The men's 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The final occurred on 22 March during the evening session.
Background The men's 3000 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 7:22.91 New York City, United States 8 February 2025Championship record 7:34.71 Paris, France 9 March 1997World leading 7:22.91 New York City, United States 8 February 2025
Qualification For the men's 3000 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified achieving the entry standards of 7:31.00 s or 12:45.00 s in the 5000 metres. Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 15 athletes.
Final The final was started on 22 March, starting at 19:33 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Jakob Ingebrigtsen 7:46.09 Berihu Aregawi 7:46.25 Ky Robinson 7:47.09 4 Sam Gilman 7:47.19 5 Dylan Jacobs 7:48.41 6 Andrew Coscoran 7:48.53 7 Anass Essayi 7:49.00 8 Cornelius Kemboi 7:49.00 9 Biniam Mehary 7:49.18 10 Dawit Seare 7:49.49 11 Getnet Wale 7:50.07 12 Sam Parsons 7:54.15 13 James Gormley 7:56.43 14 Sun Ningkai 8:02.72
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