1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
José Luis González  Spain	Dieter Baumann  West Germany	Pascal Thiébaut  France

First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Adrian Passey	Great Britain	7:53.69	Q
2	1	Bruno Levant	France	7:53.70	Q
3	1	Dieter Baumann	West Germany	7:54.33	Q
4	1	Volker Welzel	West Germany	7:54.76	Q
5	1	Lubomír Tesáček	Czechoslovakia	7:55.30	q
6	1	Franco Boffi	Italy	7:56.06	q
7	2	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	8:01.96	Q
8	2	Mogens Guldberg	Denmark	8:02.00	Q
9	2	José Luis González	Spain	8:02.58	Q
10	2	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	8:02.93	Q
11	2	Pascal Thiébaut	France	8:04.53	q
12	2	Billy Dee	Great Britain	8:04.53	q
13	2	Kai Jenkel	Switzerland	8:08.92
14	2	Walter Merlo	Italy	8:12.85
15	2	Borislav Dević	Yugoslavia	8:19.00
	1	Gábor Szabó	Hungary	DNF
	1	Knut Hegvold	Norway	DNS
	1	Nikolay Matiushenko	Soviet Union	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Luis González	Spain	7:52.27
	Dieter Baumann	West Germany	7:53.93
	Pascal Thiébaut	France	7:54.03
4	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	7:54.64
5	Mogens Guldberg	Denmark	7:56.10
6	Bruno Levant	France	7:56.42
7	Franco Boffi	Italy	7:59.23
8	Billy Dee	Great Britain	8:00.73
9	Lubomír Tesáček	Czechoslovakia	8:02.04
10	Volker Welzel	West Germany	8:17.72
	Patriz Ilg	West Germany	DNF
	Adrian Passey	Great Britain	DQ