1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| John Mayock Great Britain | Manuel Pancorbo Spain | Alberto García Spain |

## Results

### Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Alberto García | Spain | 7:56.56 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine | 7:57.14 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 7:58.57 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ovidiu Olteanu | Romania | 7:58.99 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Éric Dubus | France | 8:00.38 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Massimo Pegoretti | Italy | 8:01.62 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 8:01.64 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France | 8:01.76 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain | 8:01.80 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Panagiotis Papoulias | Greece | 8:02.01 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Halez Taguelmint | France | 8:02.21 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Hristos Papapetrou | Cyprus | 8:02.61 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Jim Svenøy | Norway | 8:03.00 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ian Gillespie | Great Britain | 8:03.28 | |
| 15 | 1 | Sergey Drygin | Russia | 8:12.02 | |
| 16 | 2 | Carsten Schütz | Germany | 8:20.07 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | John Mayock | Great Britain | 7:55.09 |
| | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain | 7:55.23 |
| | Alberto García | Spain | 7:55.24 |
| 4 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 7:55.45 |
| 5 | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine | 7:55.62 |
| 6 | Ovidiu Olteanu | Romania | 7:56.09 |
| 7 | Massimo Pegoretti | Italy | 7:56.27 |
| 8 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France | 7:59.17 |
| 9 | Panagiotis Papoulias | Greece | 8:01.14 |
| 10 | Éric Dubus | France | 8:02.36 |
| 11 | Halez Taguelmint | France | 8:02.99 |
| 12 | Hristos Papapetrou | Cyprus | 8:13.98 |
