2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Ndiku crossing line in the final.
Venue	Ergo Arena
Dates	7 March (heats) 9 March (final)
Competitors	20 from 15 nations
Winning time	7:54.94
Medalists
Caleb Ndiku   Kenya   Bernard Lagat   United States   Dejen Gebremeskel   Ethiopia

Events at the 2014 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

The men's 3000 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Daniel Komen (KEN)	7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
Championship record	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	7:34.71	Paris, France	9 March 1997
World leading	Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)	7:34.13	Boston, United States	8 February 2014
African record	Daniel Komen (KEN)	7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
Asian record	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	7:39.77	Pattaya, Thailand	11 February 2006
European record	Sergio Sánchez (ESP)	7:32.41	Valencia, Spain	13 February 2010
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Galen Rupp (USA)	7:30.16	Stockholm, Sweden	21 February 2013
Oceanian record	Craig Mottram (AUS)	7:34.50	Boston, United States	26 January 2008
South American record	Jacinto Navarrete (COL)	7:49.46	Seville, Spain	10 March 1991

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
7:52.00	7:42.00 or 13:15.00 (5000 m)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 March 2014	20:25	Heats
9 March 2014	16:10	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ndiku, CalebCaleb Ndiku	Kenya	7:42.75	Q
2	2	Gebrhiwet, HagosHagos Gebrhiwet	Ethiopia	7:42.95	Q
3	2	Lagat, BernardBernard Lagat	United States	7:42.98	Q
4	2	Ibrahimov, HayleHayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	7:43.15	Q
5	2	Levins, CameronCameron Levins	Canada	7:44.04	q
6	2	Robertson, ZaneZane Robertson	New Zealand	7:44.16	q, NR
7	1	Choge, Augustine KipronoAugustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	7:44.85	Q
8	1	Gebremeskel, DejenDejen Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	7:45.09	Q
9	1	Rupp, GalenGalen Rupp	United States	7:45.23	Q
10	1	Vernon, AndyAndy Vernon	Great Britain	7:45.49	Q, PB
11	1	Gelant, ElroyElroy Gelant	South Africa	7:45.85	q
12	1	Birmingham, CollisCollis Birmingham	Australia	7:46.15	q, PB
13	2	Abadía, AntonioAntonio Abadía	Spain	7:46.36	PB
14	1	El Goumri, OthmaneOthmane El Goumri	Morocco	7:48.83
15	1	Kaya, AliAli Kaya	Turkey	7:51.27
16	1	Parszczyński, ŁukaszŁukasz Parszczyński	Poland	7:52.91
17	1	Hiss Bachir, YoussoufYoussouf Hiss Bachir	Djibouti	7:53.96
18	2	Labäli, AbdelhadiAbdelhadi Labäli	Morocco	7:54.32
19	2	Mellor, JonathanJonathan Mellor	Great Britain	8:03.17
20	2	Kowal, YoannYoann Kowal	France	DQ	R163.3(b)[2]

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ndiku, CalebCaleb Ndiku	Kenya	7:54.94
	Lagat, BernardBernard Lagat	United States	7:55.22
	Gebremeskel, DejenDejen Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	7:55.39
4	Rupp, GalenGalen Rupp	United States	7:55.84
5	Gebrhiwet, HagosHagos Gebrhiwet	Ethiopia	7:56.34
6	Ibrahimov, HayleHayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	7:56.37
7	Gelant, ElroyElroy Gelant	South Africa	7:57.31
8	Levins, CameronCameron Levins	Canada	7:57.37
9	Choge, Augustine KipronoAugustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	7:57.46
10	Birmingham, CollisCollis Birmingham	Australia	7:57.55
11	Vernon, AndyAndy Vernon	Great Britain	7:58.25
12	Robertson, ZaneZane Robertson	New Zealand	8:01.81

References

1. Heats results
2. Infringement of the inside border
3. Final results