1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Peter Stewart  Great Britain	Wilfried Scholz  East Germany	Yuriy Aleksashin  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Held on 13 March

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilfried Scholz	East Germany	8:00.9	Q
2	1	Yuriy Aleksashin	Soviet Union	8:02.2	Q
3	1	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	8:05.8	Q
4	1	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	8:07.1	Q
5	1	Rune Holmén	Finland	8:11.5
6	1	Petko Yordanov	Bulgaria	8:19.8
7	1	Gaetano Pusterla	Italy	8:20.4
8	1	Edgard Salvé	Belgium	8:52.0
1	2	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	8:19.5	Q
2	2	Peter Stewart	Great Britain	8:19.6	Q
3	2	Anatoliy Verlan	Soviet Union	8:20.5	Q
4	2	Gérard Vervoort	France	8:20.8	Q
5	2	Toni Feldmann	Switzerland	8:21.2
6	2	Paul Angenvoorth	West Germany	8:23.8
7	2	Stanisław Podzoba	Poland	8:27.5

Final

Held on 14 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Stewart	Great Britain	7:53.6
	Wilfried Scholz	East Germany	7:54.4
	Yuriy Aleksashin	Soviet Union	8:01.2
4	Anatoliy Verlan	Soviet Union	8:05.0
5	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	8:06.2
6	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	8:13.6
7	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	8:22.6
8	Gérard Vervoort	France	8:24.8

References

1. "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. Results (p. 438–439)