2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Mo Farah
 Great Britain
Bouabdellah Tahri
 France
Jesús España
 Spain

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Bouabdellah Tahri  France 7:52.58 Q
2 1 Sergio Sánchez  Spain 7:52.75 Q
3 1 Selim Bayrak  Turkey 7:52.93 Q
4 1 Nick McCormick  Great Britain 7:53.35 Q
5 1 Mark Draper  Great Britain 7:53.91 q, PB
6 1 Gezachw Yossef  Israel 7:59.44 q, PB
7 1 Albert Minczér  Hungary 8:00.94 q
8 2 Olle Walleräng  Sweden 8:02.09 Q
9 2 Jesús España  Spain 8:02.99 Q
10 2 Mo Farah  Great Britain 8:03.26 Q
11 2 Francisco España  Spain 8:03.96 Q
12 2 Martin Pröll  Austria 8:04.84 q
13 1 Oskar Käck  Sweden 8:05.42
14 1 Noureddine Smaïl  France 8:07.17
15 1 Martin Steinbauer  Austria 8:08.03
16 2 Tiidrek Nurme  Estonia 8:08.81
17 2 Willem Van Hoof  Belgium 8:10.07
18 2 Aleksandr Orlov  Russia 8:12.12
19 2 Johan Wallerstein  Sweden 8:12.65
20 2 Ali Topkara  Turkey 8:23.57
1 Yuri Floriani  Italy DNF
1 Serhiy Lebid  Ukraine DNF
2 Mohamed-Khaled Belabbas  France DNF

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mo Farah  Great Britain 7:40.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bouabdellah Tahri  France 7:42.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jesús España  Spain 7:43.29 SB
4 Sergio Sánchez  Spain 7:45.29
5 Selim Bayrak  Turkey 7:45.46 NR
6 Nick McCormick  Great Britain 7:52.07
7 Olle Walleräng  Sweden 7:56.44
8 Gezachw Yossef  Israel 8:01.78
9 Francisco España  Spain 8:03.45
10 Martin Pröll  Austria 8:04.03
11 Mark Draper  Great Britain 8:10.19
12 Albert Minczér  Hungary 8:10.55

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