2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres explained

The men's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Bernard Lagat	Sergio Sánchez	Sammy Alex Mutahi

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
Championship record		7:34.71	Paris, France	9 March 1997
World Leading		7:31.75	Stockholm, Sweden	10 February 2010
African record		7:24.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 February 1998
Asian record		7:39.77	Pattaya, Thailand	11 February 2006
European record		7:32.41	Valencia, Spain	13 February 2010
North and Central American and Caribbean record		7:32.43	Birmingham, Great Britain	17 February 2007
Oceanian Record		7:34.50	Boston, United States	26 January 2008
South American record		7:49.46	Seville, Spain	10 March 1991

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	17:10	Heats
March 14, 2010	17:05	Final

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7:43.80	Q
2	1			7:44.26	Q, PB
3	1			7:44.33	Q
4	1			7:44.61	Q, PB
5	1			7:45.44	q, NR
6	1			7:50.46	q
7	2			7:59.99	Q, SB
8	2			8:00.29	Q
9	2			8:00.53	Q
10	2			8:00.65	Q
11	2			8:00.90	q, SB
12	2			8:01.08	q
13	2			8:03.62	SB
14	1			8:05.43	PB
15	2			8:08.02
16	1			8:14.67	SB
17	1			8:15.91	SB
18	2			8:22.18	PB

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7:37.97	SB
			7:39.55
			7:39.90
4			7:40.10
5			7:42.40	PB
6			7:42.82	SB
7			7:44.15
8			7:46.12
9			7:47.94	SB
10			7:48.69
11			7:53.42
12			8:04.10

References

• Heats Results
• Final Result