The men's 3000 metres event at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.[1]
Results
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Dragan Zdravković |  Yugoslavia |
7:54.73 | |
 |
Valeriy Abramov |  Soviet Union |
7:57.79 | |
 |
Uwe Mönkemeyer |  West Germany |
7:58.11 | |
| 4 | Lubomír Tesáček |  Czechoslovakia |
7:58.72 | |
| 5 | Ari Paunonen |  Finland |
7:59.53 | |
| 6 | Khristos Papakhristos |  Greece |
8:00.10 | |
| 7 | László Szász |  Hungary |
8:00.20 | |
| 8 | Hagen Melzer |  East Germany |
8:00.74 | |
| 9 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany |
8:01.83 | |
| 10 | Axel Krippschock | East Germany |
8:05.80 | |
| 11 | Gerhard Hartmann |  Austria |
8:13.90 |