2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
| Events at the 2011 European Athletics 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 | |||
The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4 and 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 16:50 local time.[1]
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Daniel Komen (KEN) |
7:24.90 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 February 1998 |
| European record |  Sergio Sánchez (ESP) |
7:32.41 | Valencia, Spain | 13 February 2010 |
| Championship record |  Mo Farah (GBR) |
7:40.17 | Madrid, Spain | 7 March 2009 |
| World Leading |  Alamirew Yenew (ETH) |
7:27.80 | Stuttgart, Germany | 5 February 2011 |
| European Leading | Mo Farah (GBR) |
7:35.81 | Boston, United States | 5 February 2011 |
Results
Heats
First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final. The heats were held at 11:15.[2]
Heat 1
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Hayle Ibrahimov |  Azerbaijan | 8:00.36 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Florian Carvalho |  France | 8:00.90 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yohan Durand | France | 8:01.24 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Halil Akkas |  Turkey | 8:01.38 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jesús España | Spain | 8:01.56 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Andy Baddeley | Great Britain | 8:01.56 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Stefano La Rosa |  Italy | 8:01.89 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey | 8:02.12 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 8:02.37 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Siarhei Platonau |  Belarus | 8:02.46 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Rui Silva |  Portugal | 8:02.69 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Daniele Meucci | Italy | 8:02.71 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Francisco Javier Alves | Spain | 8:02.90 | |
| 14 | 2 | Łukasz Parszczyński |  Poland | 8:03.14 | |
| 15 | 3 | Dan Mulhare |  Ireland | 8:04.57 | |
| 16 | 2 | Siarhei Chabiarak | Belarus | 8:05.29 | |
| 17 | 1 | Sergey Ivanov |  Russia | 8:07.27 | |
| 18 | 1 | Mykola Labovskyy |  Ukraine | 8:08.17 | |
| 19 | 1 | Nordine Gezzar | France | 8:10.69 | |
| 20 | 3 | Víctor García | Spain | 8:11.31 | |
| 21 | 1 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen |  Norway | 8:11.63 | |
| 22 | 3 | Yegor Nikolayev | Russia | 8:13.01 | q* |
| 23 | 2 | Jonas Hamm |  Finland | 8:16.51 | |
| 24 | 2 | Adil Bouafif |  Sweden | 8:20.69 | |
| 25 | 1 | Sevak Yeghikyan |  Armenia | 8:23.83 | NR |
| 26 | 2 | Valentin Smirnov | Russia | 8:29.23 |
Note: Yegor Nikolayev qualified to the final by judge decision as during his race he collided with another athlete competing in different event.
Final
The final was held at 16:50.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 7:53.00 | |
 | Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan | 7:53.32 | |
 | Halil Akkas | Turkey | 7:54.19 | |
| 4 | Andy Baddeley | Great Britain | 7:54.49 | SB |
| 5 | Jesús España | Spain | 7:54.66 | |
| 6 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 7:59.49 | |
| 7 | Yohan Durand | France | 8:02.40 | |
| 8 | Florian Carvalho | France | 8:02.92 | |
| 9 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey | 8:04.00 | |
| 10 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy | 8:04.12 | |
| 11 | Daniele Meucci | Italy | 8:04.82 | |
| 12 | Yegor Nikolayev | Russia | 8:05.49 | |
| 13 | Siarhei Platonau | Belarus | 8:09.22 |
References
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