2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres explained

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Bernard Lagat	Augustine Kiprono Choge	Edwin Soi

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
Championship record	7:34.71	Paris, France	9 March 1997
World Leading	7:29.94	Karlsruhe, Germany	12 February 2012
African record	7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
Asian record	7:39.77	Pattaya, Thailand	11 February 2006
European record	7:32.41	Valencia, Spain	13 February 2010
North and Central American and Caribbean record	7:32.43	Birmingham, Great Britain	17 February 2007
Oceanian record	7:34.50	Boston, United States	26 January 2008
South American record	7:49.46	Seville, Spain	10 March 1991

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	19:05	Heats
March 11, 2012	15:10	Final

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest qualified (q).

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	7:49.49	Q
2	1	7:49.62	Q, SB
3	1	7:49.71	Q
4	1	7:49.92	Q
5	1	7:50.36	q, SB
6	1	7:50.47	q
7	1	7:50.70	q
8	1	7:52.35	q, PB
9	1	7:53.62
10	1	7:54.07	NR
11	2	7:57.49	Q
12	2	7:57.59	Q
13	2	7:57.68	Q
14	2	7:57.69	Q
15	2	7:57.79
16	2	7:59.10
17	2	7:59.85
18	2	8:02.37
19	2	8:02.83
20	2	8:07.44	PB
21	2	8:15.20	PB

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 15:10.^[2]

Web site: Entry List . 2012-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323192425/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/37/94/63794_PDF_English.pdf . 2012-03-23 . dead .
Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – 3000 Metres Men (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-11.