2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres explained

The men's 3000 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Hicham El Guerrouj	Mohammed Mourhit	Alberto García

Results

Heats

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			7:50.21	Q, AR
	2			7:50.84	Q
	2			7:50.93	Q
	2			7:50.99	Q
	2			7:51.07	Q
	2			7:51.10	q
	2			7:53.64	q
	2			7:56.42
	2			7:58.09
10	1			8:05.50	Q
11	1			8:06.11	Q
12	1			8:06.13	Q
13	1			8:06.13	Q
14	1			8:06.18	Q
15	1			8:06.18	q
16	1			8:09.37
17	1			8:21.85
18	1			8:26.83
19	2			8:44.25
20	2			8:44.53
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7:37.74
			7:38.94	NR
			7:39.96	PB
			7:44.08
			7:44.54
			7:45.52
			7:46.79
			7:48.34	AR
			7:52.76
10			7:54.16
11			7:57.84
12			8:04.01
13			8:04.38

References

• Results