2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
# 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.

## 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.

**Heat 1**

| 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

The final was held at 16:50.

| 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 | |
