1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8 and 10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Frank O'Mara Ireland | Hammou Boutayeb Morocco | Robert Denmark Great Britain |

## Results

### Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 7:48.62 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Robert Denmark | Great Britain | 7:48.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Scherer | United States | 7:49.05 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mogens Guldberg | Denmark | 7:49.55 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Frank O'Mara | Ireland | 7:50.64 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | José Luis González | Spain | 7:50.69 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 7:50.90 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Jacinto Navarrete | Colombia | 7:51.19 | Q, AR |
| 9 | 2 | Rob de Brouwer | Netherlands | 7:51.34 | q, NR |
| 10 | 2 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 7:51.37 | q, NR |
| 11 | 2 | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 7:51.67 | PB |
| 12 | 1 | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya | 7:53.02 | |
| 13 | 1 | Mahmoud Kalboussi | Tunisia | 7:53.75 | NR |
| 14 | 1 | Paul Larkins | Great Britain | 7:56.20 | |
| 15 | 1 | Yevgeniy Leontyev | Soviet Union | 7:56.68 | |
| 16 | 1 | Stéphane Franke | Germany | 7:58.82 | |
| 17 | 2 | Kaï Jenkel | Switzerland | 8:03.96 | |
| 18 | 1 | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 8:06.81 | |
| 19 | 1 | Jim Norris | United States | 8:08.34 | |
| 20 | 2 | Nick O'Brien | Ireland | 8:10.63 | |
| 21 | 2 | Diomede Cishahayo | Burundi | 8:16.87 | NR |
| 22 | 2 | Tadele Abebe | Ethiopia | 8:22.81 | |
| | 1 | Mohamed Issangar | Morocco | DNF | |
| | 2 | Jacky Carlier | France | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Frank O'Mara | Ireland | 7:41.14 | CR |
| | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 7:43.64 | PB |
| | Robert Denmark | Great Britain | 7:43.90 | NR |
| 4 | Mogens Guldberg | Denmark | 7:44.76 | NR |
| 5 | John Scherer | United States | 7:45.12 | PB |
| 6 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 7:47.51 | NR |
| 7 | José Luis González | Spain | 7:48.44 | |
| 8 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 7:48.92 | NR |
| 9 | Jacinto Navarrete | Colombia | 7:49.46 | AR |
| 10 | Rob de Brouwer | Netherlands | 7:51.69 | |
