2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres explained

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.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record	7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
European record	7:32.41	Valencia, Spain	13 February 2010
Championship record	7:40.17	Madrid, Spain	7 March 2009
World Leading	7:27.80	Stuttgart, Germany	5 February 2011
European Leading	7:35.81	Boston, United States	5 February 2011

First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final. The heats were held at 11:15.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	8:00.36	Q
2	2	8:00.90	Q
3	3	8:01.24	Q
4	3	8:01.38	Q
5	2	8:01.56	Q
6	3	8:01.56	Q
7	3	8:01.89	q
8	2	8:02.12	q
9	1	8:02.37	Q
10	3	8:02.46	q
11	1	8:02.69	Q
12	1	8:02.71	Q
13	1	8:02.90
14	2	8:03.14
15	3	8:04.57
16	2	8:05.29
17	1	8:07.27
18	1	8:08.17
19	1	8:10.69
20	3	8:11.31
21	1	8:11.63
22	3	8:13.01	q*
23	2	8:16.51
24	2	8:20.69
25	1	8:23.83	NR
26	2	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.

The final was held at 16:50.^[3]

Web site: Men's 3000 m start list . 2011-03-03 . 2011-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121827/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/st2160061.pdf . dead .
Web site: Heats Results . 2011-03-04 . 2011-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122055/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2160061.pdf . dead .
Web site: Final Results . 2011-03-06 . 2012-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120729205729/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2160040.pdf . dead .