The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeKenenisa BekeleSaif Saaeed ShaheenEliud Kipchoge

Results

Heats First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Eliud Kipchoge 7:52.57 Q 2 1 Tariku Bekele 7:52.58 Q 3 1 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 7:52.85 Q 4 1 Alistair Cragg 7:53.74 Q, SB 5 1 Günther Weidlinger 7:53.83 q 6 1 Halil Akkas 7:54.60 q 7 2 Kenenisa Bekele 7:54.85 Q 8 1 Tareq Mubarak Taher 7:55.10 q 9 2 Shedrack Kibet Korir 7:55.14 Q 10 2 Moukheld Al-Outaibi 7:55.14 Q 11 2 Adil Kaouch 7:55.18 Q 12 1 Pavel Naumov 7:55.28 q 13 2 Sergey Ivanov 7:56.44 14 2 César Pérez 7:58.06 15 2 Vincent Le Dauphin 7:58.60 16 1 Jonathon Riley 7:59.30 17 2 Dieudonné Disi 8:01.73 PB 18 2 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis 8:02.16 19 1 Isaac Kiprop 8:05.00 NR 20 2 Iaroslav Muşinschi 8:08.35 SB 21 1 Francisco Javier Alves 8:11.85 22 2 Steve Slattery 8:17.15 23 1 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 8:21.90 PB 24 2 Jorge Cabrera 8:33.95 NR

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kenenisa Bekele 7:39.32 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 7:41.28 Eliud Kipchoge 7:42.58 Alistair Cragg 7:46.43 SB Shedrack Kibet Korir 7:47.11 Tariku Bekele 7:47.67 Adil Kaouch 7:48.01 Moukheld Al-Outaibi 7:52.91 Pavel Naumov 7:56.24 10 Günther Weidlinger 7:57.32 11 Tareq Mubarak Taher 8:04.99 12 Halil Akkas 8:10.37

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