The men's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBernard LagatSergio SánchezSammy Alex Mutahi
Records Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record7:24.90Budapest, Hungary6 February 1998Championship record7:34.71Paris, France9 March 1997World Leading7:31.75Stockholm, Sweden10 February 2010African record7:24.90Budapest, Hungary6 February 1998Asian record7:39.77Pattaya, Thailand11 February 2006European record7:32.41Valencia, Spain13 February 2010North and Central American and Caribbean record7:32.43Birmingham, Great Britain17 February 2007Oceanian Record7:34.50Boston, United States26 January 2008South American record7:49.46Seville, Spain10 March 1991
Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 7:54.00 7:44.00 or 13:19.00 (5000m)
Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 12, 2010 17:10 HeatsMarch 14, 2010 17:05 Final
Results
Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Augustine Kiprono Choge 7:43.80 Q 2 1 Dejen Gebremeskel 7:44.26 Q, PB 3 1 Sergio Sánchez 7:44.33Q 4 1 James Kwalia 7:44.61 Q, PB 5 1 Hais Welday 7:45.44 q, NR 6 1 Hicham Bellani 7:50.46 q 7 2 Bernard Lagat 7:59.99 Q, SB 8 2 Tariku Bekele 8:00.29 Q 9 2 Sammy Alex Mutahi 8:00.53Q 10 2 Jesús España 8:00.65 Q 11 2 Galen Rupp 8:00.90 q, SB 12 2 Essa Ismail Rashed 8:01.08 q 13 2 Gezachw Yossef 8:03.62 SB 14 1 Hayle Ibrahimov 8:05.43 PB 15 2 Scott Overall 8:08.02 16 1 Tareq Mubarak Taher 8:14.67 SB 17 1 Ion Luchianov 8:15.91 SB 18 2 Marco Joseph 8:22.18 PB
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bernard Lagat 7:37.97 SB Sergio Sánchez 7:39.55 Sammy Alex Mutahi 7:39.90 4 Tariku Bekele 7:40.10 5 Galen Rupp 7:42.40 PB 6 Jesús España 7:42.82 SB 7 Hicham Bellani 7:44.15 8 James Kwalia 7:46.12 9 Essa Ismail Rashed 7:47.94 SB 10 Dejen Gebremeskel 7:48.69 11 Augustine Kiprono Choge 7:53.42 12 Hais Welday 8:04.10
References
Heats Results Final Result