Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23 and 24 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Gregorek United States	Tommy Ekblom Finland	Mariano Scartezzini Italy

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8:35.16	Q
2	1	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:35.16	Q
3	1	Dan Betini	Romania	8:35.75	Q
4	2	Filippos Filippou	Greece	8:36.05	Q
5	1	Valeriy Gryaznov	Soviet Union	8:36.22	Q
6	1	John Gregorek	United States	8:37.52	Q
7	1	Panayot Kachanov	Bulgaria	8:38.02	Q
8	1	Tadasu Kawano	Japan	8:38.45	q
9	2	Masami Otsuka	Japan	8:39.44	Q
10	2	Nicolae Voicu	Romania	8:39.49	Q
11	2	Ivan Danu	Soviet Union	8:39.52	Q
12	2	Roger Hackney	Great Britain	8:40.05	Q
13	2	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	8:40.31	Q
14	2	Francisco Silva	Mexico	8:46.64	q
15	2	Yehuda Tzadok	Israel	8:52.55	q
16	1	Sefa Het	Turkey	8:53.07
17	1	Jorge Pitayo	Mexico	9:10.66
18	1	Emmanuel Mpioh	Congo	9:12.09
19	2	Nabil Chouéri	Lebanon	9:20.00

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Gregorek	United States	8:21.26	UR
	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8:21.93
	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	8:28.03
4	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8:29.07
5	Valeriy Gryaznov	Soviet Union	8:29.61
6	Ivan Danu	Soviet Union	8:29.63
7	Nicolae Voicu	Romania	8:30.14
8	Panayot Kachanov	Bulgaria	8:35.10
9	Filippos Filippou	Greece	8:37.57
10	Masami Otsuka	Japan	8:39.11
11	Tadasu Kawano	Japan	8:39.24
12	Dan Betini	Romania	8:41.46
13	Roger Hackney	Great Britain	8:57.68
14	Yehuda Tzadok	Israel	8:58.27
15	Francisco Silva	Mexico	9:04.88