2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

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

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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

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Heats

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First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final. The heats were held at 11:15.[2]

Heat 1

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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 Labovskyi   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

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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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  1. ^ "Men's 3000 m start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. ^ "Heats Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  3. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-03-06.