The men's 3000 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBernard LagatAugustine Kiprono ChogeEdwin Soi

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record7:24.90Budapest, Hungary6 February 1998Championship record7:34.71Paris, France9 March 1997World Leading7:29.94Karlsruhe, Germany12 February 2012African 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 (5000 m)

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 19:05 HeatsMarch 11, 2012 15:10 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest qualified (q). Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edwin Soi 7:49.49 Q 2 1 Craig Mottram 7:49.62 Q, SB 3 1 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 7:49.71 Q 4 1 Yenew Alamirew 7:49.92 Q 5 1 Lopez Lomong 7:50.36 q, SB 6 1 Yoann Kowal 7:50.47 q 7 1 Arne Gabius 7:50.70 q 8 1 Elroy Gelant 7:52.35 q, PB 9 1 Bilisuma Shugi 7:53.62 10 1 Juan Luis Barrios 7:54.07 NR 11 2 Augustine Kiprono Choge 7:57.49 Q 12 2 Mo Farah 7:57.59 Q 13 2 Bernard Lagat 7:57.68 Q 14 2 Dejen Gebremeskel 7:57.69 Q 15 2 Hayle Ibrahimov 7:57.79 16 2 Yohan Durand 7:59.10 17 2 Victor García 7:59.85 18 2 Polat Kemboi Arıkan 8:02.37 19 2 Alemu Bekele 8:02.83 20 2 Robert Kajuga 8:07.44 PB 21 2 Cornelius Panga 8:15.20 PB

Final 9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 15:10.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bernard Lagat 7:41.44 SB Augustine Kiprono Choge 7:41.77 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 7:41.78 Mo Farah 7:41.79 Dejen Gebremeskel 7:42.60 Lopez Lomong 7:44.16 PB Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 7:44.59 Arne Gabius 7:45.01 Yenew Alamirew 7:45.15 10 Yoann Kowal 7:47.81 11 Craig Mottram 7:48.23 SB 12 Elroy Gelant 7:48.64 NR

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