2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Bernard Lagat en route to victory.

The men's 3000 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bernard Lagat United States	Augustine Kiprono Choge Kenya	Edwin Soi Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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	Edwin Soi (KEN)	7:29.94	Karlsruhe, Germany	12 February 2012
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	Bernard Lagat (USA)	7:32.43	Birmingham, Great Britain	17 February 2007
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

Indoor	Outdoor
7:54.00	7:44.00 or 13:19.00 (5000 m)

Schedule

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Edwin Soi	Kenya	7:49.49	Q
2	1	Craig Mottram	Australia	7:49.62	Q, SB
3	1	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	Uganda	7:49.71	Q
4	1	Yenew Alamirew	Ethiopia	7:49.92	Q
5	1	Lopez Lomong	United States	7:50.36	q, SB
6	1	Yoann Kowal	France	7:50.47	q
7	1	Arne Gabius	Germany	7:50.70	q
8	1	Elroy Gelant	South Africa	7:52.35	q, PB
9	1	Bilisuma Shugi	Bahrain	7:53.62
10	1	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	7:54.07	NR
11	2	Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	7:57.49	Q
12	2	Mo Farah	Great Britain	7:57.59	Q
13	2	Bernard Lagat	United States	7:57.68	Q
14	2	Dejen Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	7:57.69	Q
15	2	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	7:57.79
16	2	Yohan Durand	France	7:59.10
17	2	Victor García	Spain	7:59.85
18	2	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	8:02.37
19	2	Alemu Bekele	Bahrain	8:02.83
20	2	Robert Kajuga	Rwanda	8:07.44	PB
21	2	Cornelius Panga	Tanzania	8:15.20	PB

Final

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 15:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bernard Lagat	United States	7:41.44	SB
	Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	7:41.77
	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	Kenya	7:41.78
4	Mo Farah	Great Britain	7:41.79
5	Dejen Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	7:42.60
6	Lopez Lomong	United States	7:44.16	PB
7	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	Uganda	7:44.59
8	Arne Gabius	Germany	7:45.01
9	Yenew Alamirew	Ethiopia	7:45.15
10	Yoann Kowal	France	7:47.81
11	Craig Mottram	Australia	7:48.23	SB
12	Elroy Gelant	South Africa	7:48.64	NR