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

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan8:00.36Q
22Florian Carvalho France8:00.90Q
33Yohan Durand France8:01.24Q
43Halil Akkas Turkey8:01.38Q
52Jesús España Spain8:01.56Q
63Andy Baddeley Great Britain8:01.56Q
73Stefano La Rosa Italy8:01.89q
82Mert Girmalegese Turkey8:02.12q
91Mo Farah Great Britain8:02.37Q
103Siarhei Platonau Belarus8:02.46q
111Rui Silva Portugal8:02.69Q
121Daniele Meucci Italy8:02.71Q
131Francisco Javier Alves Spain8:02.90
142Łukasz Parszczyński Poland8:03.14
153Dan Mulhare Ireland8:04.57
162Siarhei Chabiarak Belarus8:05.29
171Sergey Ivanov Russia8:07.27
181Mykola Labovskyy Ukraine8:08.17
191Nordine Gezzar France8:10.69
203Víctor García Spain8:11.31
211Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen Norway8:11.63
223Yegor Nikolayev Russia8:13.01q*
232Jonas Hamm Finland8:16.51
242Adil Bouafif Sweden8:20.69
251Sevak Yeghikyan Armenia8:23.83NR
262Valentin Smirnov Russia8:29.23

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]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Mo Farah Great Britain7:53.00
2nd, silver medalist(s)Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan7:53.32
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Halil Akkas Turkey7:54.19
4Andy Baddeley Great Britain7:54.49SB
5Jesús España Spain7:54.66
6Rui Silva Portugal7:59.49
7Yohan Durand France8:02.40
8Florian Carvalho France8:02.92
9Mert Girmalegese Turkey8:04.00
10Stefano La Rosa Italy8:04.12
11Daniele Meucci Italy8:04.82
12Yegor Nikolayev Russia8:05.49
13Siarhei Platonau Belarus8:09.22

References

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