The men's 3000 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.[1]
Medalists
edit| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Bob Verbeeck Belgium
|
Thomas Wessinghage West Germany
|
Vitaliy Tyshchenko Soviet Union
|
Results
editHeats
editFirst 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Frank O'Mara |  Ireland |
7:58.12 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Bob Verbeeck | Belgium |
7:58.12 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dietmar Millonig |  Austria |
7:58.13 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Vitaliy Tyshchenko | Soviet Union |
7:58.16 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany |
7:58.20 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Romeo Živko |  Yugoslavia |
7:58.26 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ivan Uvizl |  Czechoslovakia |
7:58.31 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Robert Nemeth | Austria |
7:58.40 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Walter Merlo |  Italy |
7:58.71 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Peter Klimeš | Czechoslovakia |
7:58.81 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Valeriy Abramov | Soviet Union |
7:59.20 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Stig Roar Husby |  Norway |
8:00.49 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Jaime López |  Spain |
8:00.75 | |
| 14 | 1 | Gábor Szabó |  Hungary |
8:00.85 | |
| 15 | 1 | Zdravko Todorov |  Bulgaria |
8:01.65 | |
| 16 | 2 | Volker Welzel | West Germany |
8:03.50 | |
| 17 | 2 | Tom Moloney | Ireland |
8:15.28 | |
| 18 | 1 | Karl Fleschen | West Germany |
8:15.50 | |
| 2 | Stefano Mei | Italy |
DNF |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Bob Verbeeck | Belgium |
8:10.84 | |
 |
Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany |
8:10.88 | |
 |
Vitaliy Tyshchenko | Soviet Union |
8:10.91 | |
| 4 | Frank O'Mara | Ireland |
8:11.11 | |
| 5 | Dietmar Millonig | Austria |
8:11.21 | |
| 6 | Robert Nemeth | Austria |
8:11.24 | |
| 7 | Romeo Živko | Yugoslavia |
8:13.98 | |
| 8 | Stig Roar Husby | Norway |
8:14.70 | |
| 9 | Ivan Uvizl | Czechoslovakia |
8:15.11 | |
| 10 | Valeriy Abramov | Soviet Union |
8:15.11 | |
| 11 | Peter Klimeš | Czechoslovakia |
8:17.48 | |
| 12 | Walter Merlo | Italy |
8:20.54 |