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.

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