronze | Ion Luchianov Moldova (MDA) |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
  
  | World record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | European record | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) | 8:01.18 | Berlin, Germany | 18 August 2009 |
  | Championship record | Francesco Panetta (ITA) | 8:12.66 | Split, Yugoslavia | 30 August 1990 |
  | World Leading | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) | 8:00.90 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 |
  | European Leading | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) | 8:03.72 | Metz, France | 29 June 2010 |
  | Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
  | Championship record | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:07.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | 30 July 2010 | 11:40 | Round 1 |
  | 1 August 2010 | 20:15 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Round 1
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France (FRA) | 8:30.11 | Q |
  | DQ | Ildar Minshin | Russia (RUS) | 8:30.14 | Q, Doping |
  | DQ | José Luis Blanco | Spain (ESP) | 8:30.53 | Q, Doping |
  | 2 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany (GER) | 8:30.61 | Q |
  | 3 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Norway (NOR) | 8:30.91 | q |
  | 4 | Hubert Pokrop | Poland (POL) | 8:32.77 | |
  | 5 | Krijn van Koolwyk | Belgium (BEL) | 8:33.00 | |
  | 6 | Ángel Mullera | Spain (ESP) | 8:37.38 | |
  | 7 | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux | France (FRA) | 8:38.33 | |
  | 8 | Pedro Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 8:45.18 | |
  | 9 | Joonas Harjamäki | Finland (FIN) | 8:47.25 | |
  | 10 | Pep Sansa Bullich | Andorra (AND) | 9:24.39 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France (FRA) | 8:27.32 | Q |
  | 2 | Ion Luchianov | Moldova (MDA) | 8:29.49 | Q |
  | 3 | Tomasz Szymkowiak | Poland (POL) | 8:30.02 | Q |
  | 4 | Alberto Paulo | Portugal (POR) | 8:30.26 | Q |
  | 5 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia (SLO) | 8:31.08 | q, SB |
  | 6 | Eliseo Martín | Spain (ESP) | 8:31.71 | q |
  | 7 | Andrey Farnosov | Russia (RUS) | 8:31.88 | q |
  | 8 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden (SWE) | 8:32.05 | |
  | 9 | Janne Ukonmaanaho | Finland (FIN) | 8:33.48 | PB |
  | 10 | Martin Pröll | Austria (AUT) | 8:41.63 | |
  | 11 | Mário Teixeira | Portugal (POR) | 8:42.53 | |
  | | Pieter Desmet | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |
  
  **Summary**
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France (FRA) | 8:27.32 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Ion Luchianov | Moldova (MDA) | 8:29.49 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Tomasz Szymkowiak | Poland (POL) | 8:30.02 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France (FRA) | 8:30.11 | Q |
  | DQ | 1 | Ildar Minshin | Russia (RUS) | 8:30.14 | Q, Doping |
  | 5 | 2 | Alberto Paulo | Portugal (POR) | 8:30.26 | Q |
  | DQ | 1 | José Luis Blanco | Spain (ESP) | 8:30.53 | Q, Doping |
  | 6 | 1 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany (GER) | 8:30.61 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Norway (NOR) | 8:30.91 | q |
  | 8 | 2 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia (SLO) | 8:31.08 | q, SB |
  | 9 | 2 | Eliseo Martín | Spain (ESP) | 8:31.71 | q |
  | 10 | 2 | Andrey Farnosov | Russia (RUS) | 8:31.88 | q |
  | 11 | 2 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden (SWE) | 8:32.05 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Hubert Pokrop | Poland (POL) | 8:32.77 | |
  | 13 | 1 | Krijn van Koolwyk | Belgium (BEL) | 8:33.00 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Janne Ukonmaanaho | Finland (FIN) | 8:33.48 | PB |
  | 15 | 1 | Ángel Mullera | Spain (ESP) | 8:37.38 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux | France (FRA) | 8:38.33 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Martin Pröll | Austria (AUT) | 8:41.63 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Mário Teixeira | Portugal (POR) | 8:42.53 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Pedro Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 8:45.18 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Joonas Harjamäki | Finland (FIN) | 8:47.25 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Pep Sansa Bullich | Andorra (AND) | 9:24.39 | |
  | | 2 | Pieter Desmet | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France (FRA) | 8:07.87 | CR |
  | | Bouabdellah Tahri | France (FRA) | 8:09.28 | |
  | DQ | José Luis Blanco | Spain (ESP) | 8:19.15 | Doping |
  | | Ion Luchianov | Moldova (MDA) | 8:19.64 | SB |
  | 4 | Tomasz Szymkowiak | Poland (POL) | 8:23.37 | |
  | DQ | Ildar Minshin | Russia (RUS) | 8:24.87 | Doping |
  | 5 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany (GER) | 8:25.39 | PB |
  | 6 | Eliseo Martín | Spain (ESP) | 8:27.49 | |
  | 7 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Norway (NOR) | 8:27.89 | SB |
  | 8 | Alberto Paulo | Portugal (POR) | 8:28.08 | |
  | 9 | Andrey Farnosov | Russia (RUS) | 8:37.52 | |
  | 10 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia (SLO) | 8:48.83 | |
  