2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Men's 1500 metres2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
File:Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Sopot 2014.jpg 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

Events at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

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
14	1	Othmane El Goumri	Morocco	7:48.83
15	1	Ali Kaya	Turkey	7:51.27
16	1	Łukasz Parszczyński	Poland	7:52.91
17	1	Youssouf Hiss Bachir	Djibouti	7:53.96
18	2	Abdelhadi Labäli	Morocco	7:54.32
19	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