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.
Venue	Ergo Arena
Dates	7 March (heats) 9 March (final)
Competitors	20 from 15 nations
Winning time	7:54.94
Medalists
Caleb Ndiku   Kenya   Bernard Lagat   United States   Dejen Gebremeskel   Ethiopia

The men's 3000 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014.

Records

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

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

Schedule

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

Results

Heats

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

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)

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Caleb Ndiku	Kenya	7:54.94
	Bernard Lagat	United States	7:55.22
	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