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Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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

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