The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | Eliud Kipchoge |
First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7:52.57 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 7:52.58 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 7:52.85 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 7:53.74 | Q, SB | |||
| 5 | 1 | 7:53.83 | q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 7:54.60 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 7:54.85 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 7:55.10 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 7:55.14 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 7:55.14 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 7:55.18 | Q | |||
| 12 | 1 | Pavel Naumov | 7:55.28 | q | ||
| 13 | 2 | 7:56.44 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 7:58.06 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 7:58.60 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 7:59.30 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 8:01.73 | PB | |||
| 18 | 2 | 8:02.16 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | 8:05.00 | NR | |||
| 20 | 2 | 8:08.35 | SB | |||
| 21 | 1 | 8:11.85 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 8:17.15 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 8:21.90 | PB | |||
| 24 | 2 | 8:33.95 | NR |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:39.32 | |||||
| 7:41.28 | |||||
| 7:42.58 | |||||
| 7:46.43 | SB | ||||
| 7:47.11 | |||||
| 7:47.67 | |||||
| 7:48.01 | |||||
| 7:52.91 | |||||
| Pavel Naumov | 7:56.24 | ||||
| 10 | 7:57.32 | ||||
| 11 | 8:04.99 | ||||
| 12 | 8:10.37 |