2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres explained

The men's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March at 11:25 (heats) and on 7 March at 17:52 (final) local time.

Medalists

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Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Isaac Kimeli
Adel Mechaal

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record7:24.90Budapest, Hungary6 February 1998
European record7:32.41Valencia, Spain13 February 2010
Championship record7:38.42Prague, Czech Republic7 March 2015
World Leading7:24.98Liévin, France9 February 2021
European Leading7:35.29Karlsruhe, Germany29 January 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advance to the Final.[1]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Note
1 2 7:46.46 Q
2 2 7:46.52 Q,
3 2 7:46.76 Q,
4 2 7:47.30 q,
5 2 7:47.71 q,
6 2 7:48.06 q,
7 3 7:48.93 Q
8 3 7:49.46 Q
9 3 7:49.52 Q,
10 3 7:49.99
11 3 Philip Sesemann7:51.70
12 2 7:53.07
13 3 7:53.39
14 1 7:54.95 Q
15 1 7:55.03 Q
16 1 7:55.67 Q
17 1 7:55.76
18 3 7:56.13
19 2 7:56.30
20 1 7:56.66
21 1 7:57.37
22 2 7:58.10
23 3 7:59.09
24 2 8:02.00
25 3 8:03.50
26 3 8:03.87
27 1 8:05.96
28 1 8:08.04
29 2 8:08.63
30 1 8:20.21
31 3 8:23.82
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Final

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
7:48.20
7:49.41
7:49.47
4 7:49.72
5 7:50.21
6 7:51.82
7 7:52.15
8 7:52.43
9 7:53.47
10 7:54.48
11 7:58.11
12 7:59.86

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heats results . 2021-03-06 . 2021-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210306133407/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C74A_ATHM3000M-------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Final results . 2021-03-07 . 2021-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210307192411/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C73G_ATHM3000M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .