2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Events at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

Medalists

Gold
	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia
Silver
	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya
Bronze
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia

Heats

Heat	Pos	Name	Country	Mark	Q
1	1	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	Kenya	8:03.54	Q
1	2	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	8:03.55	Q
1	3	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	8:04.65	Q
1	4	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	8:04.71	Q
1	5	Cosimo Caliandro	Italy	8:04.80
1	6	Sultan Khamis Zama	Qatar	8:05.61
1	7	Chris Solinsky	United States	8:06.29
1	8	Javier Carriqueo	Argentina	8:12.40
1	9	David Galván	Mexico	8:28.29 PB
1		Mohammed Salama	Palestine	DNS
1		Dickson Marwa	Tanzania	DNS
2	1	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	7:54.46	Q
2	2	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	7:54.51	Q
2	3	Craig Mottram	Australia	7:55.27	Q
2	4	Ali Maataoui	Morocco	7:56.26	Q
2	5	James Kwalia C'Kurui	Qatar	7:58.13	q
2	6	Jonathon Riley	United States	7:59.22 SB	q
2	7	Arne Gabius	Germany	7:59.48	q
2	8	Kamal Boulahfane	Algeria	7:59.88	q
2	9	Nick McCormick	United Kingdom	8:00.01
2	10	Sylvain Rukundo	Rwanda	8:02.49 PB
2	11	Audace Baguma	Burundi	8:10.56 PB

Final

Pos	Name	Country	Mark
	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	7:48.23
	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	7:49.05
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	7:49.96
4	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	Kenya	7:51.60
5	Craig Mottram	Australia	7:52.42
6	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	7:55.08
7	Ali Maataoui	Morocco	7:58.93
8	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	7:59.74 PB
9	James Kwalia C'Kurui	Qatar	8:00.44
10	Kamal Boulahfane	Algeria	8:04.73
11	Jonathon Riley	United States	8:05.59
12	Arne Gabius	Germany	8:11.21

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m	Arne Gabius	Germany	2:48.58
2000m	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	5:25.71