The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 July 1997.

Medalists Gold Luciano Di Pardo Silver Vincent Le Dauphin Bronze Konstantin Tomskiy

Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luciano Di Pardo 8:34.24 Vincent Le Dauphin 8:36.92 Konstantin Tomskiy 8:37.81 4 Domenico D'Ambrosio 8:41.37 5 Christian Knoblich 8:42.26 6 José Luis Blanco 8:42.86 7 Gaël Pencreach 8:43.16 8 Aleksey Palagushin 8:44.87 9 Ahmed Mohamed 8:50.09 10 Carlos Suárez 8:56.69 11 Tomasz Sikorski 9:06.63

Participation According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

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