2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Men's 3000 metres
at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Ndiku crossing line in the final.
VenueErgo Arena
Dates7 March (heats)
9 March (final)
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Winning time7:54.94
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Ethiopia
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The men's 3000 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Daniel Komen (KEN) 7:24.90 Budapest, Hungary 6 February 1998
Championship record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 7:34.71 Paris, France 9 March 1997
World leading  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) 7:34.13 Boston, United States 8 February 2014
African record  Daniel Komen (KEN) 7:24.90 Budapest, Hungary 6 February 1998
Asian record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:39.77 Pattaya, Thailand 11 February 2006
European record  Sergio Sánchez (ESP) 7:32.41 Valencia, Spain 13 February 2010
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
 Galen Rupp (USA) 7:30.16 Stockholm, Sweden 21 February 2013
Oceanian record  Craig Mottram (AUS) 7:34.50 Boston, United States 26 January 2008
South American record  Jacinto Navarrete (COL) 7:49.46 Seville, Spain 10 March 1991

Qualification standards

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Indoor Outdoor
7:52.00 7:42.00 or 13:15.00 (5000 m)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
7 March 2014 20:25 Heats
9 March 2014 16:10 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Caleb Ndiku  Kenya 7:42.75 Q
2 2 Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia 7:42.95 Q
3 2 Bernard Lagat  United States 7:42.98 Q
4 2 Hayle Ibrahimov  Azerbaijan 7:43.15 Q
5 2 Cameron Levins  Canada 7:44.04 q
6 2 Zane Robertson  New Zealand 7:44.16 q, NR
7 1 Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya 7:44.85 Q
8 1 Dejen Gebremeskel  Ethiopia 7:45.09 Q
9 1 Galen Rupp  United States 7:45.23 Q
10 1 Andy Vernon  Great Britain 7:45.49 Q, PB
11 1 Elroy Gelant  South Africa 7:45.85 q
12 1 Collis Birmingham  Australia 7:46.15 q, PB
13 2 Antonio Abadía  Spain 7:46.36 PB
DQ 1 Othmane El Goumri  Morocco 7:48.83 Doping
14 1 Ali Kaya  Turkey 7:51.27
15 1 Łukasz Parszczyński  Poland 7:52.91
16 1 Youssouf Hiss Bachir  Djibouti 7:53.96
DQ 2 Abdelhadi Labäli  Morocco 7:54.32 Doping
17 2 Jonathan Mellor  Great Britain 8:03.17
2 Yoann Kowal  France DQ R163.3(b)[2]

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caleb Ndiku  Kenya 7:54.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernard Lagat  United States 7:55.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dejen Gebremeskel  Ethiopia 7:55.39
4 Galen Rupp  United States 7:55.84
5 Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia 7:56.34
6 Hayle Ibrahimov  Azerbaijan 7:56.37
7 Elroy Gelant  South Africa 7:57.31
8 Cameron Levins  Canada 7:57.37
9 Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya 7:57.46
10 Collis Birmingham  Australia 7:57.55
11 Andy Vernon  Great Britain 7:58.25
12 Zane Robertson  New Zealand 8:01.81

References

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  1. ^ Heats results
  2. ^ Infringement of the inside border
  3. ^ Final results